More Perfect Union

4,800 early-career researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced that they are forming a union, NIH Fellows United-UAW. This will be the first union within the U.S. federal government for research fellows and the largest new union of federal workers in 12 years. They will rally on Thursday as they celebrate this milestone and then travel to the Federal Labor Relations Authority to file for their union. Learn more about NIH Fellows United-UAW »

https://www.wecaninternational.org/stop-line-5?fbclid=IwAR0cppHY4pGZqijb_4p_EI3PsUmHLcsNEp_qs_jVR_RwRmAl9OtB7UmmmIM

Indigenous leaders urge Biden to shut down Line 5 pipeline due to ‘imminent’ threat. Peace Action WI has signed on.

CALL
President Biden has the authority to make the call to Shut down Line 5

• Phone: 1-202-456-1111
• Online: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

• Governor Evers may have the authority to make an emergency/crisis call
  • Phone: 608-266-1212
  • Online: https://evers.wi.gov/pages/connect.aspx
• Public support of Line 5 Shutdown to Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources
  • Email to: NRDirector@badriver-nsn.gov

SBWorkersUnited

May 2023: 300 unionized Starbucks stores!!!! Congratulations to 7th & K in Sacramento, CA on today’s momentous 11-2 win!! Here’s to nearly 8,000 Starbucks Partners in the fight for a fairer workplace for all!

SBWorkersUnited

Time to again celebrate Fondy PRIDE! Bring your friends and family and any Pride gear you wish. Family friendly event.

We will meet by the Walgreens on Johnson and Main Streets from 10-10:30 a.m. and march as a group to Veterans Memorial Park, 190 S Main Street.

— Human Rights Activists of Fond du Lac

FOND DU LAC, JUNE 17, 2023: A family-friendly community event that marks the federal order to free slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865 – more than two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Ebony Vision will present its 15th Annual JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. Come out and experience a family-filled day of outstanding LIVE entertainment, music, children’s activities, delicious Soul food, raffles, and more with good folks and vendors from the community. 

Buttermilk Creek Park
700 S. Park Avenue – Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Information: 920-744-5169

Juneteenth weekend event

__________

FOND DU LAC, JUNE 17, 2023: A family-friendly community event that marks the federal order to free slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865 – more than two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Ebony Vision will present its 15th Annual JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. Come out and experience a family-filled day of outstanding LIVE entertainment, music, children’s activities, delicious Soul food, raffles, and more with good folks and vendors from the community. 

Buttermilk Creek Park
700 S. Park Avenue – Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Information: 920-744-5169

The New York Times highlighted the recent rise in union-busting by major companies, and Trader Joe’s is among them:

A spokesperson for Trader Joe’s told the New York Times that “the company had never disciplined an employee for seeking to unionize but that unionizing efforts didn’t exempt an employee from job responsibilities.”

This couldn’t be further from the truth. Instead of allowing the free and fair elections they promised their workers, Trader Joe’s hired a union-busting law firm and has been fighting us every step of the way.

Despite their claims, Trader Joe’s continues to union bust and refuse to bargain in good faith. Will you make a contribution today and help Trader Joe’s United stand up for workers and fight for the fair contract we deserve?

Trader Joe’s crew members across unionizing locations have been disciplined for organizing and union support—but since Trader Joe’s can’t fire people outright for union activity, they’ve been inconsistently applying the rules as a way to indirectly discipline workers. And we have proof:

• A main organizer was written up recently for forgetting to punch out at the end of the shift & a union supporter was written up for using an available computer to punch out instead of the punch clock—two very minor and common mistakes.
• Multiple crew members in Hadley were sent home and lost wages for wearing union pins even though that right is protected under the NLRB.
• Crew members in Oakland were written up for “being seen to drink what appeared to be” champagne in the parking lot after their winning vote count. They were out of uniform and off the clock at the time.

These small infractions add up, and Trader Joe’s is using the threat of discipline to discourage workers from supporting the union. We can’t let these intimidation tactics keep crew members from fighting for the better wages, better benefits, and better working conditions we deserve.

Trader Joe’s United is 100% founded and powered by Trader Joe’s workers. We can win this fight, but only if we stand together in solidarity. Will you chip in today and stand with us?

In solidarity,

Maeg Yosef
Trader Joe’s United