Report by WI BOPM 9/8/22
Beginning the school year the Columbus, OH and Kent, WA educators went on strike and won. Kent Education Association / Columbus Education Association
https://www.facebook.com/KEAUNION
https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusEA
Seattle educators went on strike September 7 and are still out.
https://www.facebook.com/SeattleEA
Faculty at EMU AAUP went on strike this week and still out, administration filed for injunction union defying it for now. https://www.facebook.com/aaup.emu
UAW Local 180 in Racine, WI and sister local at CNHi still on strike after four months.
https://www.facebook.com/uawlocal180
September 13-16 the Nurses at UW Health going on a three day strike for recognition, ratios and pay. Big press conference at Madison, WI Labor Day. SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin
https://www.facebook.com/SEIUHCWI
Then there’s the massive Sip-In’s that were held coast to coast at numerous Starbucks stores on Labor Day. SBWorkersUnited
https://www.facebook.com/sbworkersunited
And the Amazon workers, a worker walk out at Taco Bell in Kansas City, the railroad workers both the in the U.S. and U.K. talking possible strike.
And the Teamsters have begun a one year contract campaign in August for their 2023 contract fight – the current nationwide agreements ends in the summer of 2023. http://www.teamsters89.com/ups2023
There’s a variety of other union recognition campaigns going on at non-profits and major corporations and event congressional offices.
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