New Orleans Conservatives of all stripes and nationalities seem to have settled on a killer app for delivering a death blow to unions: block the dues collection mechanism! Short memories will recall that earlier this year there were fierce legislative battles in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere whose sole objective was to eliminate the ability …
Category: Labor Organizing
Is NUHW Homeless in the House of Labor Again?
New Orleans It’s easy to lose touch when I’ve been on the road and out of the country too much, but sadly sometimes it’s just deja vu all over again. For years one of the hot buttons in the labor movement was the so-called tragic civil war in California within the ranks of healthcare unions …
A Demand for Old School Union Reps: Arbitrations!
New Orleans The New York Times has run a three-part series on the galloping trend of corporations, both large and small, overtly or slyly forcing consumers and even non-union workers to agree to arbitration procedures that block their access to courts and to joining with others in class action litigation on larger concerns. The stories …