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Trolling the Union Busters
Since the Janus decision, public employees across the country have been getting emails, door knocks, phone calls and direct mail from billionaire backed groups telling them to opt out of their union...
Janus Co-Worker: He Would Have Been Outsourced Years Ago
Yesterday, UCOMM Blog brought you the news that Mark Janus, the plaintiff in the Janus v AFSCME case had decided to leave his job working as a social worker for the state of Illinois to take a...
Mitchell: The Mad Man Training Trump to Destroy Unions
Once again Trump has proven that his goal is to destroy unions. The billionaire, who has said that he will sign a national right to work law and is waging an open war with federal workers and their...
Mark Janus Quits Job to Lower Public Employees Wages
It was just a few weeks ago that Mark Janus won the right to stop paying agency fees and to get the benefits of a collective bargaining agreement for free. The decision, Janus v AFSCME, brought right...
AFL-CIO Looking for a New Direction
From the NYS AFL-CIO Website: The New York State AFL-CIO hosted a series of 10 focus groups with our Area Labor Federations/ Central Labor Councils across the state from April 2018 - June 2018...
In Response to Janus, NEA Cuts Budget by $50 Million
As teachers got together this week in Minnesota for the annual meeting of the National Education Association (NEA), the country’s largest public-sector union, they met under much higher stakes...
Janus Case Isn’t Hurting Unions, It Is Making Them Stronger
The German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn stärker.” Translated, it says, “What does not kill him makes him stronger.”...
Janus Class Action Would Cost Unions Millions
Last week the Supreme Court ruled that charging non-members agency fees was a violation of the first amendment. While the decision will mean millions of dollars will be lost without these agency fees...
Trump Group Telling Teachers to Opt-Out of Their Union
Only days after the Supreme Court issued their flawed ruling in the Janus v AFSCME case, billionaire-backed groups are already contacting public sector union members and telling them to opt out of...
They Stole a Supreme Court Seat From Us
Yesterday morning the Supreme Court's conservative majority handed down an awful decision, siding with corporations over working families by making it harder for unions to organize nationwide....