Friday Five: Unions Under Scrutiny, RTO Stumbling Blocks, And Hawley In The Headlines
It’s Friday, and we have five stories that you might not have heard about in the world of labor relations.
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Category: Union Leaders
What the Latest Senate Hearing Revealed About America’s Labor Law System
Recent headlines paint a rosy picture of rising union victories at companies like Amazon, Starbucks, and Volkswagen. However, a recent Senate HELP Committee hearing presented a more sobering reality: for many workers, winning a union vote is only the beginning of a much longer, more complex battle, one that unfolds between corporate boardrooms, government agencies, and legislative gridlock.
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A Year-Long Beverage Strike: Fact Vs. The Teamsters Fiction
The Teamsters recently marked the one-year anniversary of the Bigfoot Beverages strike by–weird flex, but okay–throwing a barbecue near the locally-owned, family-founded drinks distributor’s Oregon headquarters.
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Starbucks Workers Try To Turn Up the Heat Without Big Strike Power
Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has organized about 650 stores out of nearly 9,000 corporate-owned stores. That’s a lot of stores to be organized at any one employer, but not enough density to shut down the enterprise with a strike.
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When Unions Fail Their Own Members
As we emerge from a long Labor Day holiday weekend, during which the press spent considerable time lauding the current trendiness and popularity of labor unions, they devoted little time to discussing the downside of labor unions.
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