New Orleans McDonalds’ strategy of stiff arming its workers, having its legal staff pursue frivolous delays to run out the clock on the Obama Administration, and do anything and everything to avoid taking any responsibility for its franchisees finally ran into a road block at the hands of the NLRB Administrative Law Judge. The ALJ, …
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Attacking Unions by Going after Members and Money Continues Everywhere
New Orleans Back in the United States one of the first articles I had to read in detail on my return focused on the efforts of the right wing legal shops to sue big public employee unions in Washington, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and California for repayment of agency fees accepted from nonmembers …
Building New Organizations in the Birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution
Birmingham Depending on whether you are looking east or west, Birmingham is either the Chicago of the United Kingdom or Chicago is the Birmingham of the United States. Carrying the analogy too far, Manchester is Cleveland to Birmingham’s Chicago. I better stop. The key point is that these are amazing, bustling cities with deep, historical …