by Justin | Mar 10, 2021 | Organizing, UAW Local 2110
Workers and artists at Studio in a School, a nonprofit group founded more than 40 years ago to teach art in public schools, have organized an effort to join a union. The National Labor Relations Board will send ballots to eligible employees on Friday, the first step...
by Justin | Mar 9, 2021 | Amazon, Organizing, President Joseph Biden, PRO Act
For more than 40 years, America’s unions have endured body blow after body blow, inflicted by Republicans and abetted by the neglect of pro-corporate Democrats. But now, the tide is turning. The House is set to pass, for a second time, the Protecting the Right to...
by Justin | Mar 8, 2021 | Museum Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2110
On Monday, the staff of the sprawling modern art museum MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts declared their intent to form a union. A press release detailed concerns around equity, compensation, job security and a round of layoffs in 2020 due to the COVID-19...
by Justin | Mar 4, 2021 | Amazon, NLRB, Organizing
The ongoing union vote by 5,800 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, has opened a window into the challenges workers face in unionizing. As the public is learning, the boss gets a big role in the process. It shouldn’t be this way. Read the article here.
by Justin | Feb 5, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Organizing
Even as the share of employed Americans who were represented by a union declined, union wages remained solid. The BLS reports that on average, in 2019, union workers earned roughly $1,095 per week, while nonunion workers earned closer to $892. Put another way,...
by Justin | Feb 5, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Organizing, PRO Act
Lawmakers gave us their word they would make the PRO Act a top priority. It’s time for them to keep that promise. Call your members of Congress and tell them to pass the PRO Act now! Call your Congress representative today!
