Labor

Trump Is Speaking Tonight in Michigan at a Nonunion…

For days, the mainstream media has said Donald Trump is going to Michigan to speak to union autoworkers. That’s completely false: he is traveling there today to speak at a nonunion auto-parts shop, at the invitation of its boss. This evening, rather than attend the second Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump will speak at Drake

Labor

The National Labor Relations Board Just Made It Easier…

An NLRB decision delivered late last month substantially lowers the legal hurdles to union recognition. But using that opening will require unions to build strong cultures of shop-floor solidarity in the face of employer intimidation. On August 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC and International

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Companies That Union-Bust Must Now Automatically Recognize Union, NLRB…

A new framework for unionizations means that a company must voluntarily recognize a union or demand an election—and can no longer interfere with the election. The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling on Friday that changes the framework for unionizations, making it easier for workers to organize and harder for companies to fight back against them.