Mercedes workers are an inspiration to the whole labor movement. They went up against Alabama’s political and economic establishment.

“They had everything, except the guys in the mob movies with the billy clubs doing the union-busting,” said Robert Lett. labornotes.org/2024/05/alabam…

Two of the richest men on earth want to dismantle the government agency that holds them accountable for union busting.

Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.

Here's what you need to know.

The ugliest labor fight in US?

Agribiz billionaires unleash “nuclear attack” on CA Agricultural Labor Relations Board.

⁦The Wonderful Company⁩ owners were
ordered to reach a contract with 600 farmworkers who voted to unionize with UFW.

By ⁦Michael Hiltzik⁩ latimes.com/business/story…

University of Illinois Chicago out with a big survey of Amazon warehouse workers today. Over the last three months:
--53% experienced food insecurity
--48% experienced housing insecurity
--56% haven't been able to pay all their bills
cued.uic.edu/wp-content/upl…

With the UAW’s historic victory at VW & the many other unionization wins & with Starbucks finally getting serious about reaching a 1st contract, it’s a Big Moment for Labor that might inspire much more organizing & just might end labor’s decades of decline tcf.org/content/commen…

SCOOP: On the first day of voting in a union election at Mercedes, Rev. Matthew Wilson, City Councilperson in Tuscaloosa, put out a union-busting video addressing Black workers from the poorest counties in the state to give Mercedes a chance. alabamabenz.com/hear-from-mbus…

Some smart advice on how Biden can woo blue-collar voters >> 'You need to say Trump will cut taxes on the wealthy & that will hurt the working class. You need to ramp up efforts to say Trump will raise prices & hurt working families with his 10% tariffs'
theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Lots of union news at Apple > Workers at Apple Store in Short Hills, N.J., vote 57-41 against unionizing as workers complain of intense union-busting

Meanwhile, workers at the nation's first unionized Apple store, in Towson, MD, vote to authorize a strike cnn.com/2024/05/12/tec…

Biden narrowly lost the blue-collar vote in 2020 & new polls show him doing worse with those voters.

Here, several political experts give smart advice on how Biden should woo blue-collar voters. One idea—pick fights with villains like greedy corporations
theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

NEW Businessweek feature investigation: Corporate America Never Really Quit Forced Labor.

Inmates do billions of dollars of work, touching almost every corner of US life. A trafficking lawsuit claims many are kept in prison because the business is just too good:

bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Last month ex-CEO of Fatburger & Johnny Rockets, now indicted for spending $47 M in company funds on personal luxuries, went on Fox to talk about CA’s minimum wage hike for fast-food workers.

He said prices would go up because “operators can’t afford it.” SEIU California @seiu

Workers at dairy farms are especially vulnerable to avian flu because they're exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus.

There has been virtually no testing on farms, and health officials know little about who may be infected
nytimes.com/2024/05/09/hea…

Disconcerting, Little-Known Detail about RFJ Jr. > The year after his wife, Mary, committed suicide, the New York Post published excerpts of RFK Jr's diary from earlier in his marriage in which he kept an account of the 16 women he had sex with that year
nymag.com/intelligencer/…

This is obscene and should be illegal & shows how shamelessly corrupt Trump is

Trump is selling big policy decisions in exchange for big donations

He told oil executives they if they donate $1 billion to his campaign he'll scrap many climate change rules nytimes.com/2024/05/09/cli…

In a victory for the union movement, graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania vote overwhelmingly -- 1,807 to 97 -- in favor of unionizing with the United Auto Workers.

'We're part of a national movement'
whyy.org/articles/penn-…
UAW

THIS IS OBSCENE & CORRUPT >> Trump told oil industry CEO's that if they raise $1 billion for his campaign, he will, if elected, immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental policies, including on electrical vehicles & wind power
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

In a victory for labor, the 434 lab workers employed by the medical lab services company, LabCorp of America, vote overwhelmingly -- 86% in favor -- of unionizing with the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals/AFT thestand.org/2024/05/more-t…

Never Thought I’d See Such a Headline — Biden’s Dog Suggests That Kristi Noem Should Be Put Down nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/…

When Min Matheson became head of the garment workers union in northeast Pennsylvania, 6 apparel factories there were unionized. When she left, 168 factories with 11,000 workers were

She was a fascinating, fearless union leader who often faced down the mob
nytimes.com/2024/05/03/bus…

What Happened When Skating Coaches Wanted a Union

A group of figure skating coaches at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, many earning under $40,000 a year, sought to form a union. Two were fired.

Coaches say the firings were to squash the union & scare others
nytimes.com/2024/05/03/nyr…