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It really depends. The Biden administration basically told the rail lines: "You will give them these raises and backdate them to this point." It was good enough for 8/12 unions. The last 4 unions represent about half of the workers though and they're saying no deal unless quality of life improvements are also made and their workers can get some time off without being on call 7 days a week.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/StarTribune/status/1569347351185166337 ~15k nurses in MN on strike for 3 days.
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https://twitter.com/BostonUrbEx/status/1569301260448194560 The rail lines are already preparing. Some information on the bullshit staffing policies the workers are dealing with: https://prospect.org/labor/rail-workers-punished-for-taking-days-off-union-says/
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Let's. loving. Gooooooooo!!
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god i hope it happens.
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In Training posted:Let's. loving. Gooooooooo!!
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hell yeah supply chain issues pt 2, labor boogaloo (brb stocking up on toilet paper)
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Do I need to stock up if I live in a port city
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The Dutch railway strikes of the past weeks worked, and the national railway company agreed to a new contract  https://twitter.com/MattPovey2/status/1569298508427010054 This will hopefully open the floodgates for more industrial action across the country
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Curious if anyone here has taken the Jane macalevy class on organizing. I'm about to start and I'm looking forward, she seems like a total badass.
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scuttlebutt from hereabouts (philly unions) is that she's a much better labor speaker+educator than she is an on the ground labor organizer. that's fine! the class and books and insights are very strong
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does anyone in labor organization ever look at or push for the repeal of taft-hartley? i never hear anything about it.
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Stringent posted:does anyone in labor organization ever look at or push for the repeal of taft-hartley? i never hear anything about it. Labor unions have 0 political strength since they purged the socialist membership and permanently hitched their wagon to the Dems in the 30s, there's nothing to push or fight for. there is an enormous political vacuum that could be filled by healthier orgs pushing to repeal taft-hartley, reinstitute card check, repeal a bunch of state laws that prevent public sector strikes etc.
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In Training posted:Labor unions have 0 political strength since they purged the socialist membership and permanently hitched their wagon to the Dems in the 30s, there's nothing to push or fight for. so why isn't it getting filled? repealing taft-hartley seems like it should be a slam dunk?
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Stringent posted:so why isn't it getting filled? repealing taft-hartley seems like it should be a slam dunk? Union leadership went to the same ivy leagues as the dem consultant class, their class alignment is much closer to bourgeoisie than their own membership. they have no political ambitions period, because it keeps the checks flowing.
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In Training posted:Union leadership went to the same ivy leagues as the dem consultant class, their class alignment is much closer to bourgeoisie than their own membership. they have no political ambitions period, because it keeps the checks flowing. that's not an answer, taft-hartley isn't even spoken of anywhere.
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Fwiw it does seem to be changing. There's more rank and file momentum across various industries trying to internally organize to oust their loser leaders. But you cant just like, flip a switch and decide to be a militant body. It takes overcoming decades of internal institutional rot. The work can be helped along by historical circumstances but it's still a long process
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Stringent posted:that's not an answer, taft-hartley isn't even spoken of anywhere. That is an answer though? The complete absence of taft-hartley shows their extremely limited political development. The most you get is GOTV campaigns for Dems, fundraising calls+dinners and a open letter to president Biden to please sign the PRO act. No threat, no understanding that liberalism is still an enemy of working class struggle, the language and strategy is completely devoid of engaging membership with actual political struggle.
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In Training posted:Fwiw it does seem to be changing. There's more rank and file momentum across various industries trying to internally organize to oust their loser leaders. But you cant just like, flip a switch and decide to be a militant body. It takes overcoming decades of internal institutional rot. The work can be helped along by historical circumstances but it's still a long process Yup, we had our first elections ever in 2018, and it's taken til now to get aggressive leaders settled, the road blocks cleared, internal conservatives removed, and start actually really getting stuff done this year. And that's in Iceland where we never had a full on McCarthy purge.
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In Training posted:That is an answer though? The complete absence of taft-hartley shows their extremely limited political development. The most you get is GOTV campaigns for Dems, fundraising calls+dinners and a open letter to president Biden to please sign the PRO act. No threat, no understanding that liberalism is still an enemy of working class struggle, the language and strategy is completely devoid of engaging membership with actual political struggle. i think you're missing my point. taft-hartley was passed so long ago i think people have forgotten about it. my question is why isn't this at the forefront of organizers' platforms?
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Stringent posted:my question is why isn't this at the forefront of organizers' platforms? Because the leaders are liberals. That's the entire answer, if you don't understand you're probably also a liberal.
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poopinmymouth posted:Because the leaders are liberals. That's the entire answer, if you don't understand you're probably also a liberal. ok then there's no point in organizing. thanks for the solution.
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Stringent posted:ok then there's no point in organizing. thanks for the solution. It's important to find the source of the problem. That doesn't mean it's unsolvable.
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Stringent posted:ok then there's no point in organizing. thanks for the solution. There is definitely an urgent need for organizing, stronger leadership doesn't emerge from heaven, bestowed to a unit that suddenly becomes Militant. they emerge from internal struggles
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 that's all of the search results.
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The unions need to build a political power base before they start going after federal legislation. To do that, they need real victories on the ground so they can gain popular support and start either running candidates or leveraging political parties.
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they don’t phrase it as “repeal Taft Hartley,” they phrase it as “pass the PRO act,” which undoes some (not all) of the bad things from TH and does a lot of new good things. edit: Warren also has a bill targeting right to work laws.
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In Training posted:Labor unions have 0 political strength since they purged the socialist membership and permanently hitched their wagon to the Dems in the 30s, there's nothing to push or fight for. I don’t think “zero political strength” is accurate, they’re just using their political strength for the wrong things, like pushing for the CHIPS act. we just need to steer these huge ships in a better direction. not easy!
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big news in rail, with Biden “averting” the strike. problem is, those pesky workers get to actually vote on whether or not they want the deal!! https://twitter.com/JonahFurman/status/1570424964175519745
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https://twitter.com/who_shot_jgr/status/1570458013726539776 id bet money it still gets ratified though
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poopinmymouth posted:Curious if anyone here has taken the Jane macalevy class on organizing. I'm about to start and I'm looking forward, she seems like a total badass. If you're talking about the Organizing for Power sessions, they were excellent. Jane doesn't run the whole thing, but you can tell they're succession planning for her from the other facilitators.
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In Training posted:There is definitely an urgent need for organizing, stronger leadership doesn't emerge from heaven, bestowed to a unit that suddenly becomes Militant. they emerge from internal struggles Exactly. I witnessed this happen and participated in the project. Guess who we had to struggle with to get more militant? The liberal former leadership.
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Can someone please give me 30 days off because thr Finnpol IK thinks nurses should not have the right to unionize and I want to post at them which is not worth it. TIA. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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gently caress that ik
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iirc home depot is up there with walmart for most anti-union retailer https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1572274199246274561
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They got a tough road ahead of them but it's a sign of the times that they even got this far. I wish them all the luck, and may their harvest of corporate tears be bountiful.
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Was it home Depot or Menards that made people sign agreements to not join unions upon hire lol
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