New Orleans When a company has seen its workers in more than 350 locations vote that they want to be represented by a union, you would normally think that they might have gotten a message that there’s trouble in a whole lot of river cities. Even when the company is huge and supposedly …
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Time to Substitute Corporate Accountability for ESG
Pearl River With the Supreme Court’s decision to trash affirmative action programs in colleges and universities, conservatives of all stripes believe it’s on now. In their gun sights are minority hiring programs and incentives where they might exist. In the conservative assault against affirmative action, Comcast settled a case accusing it of illegally favoring …
It’s Not Just Slow Walking that Kills Union Organizing
New Orleans It was only a matter of time before someone outside the labor movement pointed out what should have become all too obvious to union organizers and leadership for a while. In the exciting and inspiring victories of Amazon workers in Staten Island and Starbucks baristas in hundreds of locations around the …