Today in 2005 Walmart agrees to pay a record $11 million to settle a civil immigration case for using undocumented immigrants to do overnight cleaning at stores in 21 states. ~ Labor Tribune
• High risk, hidden workforce • The role of labor unions in the D.C. region • How labor beat Mexico on trade • Biden floats criminal charges for labor violators • Where does the term ‘redneck’ come from? • Interview: The power of the black working class • Labor unions win, drug companies lose in new trade deal • U.S. employers spend $340 million a year busting unions • E-Scooter workers just formed their first union - with the Teamsters • US labor board rules for McDonald’s in unionization case • New NAFTA’s labor terms sway AFL-CIO but not all unions are on board • Even in bankruptcy, coal companies can’t stop selling out workers • Teamsters pin down Dems on pension, collective bargaining • Google has clearly taken a non-union posture:
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!