Robert ReichDec 31, 2022

The first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S.
The first unionized Chipotle in the U.S.
The first unionized Apple Store.
The first unionized Trader Joe's.
260+ unionized Starbucks stores.
370+ worker strikes across the country.

2022 was a monumental year for worker power.

Show threadPeter Paaske Juul

@rbreich this always feels so weird, when you live and work in Denmark.

You get hired for a job at a big company. If you have a college degree, you are hired under the agreement between the company's organisation* and the academics union. If you don't have a college degree, there's an agreement with a trade union (it, transportation, journalists, metal workers whatevs) that you are hired under. 1/x

Dec 31, 2022 at 10:54pmWeb
Show threadPeter Paaske JuulDec 31, 2022

@rbreich
If you are hired by a small company with no agreement, you often will agree to just following the existing agreement between a union and a big corp in the same sector. (So "Salem Coffee Cats" might just decide to follow whatever agreement Starbucks has)

The US tradition of sabotaging the ability to make useful, broad agreements baffles me repeatedly. 2/x

Show threadPeter Paaske JuulDec 31, 2022
@rbreich *) The companies are unionized as well. Why should they bother to make their own agreements with trade unions, when their whole sector may use their lobby organisation to make a general agreement with a trade union in one go? 3/3