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The Union Movement In The USA Died Today

Interview with a worker organiz/sing at a previously non-union grocery store:

More background here:
theshoestring.org

Trader Joe’s United Alleges More Retaliation

Members claim the grocery chain's management fabricated a write-up of National President Jamie Edwards, among other unfair labor practices.
theshoestring.org theshoestring.org

Nice to see anarchists actually involved in workplace organising as well.
 
www.theguardian.com

UAW secures historic union election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant

Vote makes Chattanooga factory first auto plant in US south to unionize via election since the 1940s
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

inthesetimes.com

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.
inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com
 
hitmouse said:
www.theguardian.com

UAW secures historic union election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant

Vote makes Chattanooga factory first auto plant in US south to unionize via election since the 1940s
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

inthesetimes.com

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.
inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com
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(there's a standalone UAW thread here)
 
Bit of an old story but one I've only just caught up with, some questionable judgement from Sean O'Brien:
www.theguardian.com

Teamsters president faces backlash over ‘unconscionable’ GOP convention speech

Sean O’Brien accused of bolstering ‘most anti-union party and president’ by senior members of his own union
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
labornotes.org

Viewpoint: O’Brien Speech Played into Republicans’ Phony Pro-Worker Rebrand

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke at Trump’s Republican National Convention on Monday. This was a bad move. Much of the speech would have been fine if he had delivered it somewhere else. O’Brien railed against corporate greed, singling out Amazon and the private equity vultures that killed...
labornotes.org labornotes.org

Who's easy to get mixed up with Shawn Fain, but there are clearly important distinctions between the two. Oh well, I suppose O'Brien is unlikely to be remembered as the absolute worst Teamsters president.
 

Some 10,000 U.S. hotel workers began a multi-day strike in several cities on Sunday after contract talks with hotel operators Marriott International (MAR.O), opens new tab, Hilton Worldwide (HLT.N), opens new tab, and Hyatt Hotels (H.N), opens new tab reached an impasse, the Unite Here union said.

Unite Here, which represents workers in hotels, casinos, and airports across the United States and Canada, said thousands of workers at 25 hotels are on strike in some major travel destinations including San Francisco and San Diego in California, Hawaii's capital city Honolulu, Boston, Seattle, and Greenwich, Connecticut, with workers from additional cities ready to join the walkout as the Labor Day holiday weekend continues.

The strike is taking place with the industry facing a 9% increase in Labor Day weekend domestic travel compared to last year, according to AAA booking data.
 
some details

substack.perfectunion.us

ILA Suspends Port Strike After Securing Big Raises

The current contract will be extended until after the New Year, but sticking points on automation remain.
substack.perfectunion.us substack.perfectunion.us

The temporary deal extends the life of the current bargaining agreement until January 15, according to a joint statement by the union and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), the group representing top shipping companies such as Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The deal at present constitutes an agreement on wages which, according to multiple reports, includes wage increases of 62 percent — a $4 raise each year in the top rate over the life of the contract, if and when the agreement is ratified.

The issue of automation remains unresolved. But with the deal on wages secure, there is now additional breathing room for negotiations on the matter. The USMX’s current position has been retaining the language of the current contract around automation and semi-automation, while the union is attempting to assert more control over decision-making.
 
Maybe this belongs in the books forum, but Barbara Kingsolver talks of two major strikes in the 80s, and how communities were divided and went into decline

www.theguardian.com

‘I’ve dealt with anti-hillbilly bigotry all my life’: Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the real Appalachia and why Demon Copperhead was such a hit

As the Pulitzer-winning author’s little-known first book is published in the UK, she discusses the roots of division in the US, her wild childhood, and putting the story straight about where she’s from
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Most commentators believed the dispute would be conventional and relatively brief, but within a month, things had shifted dramatically: squads of armoured men with teargas and automatic weapons were storming tiny, bucolic main streets; people were being jailed for nothing more than calling a neighbour a scab. It lasted from June 1983 until December 1984. By the time it was over, the trade union that represented the workers had been decertified, and half a century of organised labour in Arizona was at an end.

Only later did it occur to her that the story had historic implications: “This was the moment when the forces of capital teamed with governments to crush labour. A lot of it turned [in the US] on the air traffic controller strike [of 1981]. Reagan broke that strike overnight. He fired 11,000 unionised controllers in a single morning and then – this is the really shocking part – he banned them from working in the federal service ever again.
 
Boeing strikers ended up settling for 38% over four years, after a 53-day strike:
labornotes.org

Boeing Machinists End 53-Day Strike with 38 Percent Raise

Striking Boeing Machinists will start returning to work tomorrow after voting for a new contract with substantial wage increases. The 33,000 Seattle-area Machinists voted 59 percent to accept, just two weeks after two-thirds of them voted to reject a slightly worse contract. Voting was more...
labornotes.org labornotes.org

Also, New York Times tech workers were on strike recently, although they've now returned to work:
cwa-union.org

New York Times Tech Guild Ends Strike, Continues Contract Fight

The strike was one of the first tech workers’ strikes in the U.S., and the striking workers ran one of the largest remote pickets in the nation.
cwa-union.org cwa-union.org

They built a whole little site with games and things for people to visit instead of playing Wordle while they were striking:

Guild Builds

A series of games made by NY Tech Guild members
nytimesguild.org nytimesguild.org
 
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