Marble Falls The Holy Grail for union organizers in the United States for decades despite years of fruitless efforts to change labor law has been winning card check recognition. In Congress, we have never come particularly close despite repeated efforts and promises, most of which wilt in the face of determined corporate opposition …
Category: Workers
California Dreaming
Marble Falls One oft-repeated line from the old Beach Boys song was “I wish they could all be California.” Some group ought to do a cover of that song with the line, “I wish we all could be Californians.” Of course, most of us couldn’t afford it, but maybe if we could substitute …
NLRB and Union Keep Whipping Up on Starbucks
Marble Falls Hardly nine months ago, workers in a Buffalo Starbucks won the first US-election in the company. In the first eight months since that initial victory, Workers United / SEIU has won 200 elections, 52 of them unanimously, for a win rate of around 85% of all elections filed. According to the NLRB, …