The Supreme Court’s Starbucks ruling is a gift to bad bosses everywhere
The NLRB cannot get an injunction to immediately have a member of a union organizing committee reinstated.
Bill Barry
July 23, 2024
The NLRB cannot get an injunction to immediately have a member of a union organizing committee reinstated.
So you have a supervisor who only communicates by screaming at you? Your work schedule is unpredictable—some days are cancelled, some days are scheduled at
Presidential administrations have many options at their disposal to influence the relationship between workers and their employers.
An official union might be years away, but worker organizing can lay the institutional and—even more critically—cultural foundations.
“There was this desire to demand respect from our employers and see our work recognized as the labor that it is.”
FedEx workers had enough of impossible workloads and understaffing — so they organized.
“Basically, we looked at each other and agreed, either we all have to quit or something has to change!”
Trader Joe’s is not your friendly neighborhood market. It is a billion-dollar national chain owned by one of Europe’s richest families.
