New Orleans The very conservative US District Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. overturned the proposed requirement issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December 2010, requiring all employers to post a notice advising workers that they had the right to organize. The decision is an exercise in tomfoolery since the DC Appeals …
Category: Labor Organizing
Kaiser Aftermath: How About Some Competition to Organize Healthcare Workers?
Little Rock Probably surprising none of the organizers involved or anyone looking at the campaign, the vote count on the rerun decertification election between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) produced the same result with a wider margin as Kaiser hospital workers in California overwhelming voted for …
The Horror of Bangladesh Factory Collapse Reveals Impotence of CSR Compliance Inspections
New Orleans The death count has now passed 340 workers in the horrific collapse of the 8-story garment factory in Bangladesh. Buried as well in the latest story in the Times is the understated indictment of another hollow and ineffective outside inspection of these garment plants as part of corporate social responsibility monitoring agreements that …