The Label Letter is the official newsletter of the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO. It is published bimonthly and includes the Do Buy and official AFL-CIO Boycott Lists. Subscriptions are available to members only. With the exception of copyrighted material, permission to reprint is hereby granted, but credit to the source is appreciated.
Young Workers Are Leading the Efforts to Unionize
At last count, employees at some 200 Starbucks locations around the country have initiated union organizing drives. In Staten Island, workers at the New York Amazon fulfillment center voted union yes in an historic drive to unionize the notoriously anti-union online...
Protected: Young Workers Are Leading the Efforts to Unionize
Abruzzo Memo Seeks to Rein In Captive Audience Meetings
In an April 7 memo, NLRB Chief Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, called for a reversal of the 1948 decision that mandatory meetings concerning employee’s statutory labor rights do not violate federal law. Abruzzo asked National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold that...
Protected: Abruzzo Memo Seeks to Rein In Captive Audience Meetings
NLRB: Union Election Petitions Increase 57% In First Half of FY22
The National Labor Relations Board Office of Public Affairs issued a press release on April 6 stating that “union representation petitions filed at the NLRB have increased 57%—up to 1,174 from 748 during the first half of FY2021.” Also noted in the release, unfair...
