New Orleans The Republicans are clear that unions have a target on their backs. Labor law reform was never alive, especially not carrying the weight of “card check” recognition or mandatory first contract arbitration, and is now relegated to the dreamscape. They promise worse to come, and they have the votes to do it. Not …
Tag: Labor Organizing
Bargaining Rights for Non-Majority Unions
New Orleans Kenneth Stretcher faxed me an article from the September 2010 edition of Labor Notes knowing that I would be desperate to read it, and I was. The piece was “Should Non-majority Unions Have a Right to Bargain?” by Judy Atkins and David Cohen both of the UE. They speculate that with a full …
Andy Stern and the Long Goodbye
Washington As I made my way back from half-way across the world, I watched the story unfold even before leaving Mumbai of first reports that Andy Stern would resign as President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and then a message from him by the time that I arrived at Dulles that there was …