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Foxconn and Trump Fail on Wisconsin Jobs
In 2018, Trump touted a “deal” with Foxconn to bring thousands of jobs to Wisconsin and to build a 20 million square foot factory. The deal included some of the largest tax breaks for a...
Teachers Strike in Brooklyn
Union members at the Brooklyn Friends School (BFS) have gone on strike after the school administration attempted to dissolve their faculty and staff union.
Protecting Worker Rights in the Philippines
As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte escalates his campaign to punish and execute trade union activists, CWA, The Malaya Movement, the International Coalition for Human Rights in the...
Trump’s DOL: Make Employees Independent Contractors
In recent years, especially as work has changed from a 9-5 job in the office, to more remote, more freelance, and more app-based work, there has been an explosion of workers who are classified as...
Amazon Tracks Employees to Prevent Organizing
Amazon has a long history of union-busting, including hiring an internal union buster and firing workers who were leading organizing efforts. Now a new report is shedding some light on the technology...
How Trump's Swamp Ruined the NLRB
House Democrats are issuing subpoenas to compel the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hand over important documents detailing potential ethics violations within the board. The move, which is...
Judge Refuses to Force Unions to Pay Back Fair Share Fees
The Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision brought Right to Work to the public sector and eliminated fair share fees. These were payments that were made to the union from someone who was covered...
Amazon Hiring Two Full-Time Unionbusters
Just weeks after Lowes put up a job posting for a staff union buster, Amazon is now following suit. In a job posting the company announced they were looking to hire two Intelligence analysts to track...
Brooklyn Friends is Unfriendly to Organized Labor
Brooklyn Friends School is an elite Quaker private school in Brooklyn. Tuition at the school costs more than most people spend on a new car, starting at $45,400 for grades K-12. The school...
No Evil Foods Tries to Hide Union Busting
No Evil Foods is a socialist themed vegan food product that is sold in 5,500 stores nationwide including Whole Foods. While a company like that might seem like the perfect place to organize, bosses...