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NLRB Bulletin Boards: E for Effort, F for Results

New Orleans     The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed a rule that would require companies to post on their bulletin boards a notice informing workers that they have the legal right to organize.  Conservatives, strong adherents of a philosophical belief in “total war” when it comes to class issues, are crying [...]

December 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Labor Organizing, Organizing | Leave a comment

Post Mortem: Labor Back to the Board

NLRB Seal

New Orleans The Republicans are clear that unions have a target on their backs.  Labor law reform was never alive, especially not carrying the weight of “card check” recognition or mandatory first contract arbitration, and is now relegated to the dreamscape.  They promise worse to come, and they have the votes to [...]

November 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Labor Organizing | Leave a comment

Kaiser Win for SEIU, No Rerun Coming

Nytimes article picture of SEIU workers celebrating with workers coming into work.

Mumbai    The results of the Kaiser decertification election or what Steve Greenhouse with the NY Times calls the largest single-company private sector election since Ford Motor more than 60 years ago, were an old  foot stomping, ass whipping blowout for SEIU.  The scorecard [...]

October 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ideas and Issues | 2 comments

Bargaining Rights for Non-Majority Unions

New Orleans Kenneth Stretcher faxed me an article from the September 2010 edition of Labor Notes knowing that I would be desperate to read it, and I was.  The piece was “Should Non-majority Unions Have a Right to Bargain?” by Judy Atkins and David Cohen both of the UE.  They speculate that with a [...]

September 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Labor Organizing, Organizing | Leave a comment
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