Labor Board Grows a Set

Labor Organizing

Seattle As union membership falls to record lows and seems now headed to only 5% of private sector density and with recent assaults on public sector unionization may be pushed below 20% density there soon as well, it is worth remembering that collective bargaining remains a clearly articulated, foundational purpose of labor law ensconced directly …

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Union Leaders Thinking “Outside the Box”

Community Organizing Health Care Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Organizing

Shreveport Local 100’s stewards and leaders organized themselves into three different workshops. One focused on schools and head start units, another looked at health care with nursing and community homes, and the last bit hard into contractors and subcontractors for sanitation and janitorial workers. The results were inspiring and exciting. In the report backs one …

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