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When Your Boss Is Just Going Through The Motions

September 13, 2016 David Cohen, www.labornotes.org/ ,
By David Cohen for Labor Notes - Has your union ever faced an employer that treated bargaining as a sham? Such employers have no interest in reaching a compromise; they’re intent on forcing concessions or breaking the union. Often they never move off their concessionary proposals. Finally they declare impasse and implement their “last, best, and final offer.” Winning against an employer like this requires a multi-pronged strategy. Members will need to gather public support and wage a fight that affects the employer’s production or services.

Trans-Pacific Partnership Would Hurt Black And Hispanic Workers

September 12, 2016 Robert E. Scott, www.epi.org ,
By Robert E. Scott for Economic Policy Institute - The White House is making one last push for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. However, growing imports of goods from low-wage, less-developed countries, which nearly tripled from 2.9 percent of GDP in 1989 to 8.4 percent in 2011, reduced the wages of the typical non-college educated worker in 2011 by “5.5 percent, or by roughly $1,800—for a full-time, full year worker earning the average wage for workers without a four-year college degree,” as shown by my colleague Josh Bivens.

Union Leadership Disputes Dominion Statement On Lockout

September 9, 2016 Staff, www.therecord-online.com , ,
By Staff of The Record Online - BRIDGEPORT, WV — Locked out local union members today gathered at the entrance to Dominion Transmission’s Leidy facility, this in the wake of the company-imposed lockout across six states. Dominion Transmission and Dominion Hope locked out the employees just after midnight, affecting more than 900 employees who are members of United Gas Workers Union Local 69. The membership includes some 50 to 60 employees in the Leidy Field area.

Over 150 Million People Participate In Largest Labor Strike In History

September 8, 2016 Eric Scott Pickard, www.mintpressnews.com , ,
By Eric Scott Pickard for Mint Press News - Mumbai, India – The All India Strike, conducted across India, is likely the largest labor strike in human history, with some estimates putting the figure of striking workers at 150 million. Occurring during the fanfare of the United State’s Labor Day holiday, a long weekend mostly known in American culture as a time to drink beer and grill hot dogs, the All India Strike has disrupted many public sector industries and brought Indian workers into the international spotlight.

The Rise Of The Unorganizable

September 8, 2016 Tomasz Frymorgen, www.jacobinmag.com ,
By Tomasz Frymorgen for Jacobin - Wildcat strikes in informal sectors are challenging unions’ assumptions about where and who to organize. On August 11, surrounded by 150 wildcatting Deliveroo drivers, a union activist read out a list of concessions won by British couriers, all of whom organized with the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union. Courier workers won a 28 percent raise; CitySprint workers won 17 percent — their first in ten years. At Mach1, riders won higher pay, company-provided uniforms, and an end to equipment rental fees.

US Activists Urged To Accompany Colombian Voters In October Peace Referendum

September 7, 2016 Staff, www.afgj.org , , ,
By Staff of AFGJ - One of Colombia’s most targeted labor organizations has asked the United Steelworkers to send union members to accompany voters in the country’s October 2nd peace plebiscite. If the “yes” vote wins this election, it will bring an end to 52 years of civil war. The National Unitary Federation of Agricultural Workers Unions (Fensuagro) believes the presence of international solidarity activists can provide an atmosphere of safety in places where paramilitary organizations are threatening pro-peace voters.

Tens Of Millions Of Indian Workers Strike For Higher Wages

September 4, 2016 Michael Safi, www.theguardian.com , , ,
By Michael Safi for the Guardian. A nationwide strike by tens of millions of Indian public sector workers has been hailed by union officials as “the world’s largest ever” industrial action, and cost the economy up to 180bn rupees (£2bn), according to an industry group. Last-minute concessions by the finance and labour ministries, including a 104-rupee rise in unskilled workers’ daily minimum wage, could not ward off the strike against what unions said were the “anti-worker and anti-people” policies of Narendra Modi’s government. State banks and power stations were shut and public transport was halted in some states on Friday, and 20 protesters were arrested in West Bengal after allegedly damaging government buses, police official Anuj Sharma told the AFP news agency. Schools and colleges in Bangalore were closed as a precautionary measure, and 4,200 buses sat idle in Haryana. Mumbai and Delhi avoided major disruptions but surgeries were delayed at a major hospital in the capital while nurses demonstrated outside.

Why Almost 10,000 Employees Are Suing Chipotle

September 3, 2016 David Laconangelo, www.csmonitor.com , ,
By David Laconangelo for CS Monitor - After settling claims in several states, the burrito chain faces a class-action lawsuit from employees across the country. Nearly 10,000 current and former Chipotle employees have joined a class-action lawsuit against the burrito chain, alleging that they were routinely forced to work off the clock. Chipotle, say plaintiffs in the case, "routinely requires hourly-paid restaurant employees to punch out, and then continue working until they are given permission to leave," according to a complaint initially filed in 2014.

Union Decline Lowers Wages Of Nonunion Workers

August 31, 2016 Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice, and Jennifer Laird, www.epi.org , ,
By Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice, and Jennifer Laird for Economic Policy Institute - Pay for private-sector workers has barely budged over the past three and a half decades. In fact, for men in the private sector who lack a college degree and do not belong to a labor union, real wages today are substantially lowerthan they were in the late 1970s. In the debates over the causes of wage stagnation, the decline in union power has not received nearly as much attention as globalization, technological change, and the slowdown in Americans’ educational attainment.

Global Labor Movement Called On To Support Shipyard Workers

August 23, 2016 Staff, www.egyptsolidarityinitiative.org , ,
By Staff of Egypt Solidarity - Leading Egyptian trade unionists have launched an open letter calling on the global labour movement to mobilise solidarity for the Alexandria Shipyard workers, as the military court postponed the verdict in their trial for a second time until 18 September. The workers will face another month in horrific detention conditions without knowing whether they will face a jail term for organising to improve their pay and conditions at work.

A Convention For The 64 Million Americans Paid Less Than $15/Hour

August 17, 2016 Antoin Adams, www.huffingtonpost.com , ,
By Antoin Adams for The Huffington Post - In the nearly 100 degree heat this weekend, I joined thousands of fast-food and other underpaid workers in Richmond, VA—the capital of the former Confederacy— to lead the first-ever Fight for $15 National Convention. It wasn’t a typical convention like you see on TV: We didn’t endorse any candidates, and there weren’t speeches from politicians. Instead, we came together in Richmond to highlight the racist policies that are holding back workers of color nationwide, and to mobilize the 64 million Americans paid less than $15/hour ahead of the 2016 election.

No-Tipping Policies At US Restaurants Prompt Delight – And Disaster

August 15, 2016 Melanie Sevcenko, www.amp.theguardian.com ,
By Melanie Sevcenko for The Guardian - When customers of Portland’s upscale Le Pigeon receive their credit card slips, the line has been removed where the tip would normally be scribbled in. Co-owned by Gabe Rucker, a chef and recipient of two James Beard awards, the French-inspired bistro threw out tipping in June, while prices have increased by about 20%. Servers are now paid an hourly wage as well as a share of revenues, similar to a commission, and wages for cooks have gone up.

It Is Time To Erase Debts And Restart The Economy, Create Jobs

August 6, 2016 Mike Krauss, www.truthdig.com , ,
By Mike Krauss for Truth Dig - So far, neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton has offered a credible plan to restart the long-stalled U.S. economy. Trump favors lowering taxes to spur demand, a reduction in the supply of illegal foreign labor to boost wages, and modifying trade policy to encourage investment in U.S. manufacturing and create better-paying jobs. He also touts an unspecified infrastructure investment. Some argue that this approach will not provide jobs in the magnitude required, and will likely increase the federal deficit.

Philadelphia Airport Workers Just Voted To Strike DNC

July 14, 2016 Zach Cartwright, www.usuncut.com , , ,
By Zach Cartwright for US Uncut - All the political luminaries, delegates, and journalists attending the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia may be flying directly into a chaotic mess if employers don’t negotiate with airport workers. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, SEIU 32BJ, the union fighting to represent workers at the Philadelphia International Airport, is demanding the city grant airport employees the right to unionize.

Three Recent Wins Prove Old-Fashioned Union Power Isn’t Dead Yet

July 11, 2016 Jane Slaughter, www.truth-out.org ,
By Jane Slaughter for Labor Notes - Three big wins for workers in the last nine months arrived where you might least expect them: in the old, blue-collar economy. That's the economy where unions are down to 6.7 percent, where wins are rare and workers are supposed to be on their way out. Yet at Chrysler, Verizon, and a huge Teamster pension fund, thousands of union members mobilized to put a stick in management's eye. Hundreds of thousands will see the benefit.
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