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DNC Voluntarily Recognizes Staff Union
Staff members at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are the latest workers to organize after committee officials agreed to voluntarily recognize their union. The employees will be represented by...
Unions: Vaccine Mandates Must be Bargained
As COVID cases are once again spiking across the nation and vaccine rates plateau, the effort to get people vaccinated has moved from the reward phase to the penalty phase. Just in the last week,...
Steamfitter Arrested for January 6th
Almost seven months after the attack on the United States Capitol, some of the insurgents are still being arrested. The latest one is a union member from New York City. According to Newsday,...
OSHA Issues $1M in Fines at Georgia Poultry Plant
In January of 2021, UCOMM Blog reported on a liquid nitrogen gas leak at a poultry plant in Gainesville Georgia. The leak killed six people and injured at least a dozen more. OSHA immediately began...
NYC Mandates Vaccine for City Workers
With rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta Variant, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced on Monday that all city workers and some city contractors will be required to be vaccinated or submit to...
Scabby the Rat Lives!
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in favor of inflating Scabby. In a reversal from the Trump board which seemed dead set on defeating the staple of union protests and strikes, the board...
Jury Awards $125 M to Worker Illegally Fired by Walmart
An eight-member jury in Green Bay, Wisconsin returned a verdict of $125,150,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on three claims of disability discrimination...
Burger King Employees Take Action
A Burger King sign has gone viral after employees of one of the chain's restaurants left a notice to management that they were "all quitting," according to "TODAY" Digital...
Union Organizing Wins in Insurance and Air Traffic Control
Workers across the country are fighting for better wages, better benefits, and an effective voice at work. To get this they are organizing and joining unions. Below are some of the newest victories...
Missouri Woman Refuses Vaccine, Is Now Dead
A woman in Missouri is dead after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine and then contracting the Delta variant.