– 32BJ members and other union members are speaking out against anti-worker bills in Harrisburg and politicians are listening. Because of the thousands of phone calls and door knocks that SEIU and other union members have made, we were able…
NEWS
Union Members Urge Boycott As NE Phila. Food Plant Is Shuttered
By Steve Tawa — Area elected officials and union members gathered today outside the former Nabisco and Kraft bakery in Northeast Philadelphia to protest the company decision to close the factory by early next year. Word that Mondelez International is…
AFSCME District Council 33 announces contract negotiations to resume this week; outstanding issues need to be resolved.
– Pete Matthews, the President of AFSCME District Council 33, today announced that contract negotiations between the Union and the City of Philadelphia are set to resume on Friday February 21, 2014 (location to be determined) and should continue, around…
Outside interference undermines VW workers’ free choice in Chattanooga
– A vote on union representation at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee ends in a defeat for IndustriALL affiliate the UAW by 626-712 after threats and intimidation by Republican politicians and anti-union groups. Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant voted…
PhillyLabor Tidbit Of The Day: Why Is There a War On Collective Bargaining?
– Because United We (Working Americans) Stand But Individually, They (Right Wing Politicians/Corporations/Unscrupulous Employers) Can Bully Us! They simply do not want working people having the platform to organize together to negotiate because it levels the playing field! The bottom…
