Edinburgh When we’re not practicing “raps,” and strategizing about the best way forward in the Leith neighborhood of Edinburgh for ACORN Scotland, I’ve been thinking about the interesting features of the labor law in the United Kingdom that allow workers to build unions and win consultation rights with employers prior to achieving majorities that would …
Tag: majority unionism
Union Conundrum: Short Term Needs versus Long Term Success
New Orleans Eduardo Porter’s “Economic Scene” column in the New York Times is fast becoming a favorite read for me. He actually seems to care about people, including working and low income people. Probably not long for this world at the paper, but worth showing some love. In today’s column he looked at the deterioration …
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 …