The Union Movement In The USA Died Today
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hitmouse
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How We Beat the Administration and the Union Bureaucracy
Tracing Columbia's Graduate Worker Union from 2004-2022, we show how strikers had to confront the union bureaucracy to defeat the administration.
hitmouse
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King Soopers Strike Begins, Union Says Grocery Store Has 'Unfair Labor Practices'
Thousands of grocery store employees in Colorado are on strike after negotiations between the union and King Soopers fell apart.
denver.cbslocal.com
UPDATE: Unions Threaten Strike Over BNSF Attendance Policy
BNSF wants to institute a stricter attendance policy. Union officials call it the “most egregious” policy ever adopted by a railroad.
railfan.com
hitmouse
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Obvs the Amazon win has been the big US union news of late, but Starbucks workers have been doing great stuff as well:
www.vox.com
theconversation.com
They’re young, optimistic and they want a union
Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century labor union drive.
www.vox.com
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
Successful union drives at two of America’s biggest companies were led by committed individuals, rather than established unions.
theconversation.com
petee
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Obvs the Amazon win has been the big US union news of late, but Starbucks workers have been doing great stuff as well:
They’re young, optimistic and they want a union
Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century labor union drive.
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
Successful union drives at two of America’s biggest companies were led by committed individuals, rather than established unions.
might have to change the thread title!
hitmouse
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Starbucks workers are continuing to do great stuff:
www.nytimes.com
www.bloomberg.com
www.vox.com
Apparently there's around 9,000 in total, so a fair way to go yet, but 0-60 is some good progress.
Meanwhile, workers at a Virginia Target store will be voting on getting the IWW as their representatives:
thevirginiaworker.com
A Union Blitzed Starbucks. At Amazon, It’s a Slog.
Why has the union campaign spread so much further at the coffee chain than at the e-commerce giant?
Starbucks Baristas Are Unionizing, and Even Howard Schultz Can’t Make Them Stop
The return of the company’s longtime CEO hasn’t slowed the workers, who are inspiring activists at Amazon and showing the extent of labor’s new power.
www.bloomberg.com
Why unions are growing and shrinking at the same time
Joining the picket line like it’s 1939.
www.vox.com
Meanwhile, workers at a Virginia Target store will be voting on getting the IWW as their representatives:
BREAKING: Target Workers in Christiansburg, VA File for NLRB Election
CHRISTIANSBURG, VA: Target workers at Store 1292 have petitioned for collective bargaining with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after Target Corporation issued no response to a request fo…
thevirginiaworker.com
petee
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it's working ...
www.vice.com
"Apple is circulating a series of anti-union talking points to store leaders to use with employees in the United States, amid fears that a wave of unionization could break out across its U.S. stores"
Leaked Memo Reveals Apple’s Anti-Union Talking Points for Store Managers
Apple is instructing managers to tell retail workers that they could lose benefits and career opportunities if they unionize.
www.vice.com
"Apple is circulating a series of anti-union talking points to store leaders to use with employees in the United States, amid fears that a wave of unionization could break out across its U.S. stores"
hitmouse
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Starbucks unionization continues, and Starbucks workers on an actual strike in Columbia, SC:
wach.com
Columbia Starbucks workers on strike
If you are a customer of a particular Starbucks in Downtown Columbia, it may take a little longer to get your favorite latte because workers are on strike. “Literally everybody from our store is on strike,” said Sophie Ryan, a Starbucks barista. Workers at the Starbucks on Millwood Avenue have...
wach.com
petee
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Amazon goes before judge Monday in attempt to overturn Staten Island union vote
The first successful vote to unionize at a U.S. Amazon warehouse hangs in the balance.
gothamist.com
“This is part of a broad attack on American workers and on the American labor movement,” said Seth Goldstein, an attorney for the Amazon Labor Union, who warned an appeal to federal courts could further erode protections established by the National Labor Relations Act. “It’s already a weak law. They can further weaken it.”
petee
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the Starbucks union movement seems to be living
perfectunion.us
Map: Where Are Starbucks Workers Unionizing?
We're tracking every Starbucks store where workers are forming unions.
perfectunion.us
Yossarian
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Well this is fucked: The National Labor Relations Board has ordered the United Mine Workers of America to compensate a coal company for more than $13 million in losses caused by a strike, including lost revenue for unmined coal.
“Is it now the policy of the federal government that unions be required to pay a company’s losses as a consequence of their members exercising their rights as working people? This is outrageous and effectively negates workers’ right to strike. It cannot stand,” international union president Cecil E. Roberts said in a statement.
umwa.org
“Is it now the policy of the federal government that unions be required to pay a company’s losses as a consequence of their members exercising their rights as working people? This is outrageous and effectively negates workers’ right to strike. It cannot stand,” international union president Cecil E. Roberts said in a statement.
NLRB demand for UMWA to pay Warrior Met Coal strike costs “outrageous,” threatens American workers’ right to strike - UMWA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 3, 2022 [TRIANGLE, VA.] The United Mine Workers of America today made it clear that it will vigorously challenge an outrageous assessment of damages made by the National Labor Relations Board Region 10 regarding the UMWA’s 16-month strike against Warrior Met Coal in...
umwa.org
The organized labor movement has a new ally: venture capitalists
Aug. 12, 2022
Aug. 12, 2022
Not sure what to make of this? Smacks of social entrepreneurship yet some good could come from it?
8ball
AV REFUGEES WELCOME
Part of me is a little intrigued.
hitmouse
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Rhode Island filth getting a bit aggressive with striking DHL workers:
www.abc6.com
Union workers on strike arrested, pepper sprayed by Pawtucket Police | ABC6
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — DHL workers on their eleventh week of strike were pepper sprayed by Pawtucket Police Friday. Police say five union workers were arrested. Charges include disorderly conduct, simple assault, resisting arrest, and obstruction of an officer. #UPDATE: Pawtucket Police...
hitmouse
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US railworkers are a few days off from being able to strike again:
jacobin.com
The Federal Government Is Trying to Stop Railroad Workers From Striking
Railroad workers bargaining for better pay and working conditions are at an impasse with their employers, causing the federal government to intervene to ward off a disruptive strike. But railworkers should be allowed to strike if and when they want to.
jacobin.com
hitmouse
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Nurses striking in Minnesota:
edition.cnn.com
Massive health care strike: 15,000 Minnesota nurses walk off the job
About 15,000 nurses in Minnesota went on strike Monday morning, saying they are fighting for better staffing and better care for their patients.
edition.cnn.com
hitmouse
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Labor Notes analysis of wtf's going on with the US rail stuff:
labornotes.org
Joe Biden Thinks a Rail Strike has Been Averted. Do Rail Workers?
Just after 5 a.m. on Thursday, Marty Walsh tweeted that the railroad companies and the railroad unions had come to a tentative agreement, less than 19 hours from a potential shutdown: “Moments ago, following more than 20 consecutive hours of negotiations at [the Department of Labor], the rail...
labornotes.org
petee
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Labor Notes analysis of wtf's going on with the US rail stuff:
Joe Biden Thinks a Rail Strike has Been Averted. Do Rail Workers?
Just after 5 a.m. on Thursday, Marty Walsh tweeted that the railroad companies and the railroad unions had come to a tentative agreement, less than 19 hours from a potential shutdown: “Moments ago, following more than 20 consecutive hours of negotiations at [the Department of Labor], the rail...
Railroad executives holding economy hostage
And the US begins to release some stolen Afghan central bank funds -- to a Swiss bank
badnews.substack.com
Railroad executives are in the beginning stages of a lockout of workers, with Amtrak already halting all long-distance service. The goal is obvious: To cause enough economic pain for the country, and political pain for Democrats leading into the midterms, that Congress forces a contract on workers that doesn’t deal with their main point of contention, a new brutal scheduling system that has made family life, or any semblance of a life outside of work, borderline impossible.
petee
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Unionization drive attempts to draw 300 Home Depot workers in Philadelphia
Workers in Philadelphia want to form what's believed to be a first-of-its-kind union at Home Depot. Drivers in San Diego unionized in 2019.
www.businessinsider.com
"The union is listed as "Home Depot Workers United." According to the labor activist publication More Perfect Union, if the union goes through, it will be the first one of its kind at the home improvement chain."
hitmouse
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Online meeting with Strike Map and BFAWU about the Starbucks union:the Starbucks union movement seems to be living
Map: Where Are Starbucks Workers Unionizing?
We're tracking every Starbucks store where workers are forming unions.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Unionising Starbucks ft Starbucks Workers United & BFAWU. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join Starbucks Workers United members Kylah Clay and Taylor Dickerson, as we discuss the ongoing strikes, and recognition campaigns across Starbucks in the USA. This meeting will be chaired by Sarah Woolley, General Secretary Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, and will explore how we can...
petee
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Trader Joe's workers in Williamsburg begin vote on store’s first NYC union election - Gothamist
Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC.
gothamist.com
"The workers are seeking to join Trader Joe’s United, an upstart union formed over the summer when workers in Hadley, Massachusetts and then in Minneapolis, Minnesota voted to start it"
petee
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hitmouse
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Labor Notes review of the year:
labornotes.org
2022 in Review: Harsh Conditions, Good Surprises
Was it the pandemic? Was it new disasters from climate change? Was it the fact that employers are still begging for more workers? Whatever it was, workers were ready to throw down this year. In the face of inflation and short-staffing we demanded more money in our paychecks, and more time for...
labornotes.org
hitmouse
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hwfg:
www.theguardian.com
www.nytimes.com
Another Hollywood writers’ strike is going ahead. Here’s what you need to know
The Writers Guild of America have announced a strike will begin tomorrow, after talks broke down with major studios and streamers
Hollywood Writers Go on Strike, Halting Production
The dispute, which pits 11,500 television and screenwriters against the major studios, has shattered 15 years of labor peace in the entertainment business.
hitmouse
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Oh, and the old guard leadership in both the Teamsters and the UAW have now been replaced by challengers called Sean or Shawn - the new UAW President is Shawn Fain, which really sounds like it should be some provo-themed joke name, but is apparently his actual name:
www.cnbc.com
Congratulations to Shawn Fain, tiocfaidh ár lá and all that.
Historic UAW election picks reform leader who vows more aggressive approach to auto negotiations
The union's new leader will be Shawn Fain, a member of the "UAW Members United" reform group and local leader for a Stellantis parts plant in Indiana.
petee
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sheesh
www.thecity.nyc
Manhattan Starbucks Workers Seek to Oust Union, With Help From Group That Argued ‘Janus’ Decision
The Reserve Roastery employees’ petition to decertify, which is pending a vote, comes days after workers in Rochester and Buffalo also moved to eject Starbucks Workers United.
www.thecity.nyc
petee
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just one store, but a big one
gothamist.com
Workers at Union Square Barnes & Noble win vote to unionize
The book retail empire's Union Square branch is the latest of its stores to unionize.
gothamist.com
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