by Justin | Dec 12, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Organizing
HGSU-UAW’s journey has been dramatic, with long-lasting repercussions for the Harvard community. It gives rise to a story that everybody tells in his or her own way, a truth too complicated for any single soundbite. It is the latest segment of a fight that has been...
by Justin | Dec 3, 2020 | NLRB, Organizing, President Donald Trump
When a union comes into a workplace, the best-case scenario is that the employer doesn’t actively fight them. This has been the case for decades as some employers agree to stay neutral in a union election. At the Yotel Boston hotel, the company signed an agreement...
by Justin | Dec 3, 2020 | Amazon, NLRB, Organizing, President Donald Trump
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday rejected Amazon’s bid to delay a hearing on the union drive of Alabama workers into January, as the e-commerce giant signals its willingness to vigorously battle employees trying to organize. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 1, 2020 | Administration Caucus, AFL-CIO, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Opinion, Organizing
At the end of the day, a union is just a voluntary organization of workers. Workers made the union and only workers can “unmake” the union. In every other facet of our lives: church, school, work… there is always a pastor, a teacher, a boss… someone to run the show....
by Justin | Dec 1, 2020 | Amazon, NLRB, Organizing
Amazon.com Inc. has hired Harry Johnson, a former Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board, to help the company defend against a union election at an Alabama warehouse. Read the article here.
by Justin | Nov 26, 2020 | Museum Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2110
When Jon Feng joined the staff of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston two years ago, he was realizing a dream. The museum was one of his favorite places; he visited it practically every other week. Feng never finished college, and he remembers that a bachelor’s degree...
