Unions Tag

Scott Walker revolution on the line in Wisconsin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2018 14 Comments

Oh what a night. That was the post I wrote the day after Scott Walker defeated the recall effort against him in 2012:

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Student Workers at Swarthmore Planning to Unionize Over ‘Labor Exploitation’

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 28, 2018 1 Comment

"United Undergraduate Workers of Swarthmore"...

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Student Union Members at UC Berkeley Occupy Dean’s Office, Issue Demands

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 10, 2018 5 Comments

“We’re here to try to push the administration to recognize our demands”...

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Brown Agrees to Terms for Graduate Student Union Elections

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2018 0 Comments

"new agreement outlines election procedures, voter eligibility and a dispute-resolution process"...

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Sanders Introduces Legislation To Deprive States Of Right To Pass Right-to-work Laws

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 13, 2018 31 Comments

As Democrats audition for their hoped for role as the new Congressional majority, the flow of progressive ideas just keeps coming.  So far, they promise to raise taxes, to manifest from thin air "free" college and "free" healthcare, and to be legislative busybodies who monitor our speech, thoughts, and actions.  Yay!?

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Report: George Washington U. TA Asks Students to Attend Unionization Sit-in for Class

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2018 0 Comments

"there will be a change in location for our discussion section tomorrow"...

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Graduate Students at Harvard Vote to Unionize

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 22, 2018 4 Comments

"with a vote of 1,931 to 1,523"...

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Georgetown Will Allow Grad Students to Vote on Unionization

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 04, 2018 2 Comments

“Today’s agreement creates a new framework recognizing that graduate students"...

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Michigan Profs Demand Massive Salary Increase and Threaten to Strike

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2018 4 Comments

“This is happening because so far the administration has offered incredibly insulting counters to our eminently fair demands”...

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Teachers Union President Suggests Betsy DeVos Doesn’t Care About Children

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 25, 2018 4 Comments

"That’s part of why I find her so dislikeable"...

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Ithaca Baristas unionize – how long before $5 coffee is ‘the good old days’?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2018 43 Comments

My post about Cornell students complaining about $5 on-campus coffee prices elicited a strong readership response, Cornell on-campus cafe raises prices after state-mandated minimum wage hike:

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Georgetown Grad Students to File With NLRB in Unionization Fight

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2017 0 Comments

"have been pushing for official acknowledgment of their organization as a union for nearly a year"...

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Graduate Assistants at Georgetown Want Union Recognition

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 04, 2017 0 Comments

Always look for the union label....

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Bernie Sanders Supports Unionization Efforts of U. Chicago Grad Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 17, 2017 0 Comments

"I respect the critical work you do every day"...

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Austria’s Student Union Rejects Anti-Israel Boycott Campaign

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on October 17, 2017 4 Comments

Last week, Austria's National Union of Students (ÖH), the country’s leading student body, passed a sternly worded resolution condemning the anti-Israel boycott campaign -- or the "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” Movement -- trying to get a foothold in the country. The student body raised concerns about the "growing presence of the antisemitic BDS campaign" on Austrian college campuses and vowed to combat the antisemitic agitators trying to infiltrate student politics.

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U. Chicago Grad Students to Vote on Unionizing

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 15, 2017 1 Comment

"We believe that we are workers, and we want the right to bargain collectively."...

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After Crushing Defeat In Mississippi Nissan Vote, UAW Vows To Fight Nissan In Court

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 06, 2017 8 Comments

"More than 60 percent of Nissan workers opposed unionizing"...

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Nissan Employees In Mississippi Vote On Unionization (UPDATE: UAW Roundly Defeated)

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 04, 2017 14 Comments

Earlier this year, I wrote about the UAW's unionization efforts at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi.  Casting Nissan as the villain, failed presidential candidate and current socialist Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders is stepping up his pressure on Nissan and its workers at the Canton plant. Nissan's Canton plant employees are voting on whether or not to unionize on Thursday and Friday. ABC News reports:

Workers at Nissan Motor Co.'s Mississippi assembly plant voted Thursday to decide whether to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

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