by Justin | Oct 28, 2020 | NLRB, Organizing
The National Labor Relations Board will review the circumstances under which unions can display a massive inflatable rat at protests, despite court findings that its use is protected by the First Amendment. The announcement follows a campaign against “Scabby”—a...
by Justin | Oct 23, 2020 | NLRB, Organizing, UAW Local 2110
Employees at the Portland Museum of Art are petitioning the National Labor Relations Board for union representation, citing low pay and lack of job security, and accusing museum management of union-busting tactics. The museum management says it is not anti-union, but...
by Justin | Oct 17, 2020 | Labor Notes, Organizing
The problem is that even great tactics can’t overcome the social, political, and economic forces of capitalism, which combine to make organizing a gigantic challenge. In a free-market system, employers are under intense competitive pressure to resist workers’...
by Justin | Oct 8, 2020 | Organizing, UAW Local 2110
Brooklyn Friends School leadership will withdraw its petition to decertify a staff union, the school’s principal Crissy Cáceres said in an email to parents late Wednesday. “We have been negotiating in good faith for many days, and we believed we would come to a full...
by Justin | Oct 6, 2020 | Organizing, Unionization
Amazon has long opposed the idea of its warehouse employees forming a union, though much of its anti-union strategies have stayed under wraps. But a confidential Amazon internal memo viewed by Recode reveals how the company is making significant investments in...
by Justin | Oct 6, 2020 | Graduate Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2865
Rank and File Action (RAFA) is UAW 2865’s newest and most militant caucus. Emerging out of the UC-wide struggle for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), RAFA is organizing a counter-power within our union to advance the political assertion of rank and file members,...
