The Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 would fundamentally change thenature of the relationship between unions, employers, and employees. The only reason to eliminate the secret ballot in unionelections is to give union leaders and managers the power tomanipulate individual workers to guarantee the success of the unionand not to reflect the true choices of the employees.
LAS VEGAS The movement for union democracy, campaigning for directly elected leaders who are much more accountable to members, has come to the United Food and Commercial Workers, the AFL-CIO’s third-largest union. A growing group of workers, “Essential Workers for Democracy,” or ewd.
WASHINGTON With negotiations over a new master contract about to begin, the Teamsters are warning their members to prepare for a potential forced strike at United Parcel Service.
Four major trade unions that were set to represent Keystone XL pipeline workers before President Biden canceled the project's permits, were silent this week when asked the job losses.