Kansas Crimson

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:08 pm when uncle joe wins, we win. just ask my gas prices. and my grocery bill. and my 401k. and my worker shortage. and my not being able to buy a new car. and my crime is out of control.

Overlander wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:06 pm Fucking hippies

If the union prevails, it would mark a historic moment for the country's largest home improvement retailer. And it would add another name to this year's list of chains facing first-ever unions: Amazon, Starbucks, Chipotle, Trader Joe's, REI, Medieval Times and Apple stores.

Labor organizers typically face high hurdles, with companies able to stage mandatory meetings and other efforts to discourage unionization.

At Amazon, only one of five union elections has succeeded so far, and the company is still fighting the union's sole victory. At Trader Joe's, the union lost an election in New York after winning two, in Massachusetts and Minnesota.

At Starbucks, the pace of organizing has slowed, and almost a year since the union's first win, Starbucks has barely begun negotiating a contract with unionized workers. Employees at 251 stores have voted to unionize, while workers at 56 stores have rejected the union.

At Home Depot in Philadelphia, organizer Vincent Quiles has told reporters that his original union petition included more than 100 signatures in support. But he also has described a generational divide at the store with younger workers, who tend to be more enthusiastic about unionizing, and older workers, who tend to be less so.
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Historically, labor groups have struggled to gain a foothold in retail, where 4.4% of workers are members of a union.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:25 am Come on down, UPS drivers.


(Watch Biden bust this one too, then turn around and also ask for worker votes)