Herewith, a union leader’s suggestions on why they left and how to win them back.
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Labor Nominee Chavez-DeRemer: More Trump Loyalist Than Union Ally
A cursory look at her record reveals the standard contemporary GOP positions.
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Sean O’Brien’s Tantrum Against the Democrats
He appears to be hoping for a Trump victory, which would be a disaster for the Teamsters, but just maybe good for him.
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Will the Senate Take Off the Handcuffs?
The Harris-Walz ticket and every Democrat are promising big things. But the filibuster makes that agenda impossible. Will they finally remove that barrier?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Capital Won’t Love You Back, Mr. President
Billionaire chief of staff Jeffrey Zients epitomizes a campaign that has been less than forceful about the rally of capital to Donald Trump’s side.
Posted inWorking in America
Curtailing Starbucks’s War on Its Unionized Baristas
The company is giving raises, but only to workers who haven’t unionized. That’s likely illegal, but the NLRB has yet to stop it.
Posted inWorking in America
The Real Victims of Cancel Culture Are America’s Workers
Employees are all too readily fired just for speaking out about conditions at work.
Posted inWorking in America
Companies Are Required to Report Their Union Busting, but Many Don’t
Legally required documentation is often withheld until the threat of worker power has been quelled.
Posted inWorking in America
How Faux-Progressive Starbucks Is Fighting Unionization
Denying raises to its unionized baristas appears to be an effective, if illegal, tactic—at least, until the NLRB clamps down on it.
Posted inWorking in America
What Amazon and Starbucks Don’t Let Us Know
There are gaping holes in what the law requires employers to reveal about their campaigns to keep their workers from unionizing.