One of the UW unions representing classified staff, the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE), has released a report on its labor relations with the University. I’m writing to share this report with interested UW AAUP members. It is attached as a PDF to this message, and can also be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Unions’
April 16th, 2014 - 8:57 am § in Uncategorized
Canada Cancels All Home Delivery of Mail
Don’t send Aunt Betty up in Quebec anything by mail next Christmas. By the time she gets around to picking up your fruit cake, it may be mid January. Canada Post is cancelling home delivery of mail! Of course this is happening in a country where blizzards are common and the friendly gove[...]
April 10th, 2014 - 7:27 pm § in The Ave Scene
Boeing : Seattle gets the wings, with ranch dressing!
Despite $9,000,000,000 tax break, Boeing is moving the crown jewels, the 1,000 engineering jobs that support the world wide fleet, to California (where TAXES are higher). Management: Chicago Bodies: North Carolina After market support: California Wings: Seattle Boeing’s view of what will [...]
March 18th, 2014 - 12:25 am § in Misc.
South Carolina’s Guv “I Wear High Heels in Order to Kick Unions, ‘And We’ll Continue to Kick Them”
The Contributor Reports: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: “You’ve heard me say many times I wear heels. It’s not for a fashion statement.” “It’s because we’re kicking them every day, and we’ll continue to kick them.” Yes, she’s talking about labor unions, those pesky, age-o[...]
Germany: VW may build its next plant outside the South!
WHY NOT HERE IN SEATTLE? German law requires works councils, giving employees a role in management, at all large German companies. This may mean VW needs to move out of the South! Or at least one of their Volkswagen subsidiaries! After the workers in Tennessee were coerced to reject the UAW by threa[...]
February 18th, 2014 - 4:03 am § in The Ave Scene
Amazon 3: Workers can not even get paid to eat?
Amazon doesn’t pay workers for every hour they work or for lunch break To make sure low-wage warehouse workers don’t steal any merchandise, Amazon makes them pass through security checkpoints. Here’s what one Nevada worker experienced: Whenever he clocked out after his 12-hour shift at an [...]
February 15th, 2014 - 12:28 pm § in Misc.
Union Vote Fails in Tennessee
Right Wing Tactics Block Union in Tennessee The UAW and Volkswagon worked together to offer workers in Tennessee a plan very similar to the plans that work well In Germany. Despite support from management the vote failed after Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee claimed that that he was told that VW woul[...]
January 29th, 2014 - 10:00 am § in The Ave Scene
Amazon 2: No Unions Here
Amazon hates unions. Each of the above are really symptoms of one larger problem. Amazon executives categorically oppose the idea of warehouse workers organizing because they fear that unions would slow the speedy deliveries that have become the staple of the Amazon shopping experience. From The New[...]
Can I Tip at The Fast Food Drive Through Window?