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Posted 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 | 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...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Apr 23, 2020 | UFCW, Union Organizing, Unions, UNITE-HERE
In the spirit of “never let a crisis go to waste,” Big Labor is taking every advantage it can to turn the pandemic to its own ends. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), union of government employees, sued the...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Feb 27, 2020 | Healthcare, Industry, Union Organizing
Did Chino Valley nurses make gains in their new contract? by Lori King On December 12 Chino Valley Medical Center nurses ratified their first union contract. Prior to the ratification, the hospital and nurses suffered...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Feb 27, 2020 | Industry, Tech - Media, Union Organizing
The staff at crowdfunding platform Kickstarter voted to join the Office and Professional Employees Union this month, making it one of the first tech companies to opt into a representative labor relationship. Meanwhile,...
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