Trump’s NLRB GC will Protect Right to Refrain from Joining Unions

Peter Robb, President Trump’s pick as the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, told a Senate panel that he would uphold the “core values” of federal labor law. He said that would include the right to “refrain” from union activity. Robb’s statement indicates he would make it a priority for the Board…
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Unions Now Target Private Equity Owners of Companies They Seek to Organize

The Los Angeles hotel workers’ union is getting ready to take on private equity. Lowe Enterprises, a real estate investment firm whose private equity arm manages more than $2.5 billion in assets is the target at its Terranea luxury resort. Resort workers plan to confront their general manager and demand a fair process to unionize.…
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Attention All Veterinarians: Unions Are Coming After Your Workers

The National Veterinary Professionals Union recently filed papers with the National Labor Relations Board in an effort to become an officially recognized union. The stated role of the NVPU is to collectively bargain and negotiate for better wages and benefits, safer working conditions, and more workplace support for employee veterinarians, veterinary technicians, unlicensed assistants, client-care…
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Unions Failing Members: Wage Increases Dwindling

Every union organizing campaign promises increased wages. Regardless what employee currently make or that they sought out union representation to improve safety conditions at their workplace, every union organizer promises increased wages to offset union initiation fees and monthly dues. It’s. Just. That. Simple. What do unions do when data shows that they are not getting…
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Unions Increase Effort to Organize Silicon Valley Contractors

In the past three years, union shave organized 5,000 people who work on the campuses of household named companies in Silicon Valley. For example, shuttle drivers for Apple, Tesla, Twitter, LinkedIn, EBay, Yahoo!, Cisco, and Facebook are now union. Likewise, security guards for Adobe, IBM, Cisco, and Facebook, along with cafeteria works at Cisco, Intel,…
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Ohio: Get Ready for a Union Onslaught

The Service International Employees’ Union made it a priority to organize healthcare workers in the Midwest while simultaneously investing resources in battleground states, like Ohio, for the 2018 midterm elections. By mobilizing voters to support pro-union politicians in 2018, the SEIU is hoping newly elected lawmakers will support its legislative goals. SEIU members and employees…
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