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New Plan for Call Center Jobs
Democrats' plan for a better deal on trade and jobs outlines real policies to help working families fight back against corporations that want to shift more jobs overseas and cut wages and...
We Have the Votes to Win
Nissan worker Christopher Milton says Nissan’s anti-union fear campaign is backfiring on them. Nissan workers in Canton Mississippi are voting Thursday and Friday on whether to join the United...
Frank Myers v. NLRB
In a union workplace, most disagreements are usually settled when union representatives and management sit down and talk about the issue. If talking the issue out doesn’t work, the union...
Organizing Across the Nation
Our latest roundup of worker wins begins with a hard-fought victory at The New School. Other successes include the growing trends of digital media newsrooms organizing and progressive...
Atrike Sverted at Goodyear
A deal has been reached between the United Steelworkers and Goodyear to avoid a 7,000 person strike.
Pay ‘em $15 Mickey!
The happiest place on Earth is not Disney World for the 36,000 union members who work at the Florida resort and Amusement Park, living pay check to pay check struggling to survive on poverty wages....
Bringing the Strike to the Community
During the Verizon Strike of 2016, you may have seen striking workers following Verizon trucks around and bring the picket line to worksites that were in your neighborhood or in front of a local...
Union Busting at Nissan
On August 3rd and 4th Nissan workers in Canton Mississippi will vote on whether or not to join the United Auto Workers. This NLRB vote has been years in the making and the Nissan workers are being...
The Three Types of Members
Every now and then I am asked to speak to a group of union leaders or members about the type of communications we do at UCOMM. Some of you reading this may have experienced that and I hope it was a...
Strike is Over
Teamsters Local 812 and Clare Rose, the Anheuser-Busch distributor for Long Island, announced a tentative contract agreement today, covering drivers and warehouse workers who have been on strike...