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Labor union Dissident groups are nothing new but have been growing not just in numbers but effectiveness, groups like Teamsters for a democratic union (TDU)…

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This week, Amazon drivers organized with the Teamsters in Skokie, Illinois, went on strike over the company’s violations of labor law. The workers are demanding Amazon recognize and bargain with their union.

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The Biden administration has proposed a desperately needed new heat standard to protect workers from scorching temperatures. Expect business groups to oppose it.

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Union organizing campaigns are stressful events, your employees have expressed that they don’t trust you and feel that they haven’t been treated fairly.

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This week, the NLRB handed down its first Cemex order against Station Casinos in Las Vegas, which engaged in heavy-handed union busting before workers lost a vote to unionize. The ruling may force the casino chain to bargain with the union anyway.

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The union’s attempt to unseat an incumbent legislator over a room cleaning mandate failed. But lasting disunity could have repercussions for Democrats.

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Just days before workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting last week on whether to unionize, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a new law that would claw back state incentives from companies that voluntarily recognize labor unions. Alabama’s move follows similar efforts in Georgia and Tennessee, where GOP leaders also have passed laws […]

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Union members are striking in record numbers and non-union worker organizing is expanding into new sectors of our economy.

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“As a public safety measure, I agree firearms should be serialized,” the Republican governor told lawmakers in a letter Tuesday.

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Unions and union supporting organizations like Labor Notes, (TDU} Teamsters for a democratic union and others spend a lot of time and energy building up a…

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SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry looks back on the Fight for $15 and a Union, organizing fast-food workers, and more as she steps down from her position as president.

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The Teamsters is celebrating what it says is a first-ever victory to organize drivers at a Kroger fulfillment center. The post Teamsters voted in to represent drivers at Kroger fulfillment center, say it’s a first appeared first on FreightWaves.

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The Orlando-based Labor Pros, and its consultants, have a history of skirting federal labor law

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Graduate students at the University of Montana in Missoula have formed a union after two years of organizing, and with more than 400 eligible members, it will be one of the largest in the state.

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A good article about Board decisions relating to union salting and non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.

Contact me at Rtorres@pslabor.com if you want a copy of my Overview of Union Salting Tactics

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Alaska Airlines and its 7,000-member flight attendants union reached a tentative labor deal late Friday, concluding talks that lasted more than a year and a half.

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Workers are winning a greater percentage of NLRB-overseen union elections than at any point in the past 15 years as Biden administration appointees help protect workers’ right to organize—but a conservative policy plan offers a blueprint for eroding the NLRB’s ability to protect organizing workers.

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New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union have overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try to get a contract from the online retailer.

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The union’s attempt to unseat an incumbent legislator over a room cleaning mandate failed. But lasting disunity could have repercussions for Democrats.

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A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday tossed out a judge's order that required Amazon.com to refrain from firing union supporters amid a nationwide organizing campaign at its warehouses.

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The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) On April 1, 2022, the became the first unionized Amazon workers recognized by the National Labor Relations Board.

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Unions have recently enjoyed some success in both recruitment and labor actions. They now face resistance from lawmakers in red states, particularly in the South.

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The US electoral system distorts the translation of political preferences into votes, diminishing the influence of working-class voters and labor unions. To build their political power, unions should support proportional representation.

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I always enjoy reading from an employee’s perspective about the inner workings of a union organizing campaign and the effect it has on them.

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