Weekly Labor Updates

LABOR UPDATES

• “REI continues its union-busting tactics at its NYC store.” “The only guarantee in any collective bargaining process is that there are no guarantees.”
  Corporate-speak for “I’d hate to see anyone get hurt” while rolling up their sleeves. According to the union, anything management does is now “union busting.”
• 80 Starbucks stores in over 20 states have now filed to form a union.
• 17,000 BNSF railroad workers voted to authorize a strike over the attendance policy but “… were barred from striking by a judge. Workers are on call 24/7 and can now be penalized for doctor visits or even jury duty….”
•  “The right to strike — one of the basic tools that workers must defend and advance their economic and social interests — must become something that every worker can claim, regardless of income.” IWW launches GoFundMe for workers across the country