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Jonah Furman
@JonahFurman
"putting the movement back in the labor movement" with
@labornotes
at labornotes.org // weekly newsletter at: whogetsthebird.substack.com
Joined October 2019
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THIS WEEK: -- Two long Midwest industrial strikes, at CNH and Ingredion, come to an end -- Nurses, pilots, utility workers, video editors, teachers, and Teamsters all move towards strikes -- Meatpackers, brewery workers, and grad workers are organizing
whogetsthebird.substack.com
The week in US unions, January 15th-22nd, 2023
For Jacobin, I wrote about the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on union membership in the United States, and the big picture, twenty-year view of where we’re at. STRIKES & NEGOTIATIONS After...
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ILR Labor Action Tracker
@ILRLaborAction
📣 The December monthly report is here! This past month, there were 42 strikes with 59,500 workers walking the picket line! #1u 🚨 Look out, the 2022 ILR Labor Action Tracker Annual Report is set to release in mid-to-late February! We are excited to share our findings from 2022!
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Diana Hussein
@heyadiana
UNITE HERE report on why Orlando tourism workers — such as the tens of thousands of Disney workers involved in this contract fight — need a raise: uniteherelocal737.org/report2022/
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Big news brewing in Florida labor — the council of six unions covering 45,000 workers at Disney World is recommending a “no” vote on the company’s latest offer. They’re currently on a month-to-month contract extension agreement.
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@JonahFurman
Big news brewing in Florida labor — the council of six unions covering 45,000 workers at Disney World is recommending a “no” vote on the company’s latest offer. They’re currently on a month-to-month contract extension agreement.
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Josh Eidelson
@josheidelson
Scoop
@BW
: Occupational healthcare giant Concentra, whose clients include most of the Fortune 500, requires its workers to either give four months notice before quitting, or pay the company the equivalent of their salary for the remainder of those 120 days
bloomberg.com
Giving Four Months’ Notice or Paying to Quit Has These Workers Feeling Trapped
At Concentra, financial penalties built into contract clauses discourage unhappy employees from taking other jobs.
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@JonahFurman
Ken Bone is right
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Ken Bone
@kenbone18
Railroads won't negotiate with their workers and settle on a fair deal. They get the bought and paid for government, headed by the "most pro labor president in history," to force a deal on the peasants. Then, to no one's surprise: cnn.com/2023/01/24/bus
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Aaron Kennelly
@aaron_kennelly
I want to thank some people who have been instrumental in raising funds for the CNH workers over the past 9 months. This might be a lengthy thread. First of all, I want to thank everyone who donated. I didn't take lightly that you all trusted me to get this $ where it belonged.
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Aaron Kennelly
@aaron_kennelly
With the Case strike over, I have ended the GoFundMe and I just posted an update on where we stand now. gofundme.com/f/help-the-str
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findhelp Solidarity Network
@fhsolidarity
We’re excited to announce we’ve filed for an election with the NLRB! 🎉 Today we delivered the following letter signed by a majority of our colleagues to our leadership team. We cannot wait to have a seat at the table to help build a workplace that honors the mission of findhelp.
For the past twelve years, findhelp’s employees have served seekers, nonprofits, and our customers to connect those in need with the programs that serve them (with dignity and ease). As we leave behind our start-up status and approach profitability, we have taken some time to pause and reflect on the current state of our company, and what we would like to see in the future. The Mission and Vision of findhelp Solidarity Network We, the union in Solidarity of findhelp workers, are committed to helping people in need find the programs that serve them with dignity and ease. This union is the manifestation of our passion as the workers at findhelp. We are committed to a workplace that builds people up, both internally and externally. This workplace should be inclusive, where everyone has a chance and the resources to thrive. Over the past few years, findhelp has achieved so much. We have expanded our impact, achieved national acclaim, and have made findhelp the premier social care netwo
in the U.S. We love what this company stands for, but feel that we are missing a voice at the table. For the past 150 years, organized labor has been and will continue to be one of the driving forces for social good in the United States. We, the union of findhelp, stand together to ensure that findhelp becomes, and stays, a place where all team members have a living wage, competitive benefits, and a respectful work culture. As a union of the committed workers at findhelp, we come together because we believe everyone should feel valued in their work. Our union seeks to honor employees with the same dignity and ease in the workplace that we afford the seekers who use our platform. As members of this movement, we, the signatories below, are committed to supporting our peers, through listening and collective action. Our union will enact the will of our coworkers, and will fight for what is right, not for the sake of conflict. We are committed to serving those in need, including our collea
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🎵 2 kool 2 b 4-gotten 🎵
@oddfellows151
JUSTICE FOR CHIEWELTHAP MARIAR Police murdered a 26 year old Sudanese immigrant in Guymon, Oklahoma, at the meatpacking plant he worked at. Workers are telling me that the company,
@SeaboardFoods
, is to blame. Please read, this story demands attention.
tempestmag.org
Cop murder on the production line
Report on the police murder of a Sudanese immigrant meatpacking worker at the Seaboard Foods plant in Guymon, Oklahoma
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@JonahFurman
Labor twitter: I'm looking for examples of workers who have won new pensions in recent years. Bonus points if it was after a strike (or strike threat), and extra bonus points if it was *not* in a first contract (i.e., the workers already had a union).
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Ross Grooters
@RossGrooters
News of Tyson workers organizing despite intimidation and threats of retaliation comes a day after BCTGM workers ended a 175 days strike and a year and half after UAW Deere workers won concessions. All of this is happening in Iowa—an anti-union right-to-work state for 75 years.
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@JonahFurman
A great quick read with good charts on the state of the unions...
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Doug Henwood
@DougHenwood
Replying to @JonahFurman and @Matthuber78
I did similar, and with pics: lbo-news.com/2023/01/22/mor, lbo-news.com/2023/01/19/uni
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