Strippers fight for a union, and AIPAC goes whole hog
It’s not often there is a strategic opening created by the confluence of a favorable NLRB, a supportive presidency, a tight job market, and a roiling economy. This is not a time to cling to paradigms wedded to past conditions. Now we can "Think Big."
Jennifer A. Abruzzo, NRLB General Counsel, issues a key memo stating that "NLRB case precedent, which has tolerated [mandatory anti-union] meetings, is at odds with fundamental labor-law principles." She urges the Board to take action.
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Amazon has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its workers to organize freely and without retaliation.
Wednesday morning, several dozen Amazon workers at two separate Chicago-area delivery stations staged a walkout to demand raises and safer working conditions, making it the first time the tech giant has seen a multi-site work stoppage in the U.S.
“The only way to make a change is to pressure these people into understanding that we aren’t … animals to control at their will.”
Labor board approves elections for Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y.
Now’s the perfect time to fight for the right to return to a job once a strike is over. The United States is experiencing a wave of worker militancy and a White House that actually wants to take concrete actions to defend and grow labor unions.
Well-planned strikes are not only a union's most potent weapon, but also the public's best chance of forcing substantive policy changes to improve working conditions, living conditions, and the health of the planet.
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