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kingcobweb posted:I know there’s a lot of truly evil people in this world but I reserve a special place of hatred in my heart for professional union-busters Confessions of a Union Buster is one of the most frustrating books I've ever read just because it's page after page of guys like that fucker
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kingcobweb posted:I know there’s a lot of truly evil people in this world but I reserve a special place of hatred in my heart for professional union-busters Alex Acosta relative?
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It really goes to show how it's really not ultimately about the cost of increased wages or whatever for these business, but purely an ideological struggle and the need to maintain total authority over the workplace.
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ALU has successfully filed for an election at another amazon warehouse, too
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here's the filing https://twitter.com/UnionElections/status/1489664208065253385?s=20&t=aCTohSwJLgtDfxKJlwtOxQ pretty crazy, again, they're doing this without a larger local, forming their own, new, union it's hard, but if they can do it...
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unionization kicks rear end in kinda related news, copenhagen municipality just fired Intervare / nemlig.com today, which they had used for grocery deliveries to old/handicapped citizens for a couple years last year it came out in papers that intervare were using the classic "independent contractor" model (so basically uber etc). so the muni held back payments while looking into it & have been telling intervare to fix poo poo, but they didnt so now the muni cancelled the contract before its end date. also they reserved the back-held contract pay (something like 500k usd?) to instead pay directly to drivers they were intervares biggest customer, so its gonna sting. intervare says they will sue for breach of contract but i dont think they will get far. first, because all public contracts have a "fair work" clause so they will probably have to make a case that they are not underpaying, and second because the danish tax authorities have already classified wolt (gig food delivery) "contractors" as actual employees for tax purposes, so theres a precedent for the workers there already
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https://twitter.com/jackcalifano/status/1490834902627102723 lmao. the transcript, in case you doubt it's real: https://our.rei.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/REI_Transcript_v02_220203.pdf
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Feb 8, 2022 15:51
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Seems like it's working exactly as intended
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Feb 8, 2022 15:56
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more union busting https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1491087545626951680
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mrmcd posted:https://twitter.com/jackcalifano/status/1490834902627102723 beyond parody lol
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Feb 8, 2022 18:22
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i just sat through a union busting zoom call with an employer the only people that showed up were organizing committee members lol
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Feb 8, 2022 18:33
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kingcobweb posted:more union busting
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:starbucks has a big legal department and budget, but i'm not so sure this one's gonna work out for em Ya that’s a real bad look. Sucks for those directly affected since this kind of thing generally has a timeline in years, but the NLRB is gonna nail their balls to the wall.
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Feb 8, 2022 18:41
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In addition to being a bad look, has Starbucks seen the labor market? No way are they getting competent replacements, and the fired workers can walk into any one of dozens of establishments and get another job that day.
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help some brave union people out https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1491108430001709058
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Konstantin posted:In addition to being a bad look, has Starbucks seen the labor market? No way are they getting competent replacements, and the fired workers can walk into any one of dozens of establishments and get another job that day. I'm not sure HR is aware of what that word means
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StashAugustine posted:I'm not sure HR is aware of what that word means Of course they're not aware. That would require competency on HR's part and I don't think I've ever seen a competent HR.
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if I am accidentally now The Boss of an workplace (formerly organic leader) how can I make a lasting impact to empower the staff? workplace is under 50 people and a nonprofit.
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just not interfering would be an improvement over workplaces with an actively union-hostile management. imo actual organizing should come from the bottom of the power structure so maybe you can put the idea in someone’s head? i am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that managers have been lawfully fired for just appearing to be pro-union, so be aware of that.
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the issue is that, while it seems like it would be a nice thing to let a cool pro union manager help organize, what actually happens when management is allowed to be pro-union is that they cheerfully help organize a “union” which is in fact wholly captive to the whims of management. you get Potemkin unions. that’s why the prohibition on management getting involved in organizing is so ironclad and durable—it’s one of the most insidious anti union tricks there is.
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:the issue is that, while it seems like it would be a nice thing to let a cool pro union manager help organize, what actually happens when management is allowed to be pro-union is that they cheerfully help organize a “union” which is in fact wholly captive to the whims of management. you get Potemkin unions. that’s why the prohibition on management getting involved in organizing is so ironclad and durable—it’s one of the most insidious anti union tricks there is. I’m not saying that can’t happen, but management being pro-union can have good impacts too. the only reason I ever got involved in union activity is that Cingular voluntarily recognized something like 14k workers joining CWA and publicly talked about working with them as a partner.
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it’s difficult to emphasize how big of a deal it is that the Seattle roastery is going union. this is the premier Starbucks in the entire world. https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1493302251217367041
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Angstronaut posted:if I am accidentally now The Boss of an workplace (formerly organic leader) how can I make a lasting impact to empower the staff? workplace is under 50 people and a nonprofit. most "bosses" think their job is to tell people how to do theirs and that's stupid so don't do that your job is to make sure people who report to you have the best chance to do their job, which mostly involves getting resources and supporting other people and staying out of the way of people under you
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kingcobweb posted:it’s difficult to emphasize how big of a deal it is that the Seattle roastery is going union. this is the premier Starbucks in the entire world. ngl, if you had told me five years ago that a new wave of unionization began with Seattle (and elsewhere) baristas, I would have laughed you out of the room. It loving rules.
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kingcobweb posted:I’m not saying that can’t happen, but management being pro-union can have good impacts too. the only reason I ever got involved in union activity is that Cingular voluntarily recognized something like 14k workers joining CWA and publicly talked about working with them as a partner. that’s different. management can and should always voluntarily recognize their unions and they’re idiots if they don’t see the union as a partner. but management helping build the union in the first place is a big no no for good reasons
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:that’s different. management can and should always voluntarily recognize their unions and they’re idiots if they don’t see the union as a partner. but management helping build the union in the first place is a big no no for good reasons oh, complete agree. what I’m saying is that pro-union boss can help guide the company toward voluntarily recognizing and other pro-worker policies.
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kingcobweb posted:oh, complete agree. what I’m saying is that pro-union boss can help guide the company toward voluntarily recognizing and other pro-worker policies. (the preserved head of rich little imitating howard cosell voice) no argument there
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I can’t decide how to feel about that, mostly not good; I also don’t think the law will be kind to that effort
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The revolutionary worker's militia rises in Texas
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as state employees it's illegal for them to strike but if they do who's gonna stop them?
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:I can’t decide how to feel about that, mostly not good; I also don’t think the law will be kind to that effort apparently it's perfectly legal, which is weird, like state level is a specific carve out, if they were federal it would be highly illegal
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In Training posted:The revolutionary worker's militia rises in Texas alright then, who knew, the United socialist republics of America’s red guard has formed, I’ll forfeit my bourgeoise possessions and head to Texas
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Sounds like a cop union tbh.
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mrmcd posted:Sounds like a cop union tbh.
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this is cool but if they’re “quietly working” why is WaPo putting a target on their backs?? I guess if Apple already knows what stores then it doesn’t hurt https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/18/apple-retail-stores-union-labor/
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I guess that's why I saw a thing recently about Apple Store employees getting a dollar raise and more sick daysquote:In addition to raises, Apple this week also told employees that it is introducing improved benefits. Apple now offers 12 paid sick days, up from six, and those days can be used for mental health leave, illnesses, or taking family members to the doctor. lmao so that's why they dont have apple stores in denmark. im fairly sure apple store employees would qualify as funktionærer & get full pay during sick leave, though they are allowed to let you go if youre sick for 120 days (+ 1 month notice)
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Carthag Tuek posted:I guess that's why I saw a thing recently about Apple Store employees getting a dollar raise and more sick days immediately tell me what funktionærer is before I assume it’s a George Clinton record
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kingcobweb posted:immediately tell me what funktionærer is before I assume it’s a George Clinton record funk town era: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Law_on_Salaried_Employees
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