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the NLRB just reinstituted card check. Lets. loving. GOOOOOOOOOOOO
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in a 6-3 decision…
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In Training posted:the NLRB just reinstituted card check. Lets. loving. GOOOOOOOOOOOO https://twitter.com/jamieson/status/1695081827860365331 i mean it's definitely an improvement
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Yeah I got overly hyped and mislead. But a definite improvement over the current status quo. Employers cause interference in basically every union election ever so it can be a good tool for a militant unit to push on and force bosses to a table way quicker than they could in the past
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Aug 25, 2023 16:30
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holy poo poo that's huge.
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yeah that seems like a big and good change. You gently caress with a union election, you get a union is pretty good.
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Aug 25, 2023 20:58
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https://twitter.com/UAW/status/1695087426035650874 LFGGGGGGGGGG
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Aug 25, 2023 22:29
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*beating table* STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE
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hell yeah
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:they did? the thing i read made it sound like it's only in effect if the employer is found to have interfered. employer can still demand an election what counts as an appropriate bargaining unit? like if a company has different departments
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Aug 26, 2023 20:08
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Oglethorpe posted:what counts as an appropriate bargaining unit? like if a company has different departments there is a vast body of case law and agency opinions on the size of a bargaining unit and this decision doesn’t change any of that existing law edit: not meaning to sound flippant, just noting that that is a separate and extremely complex issue that defies summarization in a single post
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Generally speaking, the bargaining unit is whoever is represented by a union, or is looking to be represented by a union. Usually it’s all non-management workers in a facility, but it is possible to have a facility where different departments or labor classifications are represented by different unions, or some departments are unionized while some aren’t.
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Aug 26, 2023 21:35
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the language in that decision about a bargaining unit isn’t weird, but I see how it could look fishy. you can, for the purposes of the decision, read it as ‘workers who unionized’
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to give a real-world example, we don't have a clause in our contract that makes membership mandatory - you get hired for this business unit and the union has the right to approach you and ask if you want to be a union member but even if you decline you're still a part of the bargaining unit because you're eligible for union membership AND hold a position represented in the CBA. I think things get a little hazy when you get into like, Weingarten rights territory but if there's say a clause in a contract that says the company can't install keyloggers on employee-assigned computers that applies to the whole bargaining unit, not just dues-paying members (also in our contract opted-out bargaining unit members pay ~half in dues). Bargaining unit exclusive workers generally aren't allowed a vote on contracts/strike authorizations etc
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Aug 27, 2023 13:53
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dunkin is gonna spend $10 million to try to squash this https://twitter.com/UnionElections/status/1695828601369719250
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Aug 27, 2023 20:14
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doughnut workers united has some steam here in Portland. happy to see national donut organizing
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Lib and let die posted:to give a real-world example, we don't have a clause in our contract that makes membership mandatory - you get hired for this business unit and the union has the right to approach you and ask if you want to be a union member but even if you decline you're still a part of the bargaining unit because you're eligible for union membership AND hold a position represented in the CBA. I think things get a little hazy when you get into like, Weingarten rights territory but if there's say a clause in a contract that says the company can't install keyloggers on employee-assigned computers that applies to the whole bargaining unit, not just dues-paying members (also in our contract opted-out bargaining unit members pay ~half in dues). Bargaining unit exclusive workers generally aren't allowed a vote on contracts/strike authorizations etc this is all pretty much the same as my bargaining unit yeah
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https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1696513029297373493 let's see if the nlrb will actually do this poo poo
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Hey guys, I just came from the YOSPOS images thread, and they brought up an excellent point that I think often gets overlooked in our complicated work lives.
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yes
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a coworker has asked me as Shop Steward to make a formal complaint to management against another coworker for chronic unexcused tardiness. such a complaint would be equivalent to the first step for firing an employee, which sucks. she's had verbal warnings already from her immediate boss, and even all the ""laziest"" members in our unit are punctual. said coworker also always calls in sick specifically on the most demanding shifts for the whole team, but that pattern is hard to prove I've always taken the very severe "us vs them" approach with management, and have never in my life taken action against a colleague, and it sucks to be put in this position. in other news
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The answer you are looking for is "No." I'm a steward and the training made it very clear that it wasn't our job to involve ourselves in disputes between bargaining unit employees. He can rat to management himself if he wants, but you shouldn't take a position either way. Stay in your lane, even if it means a member is angry that the union can't help them in this case.
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yeah fortunately that's what I ended up doing yesterday. I even told my colleague that they can let management know that we had a conversation about it, but a complaint will not come from me, nor will I corroborate such a complaint to management. e: pronouns webcams for christ has issued a correction as of 19:48 on Sep 3, 2023 |
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you’re doing the right thing. if discipline proceeds, your job will be to make sure the worker is being disciplined fairly, and if the worker is terminated, that they are terminated in accordance with the CBA. our job is not to be management, and discipline is management’s job
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https://teamster.org/2023/08/workers-at-elysian-brewery-vote-to-join-teamsters-local-117/
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yeah our position on my union executive board is we do not do anything to help management discipline our members.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:yeah our position on my union executive board is we do not do anything to help management discipline our members.  I will put in a tiny plug for a formal Professional Standards program. they require significant buy-in from both management and the union to set up in the contract, but can provide management with another tool to work on problems that isn’t the sledgehammer of discipline. It’s also a fantastic tool to help BUEs solve interpersonal conflicts that escalate too far to be ignored. (Full disclosure, I’m the PS lead for my facility, so I’m biased.)
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Welp, no longer in a union because I'm no longer employed
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Lib and let die posted:Welp, no longer in a union because I'm no longer employed Sorry man. That fuckin sucks
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is this retaliation or layoffs (or both I guess). Hopefully you can at least negotiate for severance and protections on the way out
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informal count is 51 union positions eliminated, accounting for ~25% of the whole scope of layoffs we've been able to confirm so far
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Lib and let die posted:Welp, no longer in a union because I'm no longer employed at least you have a cool username
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i spoke with someone at work today about capitalism and they say they are not a fan also roughly told them about co-ops they are in HR lol it is always a very weird dialogue
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Oglethorpe posted:i spoke with someone at work today about capitalism and they say they are not a fan one of the bosses i have to negotiate with has a guillotine tattoo lmao
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I wrote something related to labor organizing, specifically why those "general strike now!!" memes are not the way forward https://killgoldfish.substack.com/p/online-general-strike-memes-are-not
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kingcobweb posted:I wrote something related to labor organizing, specifically why those "general strike now!!" memes are not the way forward https://killgoldfish.substack.com/p/online-general-strike-memes-are-not haven't read it but is the gist of it "workers under the same roof need to talk to each other first and form a self-supporting community of sorts"? ... quote:An obvious response to this union-centric line of thinking might be: what’s stopping the 94% of non-union workers from striking? Well, the fact that they’re not organized.  a while back i asked someone if they went out for lunch with their shoulder-bumping colleagues and their immediate response was about the company not holding any lunches lately; as if that's the only acceptable time to hang out with coworkers outside of the workplace.
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  https://variety.com/2023/film/news/marvel-union-special-effects-iatse-1235722298/
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trump with some interesting analysis https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1702037914329243879
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