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Labor/Workers movements thread

Remember the guy that fired a ton of people over Zoom? His company went public and immediately lost 90% of its value.

The mortgage industry is starting to feel some serious pain.
 
Which guy?

What kind of pain?
 
"Unfair labor practices" in that context is pretty nebulous.
 
sounds like something the state LRB have to decide? genuinely don't know
 
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Board Issues Decision Announcing New Framework for Union Representation Proceedings

Today, the Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new framework for determining when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election. The new framework will both effectuate employees’ right to bargain through...
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Under the new framework, when a union requests recognition on the basis that a majority of employees in an appropriate bargaining unit have designated the union as their representative, an employer must either recognize and bargain with the union or promptly file an RM petition seeking an election. However, if an employer who seeks an election commits any unfair labor practice that would require setting aside the election, the petition will be dismissed, and—rather than re-running the election—the Board will order the employer to recognize and bargain with the union.
The Board explained that the revised framework represents an effort to better effectuate employees’ right to bargain through their chosen representative, while acknowledging that employers have the option to invoke the statutory provision allowing them to pursue a Board election. When employers pursue this option, the new standard will promote a fair election environment by more effectively disincentivizing employers from committing unfair labor practices.
 
www.dukechronicle.com

Graduate students vote in favor of unionization

The vote marks the union as the first officially recognized graduate student union at a private university in the South and one of the largest unions in North Carolina.
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Duke doctoral students voted overwhelmingly in favor of an officially recognized union, with 1,000 ballots in favor of unionization and 131 against.


“Duke has always cared deeply about our graduate students, and we look forward to working with representatives of the Southern Region Workers United on the shared goal of making the graduate experience at Duke the very best it can be,” Provost Alec Gallimore wrote in a statement.


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With National Labor Relations Board recognition, the union is required by law to be recognized by the University as the exclusive bargaining body for its doctoral students. The vote also marks the union as the first officially recognized graduate student union at a private university in the South, the largest union on Duke's campus and one of the largest unions in North Carolina.


The union's most pressing demands include a cost-of-living-adjusted stipend, increased support for international students who must pay additional fees and face visa difficulties and reforms for the University's harassment and discrimination grievance process.
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We dabbled in unionization talk back in the day when working on grad student health insurance issues. I'm really proud of them for making it happen.
 
Fucking American Airlines sucks and I don't have any underwear or golf clubs.
 
Good episode today of Adam Conover's podcast with members of Equity Strippers Noho about how they're the only union strip club in the country.



There are several other good ones about unions and labor issues.
 
Seems like the studio heads are gonna just say we gotta pay higher wages so the effects budgets suffer
 
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