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Cornell Workers Strike for the First Time in Decades
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/cornell-workers-strike-first-time-decades
Published: August 28, 2024 23:46
As students moved into campus, Cornell University’s 1,200 dining, custodial, and maintenance workers in Ithaca, New York, walked off the job August 18.
“When you’re not getting paid a living wage in a place that certainly has the money to pay, it feels…
Interview: Bridging Political Divides through Solidarity
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/bridging-political-divides-through-solidarity
Published: August 28, 2024 18:49
How should unions engage with members drawn to right-wing, anti-worker politics and candidates? One union trying to tackle this disconnect is the Communications Workers (CWA).
Steve Lawton, former president of CWA Local 1102 in New York (now merged with…
Worker Coops Bring Undocumented Workers into the Labor Movement
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/08/worker-coops-bring-undocumented-workers-labor-movement
Published: August 27, 2024 04:00
How can immigrants without work authorization avoid being hyper-exploited, and instead find work where they have some autonomy and collective power to raise standards? A movement that has been incubating in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, might offer some answers. …
Work to Rule and Open Bargaining Back Down Kroger Warehouse Bosses
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/work-rule-and-open-bargaining-back-down-kroger-warehouse-bosses
Published: August 26, 2024 17:30
Teamsters in an Indiana grocery warehouse scored big this year with a contract campaign like never before.
They organized in five languages and sported a multilingual union button. They opened up bargaining sessions for any member to come observe—on the…
Canadian Rail Workers Locked Out
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/canadian-rail-workers-locked-out
Published: August 22, 2024 18:51
Ten thousand Canadian railroad workers were locked out early this morning after two sets of major contracts expired.
Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) forced out locomotive engineers, conductors, and yard workers who are…
Workplace Safety Is Not a Game
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/08/workplace-safety-not-game
Published: August 22, 2024 16:55
Employer-sponsored “safety games” or “safety contests” may seem benign on the surface, but there’s a deadly motive.
Employers are rediscovering an old scheme to con workers into undermining their own job safety. These games are designed to reward employees…
Striking Is in the Air at Boeing
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/striking-air-boeing
Published: August 22, 2024 14:46
Mondays and Wednesdays are loud at the vast Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. As the Machinists’ contract campaign heats up, the workforce has been serenading management at lunch with air horns, train horns, and vuvuzelas—plus chants of “Out the Door…
Grocery Teamster Gets Job Back, Prepares to Organize for More
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/08/grocery-teamster-gets-job-back-prepares-organize-more
Published: August 14, 2024 19:05
Sixteen months after his illegal firing, Juan Vargas walked into work in June to cheers and pats on the back from his co-workers at Anthony Marano Company, a major produce distributor in the Chicago area. He won full back pay.
“They fired me because they…
Secrets of a Successful Organizer Now Available in Seven Languages
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/08/secrets-successful-organizer-now-available-seven-languages
Published: August 13, 2024 19:40
We are happy to report that Secrets of a Successful Organizer has now been translated into seven languages: Spanish, Japanese, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Swedish, and, most recently, Danish and Quebecois French. (See below for details on…
East Coast Longshore Contract Clock Ticks Down
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/east-coast-longshore-contract-clock-ticks-down
Published: August 12, 2024 23:17
Union negotiations covering longshore workers on the East and Gulf Coasts have been stalled since June 10, bringing the union closer to a potential strike at the September 30 contract expiration.