New Orleans Where the new rule making by the NLRB on elections offers potentially significant advantages would seem to be on larger units, if unions are willing to marshal the will and resources to go big. The average representation petition for years has been relatively small, usually less than 50 workers. This battle to rebuild …
Category: Labor Organizing
NLRB New Rules: Quicker Elections, More Hearings, Longer Cert Delays
New Orleans The NLRB has announced a new rule-making procedure on representation elections. Labor will try to paint lipstick on this pig, and business and their political friends will claim this is the end of the world as they know it, but in truth unions know this is not what they had wanted or hoped …
A New Wal-Mart Workers Association
Ottawa The UFCW’s effort to assist the development of a workers’ association for the so-called “associates” of Wal-Mart finally has made its debut after a long period of work, claiming thousands of members and organization on the ground in California, Texas, Washington State, as well as efforts in Florida and elsewhere that are well known. …