Illinois Workers’ Right Amendment Protecting Unions And Preventing Right-To-Work Laws Primed To Pass
The measure would provide protections to workers and unions by prohibiting lawmakers from passing right-to-work laws and protecting collective bargaining.
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Report reveals how Canada’s unions intervened to strangle Ontario education support workers’ strike and rescue Ford government
Leaders of Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, and the building trades’ unions conspired with Ontario’s hard-right premier to come up with a mechanism to prevent a general strike in support of education workers targeted by a draconian anti-strike law.
Report reveals how Canada’s unions intervened to strangle Ontario education support workers’ strike and rescue Ford government
Leaders of Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, and the building trades’ unions conspired with Ontario’s hard-right premier to come up with a mechanism to prevent a general strike in support of education workers targeted by a draconian anti-strike law.
Organizing a labor union? There’s an app for that made right here in Peoria
A mobile app developed in Peoria seeks to move union organizing into the digital age.
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Non-Union Laborers Constructing Newark High School for Trades | Newark, NJ News
A gleaming new public high school envisioned for training Newark students in the construction trades is being built with non-union labor who are being underpaid for their work, according to…
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Moment or Movement? Organizing Superstars Speak Out
Jaz Brisack, Simon Rosenblum-Larson, Jessica Garcia and Heather Goodall shared their insights about the organizing process and workers’ goals at a panel on campus.
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Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. in Midtown Detroit closes permanently
The once-popular coffee shop in Midtown has been closed since January, after numerous workers caught COVID-19.
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Starbucks’ Union-Busting Was So Bad It Should Be Forced To Bargain: Labor Officials | HuffPost Impact
A regional director with the labor board says Starbucks broke so many laws that it irreparably tainted the union election process in western New York.
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Unionization Is Starting to Spread Across the Retail Sector
Inspired by the recent wave of union campaigns at Starbucks and Amazon, retail workers at major chains like Target are launching new organizing drives across the United States.
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