Dan DiMaggio

4 days ago | labornotes.org | Dan DiMaggio

More than two years after voting in a union, the 220 workers at TCGplayer, the eBay-owned online marketplace for trading cards, hoped they might be getting close to securing a first contract. Instead, they’re fighting to save their jobs. On May 22, the company abruptly announced that it was shuttering its Syracuse, New York, authentication center and moving operations to Louisville, Kentucky.

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.

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.

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.

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.