Tag

Unionizing

All articles tagged with #unionizing

labor-relations2 years ago•4 min saved

UAW President Criticizes Stellantis for Temp Worker Layoffs, Plans Visit to VW

UAW President Shawn Fain criticized Stellantis for firing 539 temporary employees, vowing to protect them and organize nonunion automakers in the South. The UAW is sending a representative to Volkswagen's Tennessee factory for mass meetings to promote unionizing, and has garnered 2,000 signatures from workers there seeking to join the union. The UAW is also targeting other nonunion plants and has raised concerns about companies offering raises without a union contract in place. Stellantis' move to fire temporary workers was condemned by Fain, who accused the company of divisive tactics, while the UAW continues its efforts to organize workers at nonunion carmakers.

via Detroit Free Press|

#labor-negotiations #labor-relations #stellantis

labor-rights2 years ago•1 min saved

Northeast Alabama Starbucks Workers Strike for Better Conditions

Workers at a Starbucks in Scottsboro, Alabama, staged a strike to protest working conditions and unfair labor practices. The store, which had previously unionized, experienced understaffing and employees reported being overworked. The strike aimed to bring the company to the bargaining table and address these concerns. Starbucks Workers United, representing about 8,500 employees at over 350 stores nationwide, has filed complaints against the company. This is the second Starbucks store in Alabama to unionize.

via AL.com|

#labor-rights #starbucks #strike

labor-rights2 years ago•1 min saved

US Labor Board Protects Unionizing Rights by Restricting Work Rules

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made it harder for businesses to defend workplace rules that could impede employees' rights to join unions. The NLRB's decision states that routine work rules, such as those banning disparagement or solicitation, are illegal if they could reasonably be interpreted as prohibiting protected activity related to discussing working conditions or distributing union literature. This ruling could benefit unions amid a rise in labor organizing efforts, including campaigns at Starbucks, Amazon, Apple, and other major companies. The NLRB overturned a 2017 ruling by the Trump administration, stating that workplace policies were valid as long as they served legitimate business reasons. The case involving waste disposal company Stericycle's policies was sent back to an administrative judge to apply the new standard.

via Reuters|

#chilling-effect #labor-rights #national-labor-relations-board

politics2 years ago•2 min saved

Labor organizing group pushes for Senate support.

A group of Democratic senators, led by Sen. Sherrod Brown, introduced a resolution to allow Senate staff to unionize and collectively bargain. The move comes more than a year after the House passed a similar resolution. However, Democrats would need to find nearly a dozen Republican senators in favor to overcome the 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster. Currently, only Sen. Ed Markey's staffers have unionized, but the Senate hasn't passed its own resolution to authorize unionizing, leaving organizers unprotected by federal labor laws.

via POLITICO|

#democrats #labor-organizing #politics

labor-rights2 years ago•3 min saved

LA Strippers Celebrate Unionizing Victory After 15-Month Battle

Strippers at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in California have successfully unionized after a 15-month battle to gain representation by the Actors’ Equity Association. The National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to count the votes this week following a settlement. The bar is slated to reopen after attorneys representing the establishment reached a deal with union lawyers to take a seat at the bargaining table and recognize the union. The Star Garden strippers will be the first unionized strippers since 1997, when dancers at Lusty Lady in San Francisco organized the Exotic Dancers Union.

via Fox Business|

#actors-equity-association #labor-rights #national-labor-relations-board

business2 years ago•2 min saved

Amazon's Response to Unionizing and Driver Protests.

Amazon's vice president of customer fulfilment and global ops services for North America and Europe, Stefano Perego, said the company is "not concerned" about a wave of unionizing globally because of its competitive pay and benefits. However, workers at an Amazon site in Coventry, UK, staged the first formal industrial action in the country in January, demanding formal union recognition and better wages. The GMB union, which represents the Amazon workers in the UK, called Perego "out of touch" and said Amazon workers want enough cash in their pockets to keep a roof over their heads and feed their families.

via CNBC|

#amazon #benefits #business

business2 years ago•1 min saved

Elon Musk and Tesla found guilty of violating labor laws.

A federal appeals court has upheld a previous finding that Tesla and CEO Elon Musk violated labor laws by firing an employee involved in union organizing and making an apparent threat to rescind stock options if employees unionized. The National Labor Relations Board's order requires Tesla to reinstate the former employee with backpay and directs Musk to delete a tweet. The court affirmed that Tesla violated labor laws in firing the employee and that Musk's tweet could be understood as a threat to rescind stock options if employees unionized.

via The Hill|

#business #elon-musk #labor-laws

business2 years ago•1 min saved

Court rules Elon Musk's tweet on Tesla union campaign illegal.

A US appeals court has ruled that Elon Musk violated federal labour law by tweeting that employees of Tesla would lose stock options if they joined a union. The court upheld a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board that said the 2018 tweet amounted to an unlawful threat that could discourage unionising and ordered Musk to delete it. Tesla had argued that the tweet about unionising was not a threat and merely reflected the fact that union workers at other auto companies did not receive stock options.

via The Guardian|

#business #elon-musk #labour-law