The NLRB complaint says Nissan is violating labor law by threatening to close the plant.
NYC Trade Unionists: Don’t Believe Corporate Media Propaganda On Venezuela
Labor News
Image
Image
Communications Workers Protest Tennessee, JLL Privatization Scheme
Dozens of Communications Workers Of America members in Pittsburgh Tuesday for the union’s national convention marched outside offices of real estate giant JLL to protest the privatization of service jobs at state-owned college campuses in Tennessee. Diana Moyer is President of United Campus Workers, UCW-CWA Local 3865:
Missouri AFL-CIO Has The Petition Signatures For A ‘People’s Veto’ Election On Anti-Union Law
Missouri AFL-CIO President Mike Louis says enough petition signatures have been collected to give Missouri voters a “people’s veto” on the so-called “Right To Work’ anti-worker law. Louis says over 112,000 – more than enough signatures – are already collected to give all Missouris voters a chance to override their government on this issue.
Mike Louis: “We have exceeded that number quite handily. I feel pretty good that the people understand what would happen. And I feel pretty good that they’re not gonna allow it to happen.”
A Worker’s Call To Arms – Time To Go To War To Save The Labor Movement
CWA President Chris Shelton is sounding a worker’s call to arms to go to war to save the labor movement.
Chris Shelton: “We are at war. A war to save the labor movement. In a war there are no neutrals. To paraphrase the old union song, in times like these every working person must decide which side you are on.”
Shelton says labor’s history has shown that workers will always rise up after being attacked. And he urged every worker to get in the battle for democracy and worker rights.
This Is ‘One Of The Nastiest Anti-Union Campaigns In Modern Labor History’
The National Labor Relations Board is bringing a new complaint against Nissan alleging unfair labor practices in advance of this week’s vote by workers to organize with the UAW. Workers at the Canton Mississippi plant say Nissan is waging a very aggressive anti-union campaign.
Foxconn Comes To Wisconsin
The Foxconn Company formally announced that it intended to invest as much as 10 billion dollars to build a flat panel display plant in Wisconsin. Not just anywhere but in Paul Ryan’s district.
Before the euphoria regarding a big investment overtakes us there are some factors we should take into consideration.
Nissan Worker Says ‘We’ve Got The Numbers” To Win Union Election
Nissan worker Christopher Milton says Nissan’s anti-union fear campaign is backfiring on them. Nissan workers in Canton Mississippi are voting Thursday and Friday on whether to join the United Auto Workers.
Christopher Milton: “Right now Nissan has got a campaign, a anti-union campaign goin’ on. And every day in our startup meetings there’s somethin’ over our monitors tryin’ to get everybody to vote no.
38,000 Disney Union Workers Seek Higher Minimum Wage – Talks Set For August 28th
If a workers’ committee approves Wednesday, unions representing 38,000 Florida Disney workers will re-open their 2014 labor contract to seek a higher minimum wage.
Negotiations to increased the Disney minimum wage from the current $10 an hour are scheduled August 28th.
Ed Chambers, President of the Service Trades Council at Disney, said in a statement that the Disney workers bargaining team is solid and experienced and they expect to get way more than the small 25 to 35 cents an hour raises of the past.
Which Side Are They On? Trump’s GOP Is Blocking Wage Hikes For 20.7 Million Workers
If Trump’s Republicans were serious about lifting a finger to help working people they would immediately vote to raise the minimum wage.
That’s because in the 21 states with $7.25 an hour minimum wage, an average of 36.8 percent of the workforce would get raises IF the minimum wage were raised.
According to the National Employment Law Project that’s 20.7 million workers who would have more money in their pockets.