Municipal retirees and supporters rallied against the switch to privatized for-profit Medicare Advantage health insurance. UFT President Michael Mulgrew continues to advocate amending NYC’s Administrative Code, allowing the switch to happen.
GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize.
Doctors’ unions are rare in the US, and unions comprised of both physicians and other medical providers are even rarer. But in North Carolina, a group of medical providers has successfully organized an interprofessional union.
There are Contrasting Visions of Unionism Up for Leadership.
The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger’s mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling.
Whether fighting to unionize or exercising the right to accept or reject negotiated contracts, workers are nurturing democracy where we most need it. If we are to save our political democracy, we must begin by establishing a beachhead for democracy in the workplace.
Cracks have started to appear in red states’ anti-union front.
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