Howdy, kin! If you live in the TN Valley area, the Georgia Highlands Labor Chapter and the Chattanooga Area Labor Council are teaming up to host our first Labor Day picnic! We'll have a bouncy house, face painting, music, guest speakers, grilled food and a food truck!

If you would like to attend, please register here:

https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event/1017428/

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I retired as a teamster truck driver and took a part-time job driving a tri axle for a contractor. We agreed to $30 an hour. I thought this guy just did work for private individuals and residences or businesses.

Well, I started driving the truck for him and he’s having me haul into and haul out of government funded jobs like municipal Park restorations where he is the general contractor. The workers on the job site are getting prevailing wage.

There are specific rules for truck drivers to be eligible for prevailing wage on these kinds of jobs. I work for the general contractor driving his truck. I’m bringing in gravel and topsoil from supply yards and taking out waste material like concrete asphalt to dump areas.

I did not work in the construction area of truck driving before this. Located in Pennsylvania.

Am I eligible?

I have a friend who who’s come to me interested in organizing his workplace, I’ve given him a lot of advice, plugged him in with some experienced people and also sent him some articles online.

He’s a really big fan of podcast though, so I’ve been trying to find some podcast or YouTube videos to send him, but I don’t really know of any.

Was hoping I could get some recommendations on what I could send him

title says it all. i’m working to get a drag union started in the state of florida. it would in essence be a way to support drag entertainers and help us demand fairer wages and fight against certain issues the community faces at times (lack of inclusiveness, discrimination, etc.). thing is, i don’t think there an established union specifically for drag performers. i was wondering if anyone had any possible leads or could recommend a broader union to join. or even possibly propose a framework for our unions based on other unions. i appreciate any and all suggestions, thank you.

Do any of your unions use online voting for ratifying contracts?
We’re trying to find a secure/anonymous voting system online to get as many members as we can.

Members of the University of Chicago Press Workers Guild sit down for an interview with The Solidarity Report to discuss their successful unionization efforts and certification.

My workplace has been heavily overworked and understaffed and I have constantly been hearing coworkers complaining about it so I feel like it is a good time to start trying to organize. A different location has already gotten unionized last year so I think it is within the realm of possibility. I want to talk to my coworkers about it but I don't want to be so obvious that I get reported and fired. The company I work for is a mega union buster. Any advice?

Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a first contract for nearly five years. Workers started an organizing wave with union election wins in Buffalo, New York, in late 2021. Since then, over 700 stores have voted union — affiliating with the Service Employees International Union’s Workers United division — but that’s still fewer than 5 percent of the company’s 16,000 outlets in the United States.

To stop the union’s spread, the company has racked up the largest number of unfair labor practices in US history, with 550 still unresolved. Despite well-documented management intimidation, the union continues to grow by several stores a month.

What should I do without saying they should ban it. Because I feel like I'm already not very liked

Unifor Canadian Council members rallying, the takeaway will be huge for all new delegates!

I'm president of my local, we have 5 different employers with their own collective agreements. I do not work at the workplace in question so I have no stakes or previous relationships with those involved. But basically there's a situation where following the collective agreement is the correct thing to do, and we're legally bound to it. But the result is going to be so catastrophically unjust for a member and I feel absolutely sick about it.

Have any of you had to deal with a situation like this in the past and how do you navigate it?

My union steward in the past has been very unresponsive. She doesn’t return calls. And returns emails maybe half the time. She often seems annoyed when she has to do things.

Was wondering if anyone has ever experienced something like this and has any advice on how to navigate situations like this?