by Justin | Nov 22, 2021 | Organizing, Unionization
Unions aren’t just about strikes and politics—the stories the media covers. There’s a big story the media usually misses about unions: how, concretely, they improve workers’ lives.“Back in the day, we didn’t have any say on anything,” said one union worker....
by Justin | Jun 25, 2021 | Organizing, Student Researchers United-UAW, UAW Local 2865
Forming a union doesn’t happen overnight. It requires hours of conversation, explanation, persuasion, follow-ups. For student researchers at the University of California, the process has been underway for months, and on Monday, May 24, their efforts resulted in a...
by Justin | Jun 22, 2021 | Graduate Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2865
Across the University of California, teaching assistants and tutors are unionized, but graduate student researchers are not. That could soon change, after organizers filed more than 10,000 signed union authorization cards with the California Public Employment...
by Justin | Jun 2, 2021 | Amazon, Organizing
Tuesday, June 15 at 8pm Eastern there will be a presentation and discussion with award-winning journalist Alec MacGillis, author of the acclaimed book, “Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America.” Published in March 2021, Fulfillment is about Amazon’s...
by Justin | May 31, 2021 | Museum Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2110, Whitney Museum
Yesterday, the Whitney informed the NLRB of its intent to waive the need for an election, thereby voluntarily recognizing the union — a huge win for its workers, who had been in contact with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 since the museum’s reopening in the...
by Justin | May 24, 2021 | Graduate Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2865
A quiet campaign by UAW organizers at the University of California ended Monday with more than 10,000 signed cards officially submitted to authorities that would create the Student Researchers United-UAW, representing more than 17,000 higher education workers. These...
