Starbucks workers plan nationwide, three-day strike in ongoing effort to unionize
This will be the longest strike the unionization campaign has done
This will be the longest strike the unionization campaign has done
In California, it is legal for private sector workers to be forced to pay some union dues as a condition of maintaining employment, even if they decline formal union membership.
Last week, the country’s third largest rail union rejected the ratification of a labor contract brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration.
Vote for union was decided by 500 ballots.
"On the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing," U.S. District Judge John Bates wrote. "So although the Court harbors concerns about defendants' alleged conduct, it must deny plaintiffs' motion at this time."
Plan focuses aid on unions, which represent just 10.8% of workforce.
The ruling means employees such as construction workers and janitors will have a federally protected right to join a union.
More than $1.7 billion was spent by unions during the 2022 election cycle, some of it from the same type of "dark money" PAC's that are usually decried by left-leaning union leadership.
The 2023 disputes saw 458,900 workers participate.
MDS Boring employees unanimously voted to decertify the International Union of Operating Engineers from their workplace