by Justin | Apr 12, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, GWC-UAW 2110, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, New York University, Organizing, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
Joe Biden’s ascension to the White House has precipitated a flurry of activity by graduate student unions at private universities across the country, some of whom had avoided certain organizing efforts during the Trump administration amid fears that their cases would...
by Justin | Apr 6, 2021 | Department of Labor, NLRB, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
A new report by the nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows why Biden was right to fire Robb—and to do so quickly. The GAO found that Robb was dismantling the agency from the inside. He reduced staff size, destroyed employee morale, and failed to...
by Justin | Dec 8, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Labor Notes, NLRB, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
Unions are hoping that President-elect Joe Biden quickly takes control of the National Labor Relations Board and launches a new era of federal labor policy. Over the past four years, a cabal of Trump appointees, determined to rewrite U.S. labor law, has run the NLRB...
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 | Oct 19, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Endorsements, President Donald Trump
Yesteday (Sunday, October 18,2020) at the UAWD monthly members and supporters meeting, the membership voted to endorse the Rochester Labor Council resolution Defending American Democracy and Opposing Authoritarian Rule. The resolution can be viewed here. Defending...
