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TWU Fighting Back Against Automation
Novel ideas present at the AFL-CIO convention included the Transport Workers Union of America handing out jellybean packets which read: “Don’t let the bean counters win. Human operators save lives.” The packets, with a large BCTGM logo on the back, are being used to...
Protected: TWU Fighting Back Against Automation
From Coast-to-Coast Union Interest Grows at Amazon, Starbucks, and Retail Stores
As the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued impressive third quarter statistics on union election petitions for 2022, workers across the country continue to organize at warehouses, coffee shops, bookstores, retail outlets, and more. Amazon employees have built...
Protected: From Coast-to-Coast Union Interest Grows at Amazon, Starbucks, and Retail Stores
NJ Fourth Grade Classrooms Gifted Children’s Book – The 1913 Paterson Silk Strike
On the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark, the museum distributed 30 thousand copies of “The 1913 Paterson Silk Strike: The Children’s Story” to fourth grade public school classrooms across New Jersey. “This...