Entries by Paul Becker

NLRB ORDERS NEW ELECTION IN AMAZON WAREHOUSE VOTE

Citing “flagrant disregard” of fair election rules by Amazon, the National Labor Relations Board has ordered a new election at the company’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse. The NLRB found that Amazon improperly interfered with the first election earlier this year. NLRB Atlanta region director Lisa Y. Henderson cited the company’s flagrant disregard” of agency procedures that […]

“A VICTORY FOR AMERICA’S WORKING FAMILIES”

The AFL-CIO has posted on its website a statement from its president, Liz Shuler, on what the recently passed infrastructure law means to America’s workers. Click the link below to access it. https://aflcio.org/press/releases/infrastructure-and-investment-breakthrough-victory-working-families And for further late news and views from the national AFL-CIO, click the link below: afl-cio.org

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR’S WORK OF TWO UNIONS

We link below to the newspaper of two international unions, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) and the United Auto Workers,  listing their accomplishments this past year. We will be linking to other union newspapers from time to time. https://www.ueunion.org;  https://uaw.org

A FEW RECENT LABOR TIDBITS:

More than 120 workers across 11 regions at the National Audubon Society voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming a union affiliated with the Communications Workers of America in a string of official National Labor Relations Board elections last year, joining their colleagues in the organization’s national headquarters as members of CWA. CWA-Union.org “Workers wanting to […]

Piedmont Flight Attendants Take Strike Vote

After years of failed negotiations, Flight Attendants at Piedmont Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines, are currently taking a strike authorization vote that would allow them to go on strike at any moment if the company continues to refuse to reach a fair contract. Piedmont Flight Attendants, members of the Communications Workers of America, helped […]

NOTES FROM GROWING UNION ACTIVITY

Richmond, California is seeing a big jump in union activity with the unionization of 850 workers at the Hello Fresh facility. For Unite Here Local 2850, the union leading the drive, it will mean a big jump in their membership and a major step in Unite Here’s campaign to organize the rapidly growing meal kit industry. In […]