Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have filed a petition seeking to hold a union election at their assembly plant, bringing the United Auto Workers to the cusp of a historic breakthrough in the U.S. South. The UAW announced Monday morning that an overwhelming majority of employees there had signed union cards and asked the National Labor Relations Board to hold a vote. The union tried and failed to organize the full facility in previous campaigns, including a highly publicized 2014 ef ...read more
LOADINGERROR LOADINGREI workers from stores around the country showed up uninvited at their corporate office in Issaquah, Washington, last Friday. The signs they were carrying made it clear to the white-collar employees looking down from the windows above that they weren’t there to tour the campus.“Where the hell’s our merit pay?” one sign asked.“Ask me about my raise (REI took it away!)” read another.Plenty of REI’s devoted customers ― “members,” in company parlance, since R ...read more
LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe union for Medieval Times workers informed the dinner-theater company Wednesday that it no longer intends to represent employees at two castles that organized, bringing an end to a colorful labor campaign that excited union supporters and inspired endless jokes about serfs and lords.Workers at the chain’s castles in Northern New Jersey and Southern California both voted to form unions in 2022 with the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. ...read more
LOADINGERROR LOADINGWhen workers at its outlet store in Reno, Nevada, recently petitioned for a union election, the outdoor apparel and equipment brand Patagonia didn’t react like other big-name American companies often do.There were no “captive audience” meetings and no pressure from management to reject the union effort, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers. The union says managers didn’t take a position on the vote and remained neutral during the process.Advertisement
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LOADINGERROR LOADINGProsecutors at the National Labor Relations Board say Trader Joe’s illegally interrogated workers and threatened to take away their pay raises when they were trying to form a union last year.The alleged threats came in the run-up to a January 2023 election at a Louisville, Kentucky, store where workers voted in favor of joining a new union, Trader Joe’s United. The company has challenged the election results by claiming the union illegally influenced the vote.Advertisemen ...read more
EntertainmentBobby Caldwell, R&B Singer Of ‘What You Won’t Do For Love,’ Dead At 71Caldwell’s songs were covered and sampled by Boyz II Men, Michael Bolton, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Lil Nas X, Common and Chance the Rapper.By ANDREW DALTON, AP ...read more
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The year is 1994, the country is South Africa, and the scene, which was movingly described by Alon Paton, in his book Cry the Beloved Country was as follows: “ In the hilly South Afr ...read more