The Detroit News reports that union electricians in Ann Arbor are calling for a boycott of a Kroger store that isn’t even built yet. It seems that the general contractor had the audacity to hire electricians (gasp, some...
Read MoreAn anti-tax activist in Oregon (with a bit of a checkered past) is attempting a local ballot initiative to ban collection of union dues from paychecks of public employees if those unions commingle portions of dues money for...
Read MoreHarry Kelber is a stalwart for union democracy (not that long ago he was kicked out of the CWA after decades of membership because of his criticism of their undemocratic “corporatization”). He is a labor educator and...
Read MoreAndy Stern, President of SEIU, has a Blog that is definitely worth reading for people interested in labor issues (whether you agree with him or not – I’ve posted before about why I feel his Unity Partnership idea is...
Read MoreThe Detroit news has a very thorough and thoughtful article on two tier wage agreements in its Sunday edition. It covers both the business reasons that resulted in the groundbreaking (in the automobile industry at any rate)...
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