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Wells Fargo Is Plotting To Privatize the Post Office

Paul Prescod Jacobin
A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS: sell off profitable parts, slash union jobs, and raise prices by up to 140 percent.

Where’s the Heat, Where’s the Hammer

Peter Olney Convergence
Worker-led and initiated organizing is certainly positive, as labor writer Eric Blanc points, but this emphasis is one piece of a much larger analytical framework for success in organizing.

OPM Looks To Limit Federal Unions’ Role in Coming RIFs

Drew Friedman Federal News Network
The Trump administration is telling agencies to ignore any provisions in their collective bargaining agreements with federal unions that would impede reductions in force (RIFs), as agencies take steps toward implementing their initial RIF plans.

Unionizing UnitedHealthcare

Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin
The largest NLRB union election win in February was at the primary care group Optum Care, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare. The vertical integration of health care has brought frustrating consequences for health workers, who are now organizing