For non-New Yorkers, a little refresher: we have a reprehensible law in New York called the Taylor Law. It prevents public workers from striking and imposes horrendous penalties on strikers and their unions if they try to exercise a basic democratic right. Since the transit workers strike this past December, there has been talk within […]
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UAW Future
Posted on 19 June 2006.
There was an unremarkable piece in The New York Times that looked back at the just-completed UAW convention.
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More On the UAW
Posted on 14 June 2006.
Ron Gettlelfinger had this to say at the UAW Convention, according to the speech posted on the UAW website: “For decades now, the UAW has been a staunch advocate of single-payer national health insurance and we’re going to keep fighting to make affordable, quality health care a right for every American.” Yes, I agree but […]
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UAW’s Tough Times
Posted on 12 June 2006.
Though today it rates a front-page story in The New York Times, the difficult times the United Auto Workers (my union) faces is certainly nothing new. We’ve been losing members for a long time and, though there has been a lot of attention on organizing new members, the numbers have not made up the losses. […]
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The Noose Gets Tighter at Delphi
Posted on 10 June 2006.
We’ve been following the saga at Delphi Corp. for many months, in large part because it speaks volumes about the ability of corporations to use the bankruptcy laws to impose crippling wage concessions on working people. Yesterday, the UAW (which is holding its convention this week in Las Vegas) reached a deal with Delphi to […]
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Could Unions Live Without Dues Checkoff?
Posted on 18 May 2006.
Here’s a controversy to toss out. I’ve pondered this for some time but the transit workers strike and the penalty it got hit with makes me wonder about this again: what if unions didn’t have automatic dues check-off and instead were obligated to collect dues one-on-one from members? You’ll see below in the article in […]
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Delphi Strike A Step Closer
Posted on 17 May 2006.
Not unexpected… Auto Union Leaders Are Authorized to Call a Strike By JEREMY W. PETERS DETROIT, May 16 — Members of the United Automobile Workers union have voted to give their leaders the ultimate bargaining chip: the authorization to call a strike against Delphi, the auto parts supplier. While not unexpected, the vote to approve […]
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Burying the Hatchet–A Bit
Posted on 10 May 2006.
My sources tell me that today at 2 p.m. Change To Win and the AFL-CIO will announce a deal that sort of helps bridge the work of the two federations, mainly in the area of politics. This new formation will be called the National Labor Coordinating Committee and the main purpose of the committee will […]
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News Breaking…Come Back at 2:00
Posted on 10 May 2006.
Intriguing, huh? It involves Change To Win and AFL-CIO but I can’t say anything until then…
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NYU Grad Student Strike
Posted on 28 April 2006.
So, yours truly and 56 other people spent some time in jail yesterday for peacefully blocking a road near the campus of New York University. You may remember that NYU, one of the richest private universities in the country, has been refusing to recognize and negotiate with the graduate students’ union–even though it had already […]
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