MrDrLewisAug 29, 2023
TheJen

OMFG THIS IS SO HUGE!!!

WHAT THIS MEANS: If a company attempts to dissuade their workers from forming a union...

THE UNION IS AUTOMATICALLY FORMED WITH OR WITHOUT A FORMAL VOTE AND THE COMPANY MUST IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE IT.

Jumping up and down because OMFG THIS IS BIG!!!

https://newrepublic.com/post/175207/national-labor-relations-board-nlrb-rules-companies-union-bust

Companies That Try to Union-Bust Will Be Forced to Recognize Union, NLRB Says

The National Labor Relations Board just made it a whole lot harder to union-bust.

The New Republic
Aug 28, 2023 at 12:39amMastodon for Android
Show threadHudsonAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik ✊🏼
Show threadE. Murphy, the name you knowAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik I wondered for a moment if companies might try to manipulate this by backing a more complicit union, but "needs majority employee support" gets in the way there. I expect someone or other will test the edges of this, regardless.
Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023
@emurphy of course they will.
Show threadI am Jack's Lost 404Aug 28, 2023

@JenWojcik

Terms and Conditions:

By attempting to union bust, you automatically agree to the terms of the union. 👍

Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik what this means is every workplace should form a union.
Show threadKatiameAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik As a union member, I approve this message.
Show threadKevin RussellAug 28, 2023

@JenWojcik

Hat tipped, I love you Brandon.

#brandon #potus #uinion #rights #rightToOrganize

Show threadJürgen HubertAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik So... what are the odds that the courts will strike this down?
Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023
@juergen_hubert Too many variables to say.
Show threadJames Ryland MillerAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Good news but I would imagine it’s going to trigger a lot of litigation.
Show threadJon MolnarAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik This is a massive win for labor! Hell yes!
Show threadideaPDishAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik
Great idea, could you cite the law or statutes, for blind people with addhd like me?
Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023
@ipd I have no more information than what was in the article that I linked.
Show threadRosaliaEmeraldAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik what a win!!!
Show threadZorro Notorious MEB 😡Aug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik I hope it holds ... today's courts have a way of overturning regulations.
Show threadDavid G. SmithAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik FYI: New employee training for a major grocery chain, Wegmans Food Markets, in NY, VA, etc. includes anti-union propaganda. Just sayin’…
Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023
@iDGS EXACTLY. heehee
Show threadEyebee 🇬🇧Aug 28, 2023
@iDGS @JenWojcik As a union shop steward, albeit in the UK, this is very welcome news!
Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023

@eyebee @iDGS

This is for the US. Did you read the article? Because it's pretty clear you didn't.

Show threadSandra Hoenle (she/her) 🇨🇦Aug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik WOW
Show threadPrimoAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik it's only logical. You can't union buat without a union xD
Show threadbubbajetAug 28, 2023

@JenWojcik I love this, but approaching 30 years of union membership and activism leads me to believe that there’s something missing here.

I hope I’m wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time.

Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023
@bubbajet Honestly, I have never seen anything with so much teeth come out of NLRB. It's a bit shocking!
Show threadocdtrekkieAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik It's always been pretty wild to me that there's been no real downside to companies trying to union bust. This finally makes it a bad idea.
Show threadAntonVonCarmoAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik making it easier for a return of the Orange beast.
Show threadJeanEvergreenAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Union-busting #Cemex (mentioned in the article) appears to be the same "controversial" company that's been accused of eroding the shoreline in #Monterey. https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/27/controversial-beachfront-sand-mining-operation-along-monterey-bay-to-close/
Controversial beachfront sand mining operation along Monterey Bay to close

The last coastal sand mine in the United States, a Monterey Bay plant that scientists say has caused significant erosion of beaches in the area, will close in three years under a settlement agreeme…

The Mercury News
Show threadTheJenAug 28, 2023
@JeanEvergreen I have no doubt.
Show threadGrassroots JoeAug 28, 2023

@JenWojcik

I hope everyone recognizes the imperative of ensuring Biden & Harris are reelected in order to keep this new rule in place. A Republican administration would move rapidly to undo it.

If we also elect a Democratic Congress there's a reasonable chance they will codify something like this in law.

Future elections will matter at least as much as the last several have, arguably more.

Show threadPeter Bowden 🚗🔌⚡ 😷💉💉💉💉Aug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik So pleased to see people once again recognising the value of unions for the ordinary working person.
Show threadMirre Aug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik this is so good heres hoping it will spread to other countries
Show threadSometimesIGetBoredAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Wish I had this a decade ago when I tried to form a union and was met with the most illegal activity from corporate that the union had ever seen.
Show threadCanadian CurmudgeonAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik This would quickly be upended should Trump get re-elected.
Show threadDudula the DudAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik GOOD!!
Show threadCultured SwineAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik this is amazing and exactly how it should work. The works should be able to defend their rights
Show threadFreediverXAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik
As much as I want to feel happy about this, the NLRB has very little real power.
Show threadGeoffreyWinnAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik That is good. I hope it is enforceable.
Show threadChester (Carlos D. Nascimento)Aug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik what country/jurisdiction is this about?
Show threadLibertyBetaAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik yes . Go unions!
Show threadCobaltRoseAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik okay, but what does the NLRB have to enforce that? What if the company flat out screams “I don’t want to and you can’t make me?” If it’s just fines, then the policy has no teeth.
Show threadkikebenllochAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Wow.
Show threadChris WithersAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik @mariyadelano I’m curious how often the union-busting occurs at this stage. Mostly I hear about big companies like Walmart shutting down operations before it gets as far as a majority of workers requesting recognition.
Show threadUrethramancer🐀Aug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Sanity in the US of A? What's the next idea you steal from us Europeans - HEALTHCARE‽
Show threadAndrew Benedict-NelsonAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik wow!
Show threadLudibriumventisAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Wow!
Show threadKen_HAug 28, 2023
@JenWojcik Wow, this is incredible!
Show threadJonathan HendryAug 29, 2023

@JenWojcik

Meanwhile....

"BoTh pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe!1!1"

- some numptie on the internet who thinks they're a sophisticated political thinker

Show threadrenee on the internetAug 29, 2023

@JenWojcik This is only after a union has been recognized by a majority of employees at a workplace, right?

Can companies still union bust by scaremongering at a workplace before people sign union authorization cards?