With a vote on union representation at the Amazon’s JFK8 facility on Staten Island, New York, set for March 25-30, the company had the leader of the union arrested on charges including trespassing on company property.
The union has responded by filing an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board claiming the company violated a December order not to inhibit workers’ ability to engage with colleagues in non-work areas on their own time. The union leader, Chris Smalls, said that the reason for his arrest was “we’ve got an election and they’re scared.”
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In an update on the spreading movement of Starbucks workers to organize, nearly 350 more at 14 stores around the country have filed petitions for elections with the National Labor Relations Board. By one estimate, over 2,000 workers in 78 locations have filed for elections in the past two months. (For a fuller account of Starbucks workers efforts, see Labor News page on this website.)
Adding to the number of workers moving toward union organization, professional employees at a number of museums around the country are are forming collective bargaining units and demanding recognition. While workers employed at many of these museums, like security guards and carpenters are already organized, this is a first for curators, librarians, educators, conservators and others on the payrolls. Among the museums where this is taking place are the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Union organizers place the increasing desire of white collar museum arts workers to organize has been the large and growing pay gap between these workers and museum executives.
Amazon union head arrested on eve of election
Labor Briefs, miscWith a vote on union representation at the Amazon’s JFK8 facility on Staten Island, New York, set for March 25-30, the company had the leader of the union arrested on charges including trespassing on company property.
The union has responded by filing an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board claiming the company violated a December order not to inhibit workers’ ability to engage with colleagues in non-work areas on their own time. The union leader, Chris Smalls, said that the reason for his arrest was “we’ve got an election and they’re scared.”
Portside, 2/28
More Starbucks workers organize
Labor BriefsIn an update on the spreading movement of Starbucks workers to organize, nearly 350 more at 14 stores around the country have filed petitions for elections with the National Labor Relations Board. By one estimate, over 2,000 workers in 78 locations have filed for elections in the past two months. (For a fuller account of Starbucks workers efforts, see Labor News page on this website.)
Who Gets the Bird website, 2/19-2/26
Museum Workers Moving Toward Unions
Labor BriefsAdding to the number of workers moving toward union organization, professional employees at a number of museums around the country are are forming collective bargaining units and demanding recognition. While workers employed at many of these museums, like security guards and carpenters are already organized, this is a first for curators, librarians, educators, conservators and others on the payrolls. Among the museums where this is taking place are the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Union organizers place the increasing desire of white collar museum arts workers to organize has been the large and growing pay gap between these workers and museum executives.
NY Times, 2/22