Dan DiMaggio

State College

Assistant Editor at Labor Notes

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AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike

Sep 23, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Dan DiMaggio |Labor Notes

Above photo: AT&T workers in North Carolina picketed in August. CWA Local 3611. Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast returned to work September 16 following a month-long strike. Members of the Communications Workers (CWA) in nine states from Kentucky to Florida walked out on an unfair labor practice strike August 16 over accusations the telecom giant was bargaining in bad faith. The strike included technicians, call center workers, and others who build and maintain the AT&T network.
Farmworker Union To Hold New Election

Sep 19, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Dan DiMaggio |Sindhu Sundar |Labor Notes

Above photo: Members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee gathered at the union’s 2022 convention in Toledo, Ohio. El Futuro Es Nuestro. Two Years After Controversial Vote. Members of the second-largest farmworkers union in the U.S. will elect leaders on September 21 and 22. It’s a rerun of an election two years ago, following accusations that many members were effectively disenfranchised in that vote.
AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike

Sep 19, 2024 | labornotes.org | Dan DiMaggio

Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast returned to work September 16 following a month-long strike. Members of the Communications Workers (CWA) in nine states from Kentucky to Florida walked out on an unfair labor practice strike August 16 over accusations the telecom giant was bargaining in bad faith. The strike included technicians, call center workers, and others who build and maintain the AT&T network. AT&T pulled in $24 billion in profits in 2023.
Farmworker Union to Hold New Election, Two Years After Controversial Vote

Sep 17, 2024 | labornotes.org | Dan DiMaggio |Sindhu Sundar

Members of the second-largest farmworkers’ union in the U.S. will elect leaders on September 21 and 22. It’s a rerun of an election two years ago, following accusations that many members were effectively disenfranchised in that vote. The Farm Labor Organizing Committee agreed to the new election in a voluntary compliance agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor last year. The union has 1,500 members in North Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio.
AT&T Southeast Strike Nears One Month

Sep 15, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Dan DiMaggio |Labor Notes

Above Photo: AT&T CWA members on strike in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. California And Nevada On Brink Of Walkout. Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast have been on strike since August 16. They may be joined soon by another 8,500 workers at AT&T in California and Nevada.
AT&T Southeast Strike Nears One Month, With California and Nevada on Brink of Walkout

Sep 13, 2024 | labornotes.org | Dan DiMaggio

Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast have been on strike since August 16. They may be joined soon by another 8,500 workers at AT&T in California and Nevada. Workers in nine Southeast states walked out on an unfair labor practice strike four weeks ago over accusations the telecom giant has been bargaining in bad faith, including engaging in surface bargaining, not sending representatives with real authority to the table, and reneging on commitments to bargain to lower health care costs.
Secrets of a Successful Organizer Now Available in Seven Languages

Aug 13, 2024 | labornotes.org | Dan DiMaggio

We are happy to report that Secrets of a Successful Organizer has now been translated into seven languages: Spanish, Japanese, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Swedish, and, most recently, Danish and Quebecois French. (See below for details on how to get copies.) We’ve also heard from union activists in Brazil, Norway, and Poland who are interested in translating it.
Daimler Truck Workers Use Strike Threat To Win Big

May 19, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Dan DiMaggio |Labor Notes

Above photo: Workers made red shirts with “Will Strike If Provoked” on the front, with “UAW at DTNA in Unity” on the back, with a list of all six locals in negotiations, showcasing their commitment to end tiers. UAW. North Carolina heavy truck and school bus manufacturing workers won 25 percent pay increases and ended wage tiers after an energetic contract campaign and strike threat against Daimler Truck.
‘Tick Tock’: Daimler Truck Workers Use Strike Threat to Win Big

May 17, 2024 | znetwork.org | Dan DiMaggio

North Carolina heavy truck and school bus manufacturing workers won 25 percent pay increases and ended wage tiers after an energetic contract campaign and strike threat against Daimler Truck. The United Auto Workers unionized these plants in the 1990s and early 2000s—but since then, wages had stagnated. Starting pay was low, and the plants were stuck on different wage scales.
‘Tick Tock’: Daimler Truck Workers Use Strike Threat to Win Big

May 16, 2024 | labornotes.org | Dan DiMaggio

North Carolina heavy truck and school bus manufacturing workers won 25 percent pay increases and ended wage tiers after an energetic contract campaign and strike threat against Daimler Truck. The United Auto Workers unionized these plants in the 1990s and early 2000s—but since then, wages had stagnated. Starting pay was low, and the plants were stuck on different wage scales.