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When Scalia Died, So Did ‘Friedrichs’—And an Even Grander Scheme To Destroy Unions

Conservatives had a great plan in motion to decimate unions. If Justice Antonin Scalia hadn’t died in his sleep, they almost certainly would have pulled it off. First they got the Court to rule their way in 2014’s Harris v. Quinn, which targeted home healthcare unions. Like “right to work” laws, the case sought to gut unions’ funding and diminish solidarity by saying that …

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As Long As the Supreme Court Is Setting Labor Policy, the Labor Movement Can Never Revive Itself

How Scalia’s Death Affects That Important Public-Employee Union Case

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death Saturday, the court’s ideologically conservative 5-4 majority is no more. One big case this affects is Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which the conservative ideological majority on the court was prepared to use to bankrupt public-employee unions. Now they can’t do that. The Friedrichs case …

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With Gov. Snyder Failing to Fix the Problem, Working People Step Up in Flint Water Crisis

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has been rightly criticized for how he has handled the water crisis in Flint. In his State of the State speech earlier this month, he had a chance to take the crisis head on and failed to do so. Working people, on the other hand, are stepping up where Snyder …

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State of the Union Address Barely Mentions Unions

Leave a Comment / State of the Union / By max cyril

WASHINGTON. D.C.—Last night, President Obama gave his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress—but barely mentioned unions. The president did touch on a number of issues important to workers—such as increasing manufacturing in America, taxing the rich more equitably, increasing education funding and increasing enforcement of trade laws—but said nothing about increased …

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What’s This Friedrichs Case Really About?

Leave a Comment / Teachers, unions / By max cyril

You may have heard something about the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case on Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The main thing you need to know is that this is an attack on working people’s freedom to come together and form unions, plain and simple. These are the nurses who make sure their patients have what …

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150 Muslims Fired For Protesting Their Workplace’s Prayer Policies

1 Comment / Religious Accomodations / By max cyril

About 150 Muslim workers at a meat processing plant have been fired for refusing to show up for work during an ongoing dispute over prayer accommodations. The controversy began on December 18, when 11 Somali Muslim workers at the Cargill Meat Solutions plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado requested to visit the building’s prayer room at …

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UAW Overrules Academic Workers BDS Vote Against Israel Despite Finding Strong Turnout, No Misconduct

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

On December 15, 2015, the United Auto Workers (UAW) International Executive Board (IEB) nullified the resolution passed last year by members of UAW Local 2865, the 13,000 teaching assistants and student-workers at the University of California system, that called on the International to endorse the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel by withholding …

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A Big Win for Senate Cafeteria Workers

Seattle City Council Votes That Uber and Lyft Drivers Can Unionize

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

Companies like Uber and Lyft consider their drivers to be “independent contractors,” which is all about freedom—specifically, the company’s freedom to not pay for things like workers comp, unemployment, or even the minimum wage. That’s a system facing significant court challenges in some places, and now another form of challenge in Seattle. The Seattle City …

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When Scalia Died, So Did ‘Friedrichs’—And an Even Grander Scheme To Destroy Unions

As Long As the Supreme Court Is Setting Labor Policy, the Labor Movement Can Never Revive Itself

How Scalia’s Death Affects That Important Public-Employee Union Case

With Gov. Snyder Failing to Fix the Problem, Working People Step Up in Flint Water Crisis

State of the Union Address Barely Mentions Unions

What’s This Friedrichs Case Really About?

150 Muslims Fired For Protesting Their Workplace’s Prayer Policies

UAW Overrules Academic Workers BDS Vote Against Israel Despite Finding Strong Turnout, No Misconduct

A Big Win for Senate Cafeteria Workers

Seattle City Council Votes That Uber and Lyft Drivers Can Unionize

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