Posts tagged workers’ rights
Illinois General Assembly passes 3 bills boosting government union power
June 24, 2025 // Illinois law already requires school districts to provide their local unions the personal information of all teachers and other education employees represented by those unions. That includes the employee’s name, worksite location, home address, home telephone number, mobile numbers and personal email address. Currently, that information must be turned over to the local union, even if the employee is not a union member. HB 3309 takes it farther.
The Biden Administration’s Explicit Handout to Unions
February 21, 2024 // Before the Biden administration, the NLRB refused to protect abusive employees like the one Amazon fired. That was, and is, the right call. Workers have a right to unionize, but they also have right to be free from workplace bullying — including by the unions who want to represent them. The Biden administration, however, through the NLRB, is actively condoning attacks on workers. Workers’ rights are more important than union demands. In New York City and everywhere else, workers deserve better than being called a “gutter b****” or worse in front of their colleagues. They deserve a safe and respectful workplace
Do Other Real Housewives Want to Unionize With Bethenny Frankel?
August 1, 2023 // Frankel has since shared a video outlining proposed terms, and suggested that until those terms are met reality TV stars like the Kardashians should stand down from filming and show up to support less successful participants. Frankel suggested that essential workers, including nurses and teachers, could be inspired to create their own models because of her call to action. “Change takes courage,” Frankel posted on her social media, referencing how the call to unionize has potentially affected her business. “I’ve alienated this industry & burned bridges with the entire network and streaming community in one fell swoop. This is not for the faint of heart but it’s for the greater good.”
How a fluffy orange cat named Jorts stole the internet’s heart and became the pro-labor icon 2022 didn’t know it needed
March 30, 2022 // Followers also thanked Jorts for "helping people learn" about labor rights after the account shared a question from a fan about why workers were organizing store by store instead of by sector.
What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers
March 25, 2022 // By organizing with the Warehouse Workers for Justice, many were able to get their jobs back and have their demands met. “What’s really interesting is that there’s a huge movement right now for worker centers and unions to work together ... to essentially surround the industry,” Oliva said. “So if an employer busts the union, the worker center emerges. If the worker center is unable to organize the workers, the union organizes them.”
Opinion: When the Feds Won’t Protect Workers, Tennessee Leaders Should Step Up
February 17, 2022 // The Department of Labor has made a bold move to sweep union corruption under the rug. And unless state leaders step in, Tennessee workers may pay the price.
Stephen Bloom: Reforms would reduce corruption and restore workers’ rights
February 14, 2022 // It is illegal for any other organization or individual to use taxpayer resources for campaign politics, but government unions have an exemption from rules designed to prevent corruption. Thanks in large part to this special privilege, these unions are one of the largest, most powerful special interest groups in Pennsylvania.
DNC staff votes by ‘overwhelming margin’ to unionize
January 4, 2022 // \…