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Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jun 25, 2020 | Legal, Politics, Union Organizing
Contributors Milam and Miller at Above the Law produced a meaty article on the impact of the pandemic on labor issues, and provide much food for thought on navigating the “new normal.” In addressing concerted activity for...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Jun 25, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Legal, Politics, Unions
U.S. labor unions are speaking up against the arrest of one of Mexico’s top labor activists. Labor attorney, Susana Prieto, was arrested during a protest early this month. AFL-CIO President, Richard Trumpka, among other U.S....
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | May 28, 2020 | Politics, Union Organizing
Unionized staffers of Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden have reached a new milestone: the first time a major party’s apparent presidential nominee will employ unionized workers under a collective bargaining...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | May 28, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Legal, Politics, Unions
The AFL-CIO and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 are attempting to institute a law that would ban right-to-work legislation in the state of Illinois. Specifically, they are looking to bar any law from...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | May 28, 2020 | Politics, SEIU, Union Organizing, Unions
We’ve already seen how unions are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to organize workers here in the US, so it’s no surprise that the same is true in Canada. SEIU Local 2 launched a campaign to organize essential workers...
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