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Bloomberg @BLaw reporter covering unions, workers & the labor econ. ikullgren @bloombergindustry .com; ikullgren @pm .me. Michigander, @Politico , @Oregonian alum

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Ian Kullgren

5 months

The union vote at VW Chattanooga will reverberate around the country, even the world. But it's the people here who will decide. I spent the past few days roving around the town—at church, baseball games and ice cream shops—to see how people are feeling.

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UAW’s Volkswagen Push Rides on Making Good Tennessee Jobs Better

Volkswagen workers are looking to pull off an improbable victory this week by unionizing the first foreign-owned auto plant on US soil—and in one of the most organized-labor-resistant areas of the...

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2 years

BREAKING: Apple store workers in Maryland become first in U.S. to unionize

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🚨BREAKING: Largest railway union rejects Biden-backed labor agreement, reviving the threat of a nationwide strike. Story TK.

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JUST IN: Do-over election at Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. will start Feb. 4.

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BREAKING: Another union, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, rejects Biden admin's deal with freight rail carriers

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A staffer for @ChicagosMayor just physically shoved me for trying to ask the mayor a question. 1st time in 15 years as a reporter I’ve had anything like this happen. Unbelievable.

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The Senate HELP Committee is on the verge of a literal brawl-- @SenMullin stood up at the dais to FIGHT @TeamsterSOB before Bernie Sanders intervened

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NEW: US union membership rate falls to historic low of 10.1%, Bureau of Labor Statistics reports

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NEW: Union membership fell to 10.3% in 2021, a loss of 241,000 workers, according to BLS.

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An extraordinary rebuke of Biden by a sitting labor leader

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STATEMENT FROM @UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN ON US DEPT. OF @ENERGY GIVING @FORD $9.2 BILLION LOAN WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED 🧵

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NEW: New Teamsters president Sean O'Brien takes over tomorrow—and the transition has been a nasty one, his top aide says. 1/

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BMWED President Tony Cardwell, who leads one of the unions that voted no, says he'll stand against any legislation that doesn't include paid sick days. "If we're not going to get it, then they shouldn't intervene," he said.

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SMART-TD rejected the pact while the second-largest railway union, BLET, ratified it. That means SMART could strike Dec. 9 if no deal is reached.

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The @MachinistsUnion prevailed by a 2 to 1 margin — sending a shot across the bow of Apple and the rest of Silicon Valley.

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Note: IBB is small, but a walkout from ANY of the 12 railroad unions could trigger a strike by forcing the others not to cross a picket line. So far, three unions have voted down the agreement.

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More here:

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Big Rail Unions Split on Labor Deal, Raising Odds of Strike (2)

Members of the nation’s two largest railway unions held conflicting votes on a key labor pact, muddying efforts by the Biden administration to avoid a strike when the labor peace agreement ends next...

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Apple Store Workers in Maryland Become First in US to Unionize

Apple store workers near Baltimore voted for a union Saturday, becoming the first organized store in the US in a landmark decision that could change the face of the tech giant’s retail operation.

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The number of overall union members *rose* by 273,000 — but it wasn't enough to keep pace with nonunion job growth.

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JUST IN: Starbucks workers prevail 25-3 in Mesa, Ariz. union election

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NEW: Jose Andres has agreed to voluntarily recognize a union at The Bazaar in Washington, D.C.

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Ballots will be mailed to workers that day. Count scheduled for Mar. 28.

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As I say in the story, this doesn't necessarily mean there *will* be a strike. If worse comes to worse Congress could step in and force a deal, which would reaaalllly anger unions of all stripes. But politically it might be better than a shutdown before Christmas.

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This is the most insane thing I have ever seen on Capitol Hill

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Boilermakers Union Votes Down Rail Agreement With Carriers (1)

The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers has rejected a tentative labor agreement with freight rail carriers, the third union to spurn a last-minute agreement that was brokered by the Biden...

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"You're biggest thug here," O'Brien tells Mullin

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Pelosi is playing to unions on the floor, saying it's "outrageous" that workers don't have paid sick leave -- while also saying that the consequences of a shutdown would be catastrophic.

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Scoop!🚨🚨: Apple store workers in Atlanta will become the first in the U.S. to file for a union election today, setting up a battle between organized labor and the Silicon Valley titan.

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Apple Store Workers in Atlanta File for First Union Election (2)

Workers at an Apple Inc. store in Atlanta became the first in the U.S. to file for a union election Wednesday, setting up a battle between organized labor and a Silicon Valley titan.

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Just in: Talks between Kaiser Permanente and its employee union have collapsed, according to the union The largest-ever US health care strike will likely continue until Saturday, and there could be more strikes later.

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@wheezeyssqeezey @SenMullin @TeamsterSOB They've had a longstanding beef on Twitter that spilled over into real life

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2 years

100% true. Even the union leaders I spoke with who were in the room say this is not over.

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All I would ask is that people wait until rail workers have seen details of the deal before praising the administration. A PR cycle saying “it’s over, workers won!” Is not helpful if rail workers can’t live with the actual agreement, reject it, and want to strike.

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It was a close one, but looks like Sanders cooled things down. Committee has moved on to questions from other members.

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"We're not going to be talking about physical confrontation," Sanders says

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3 years

JUST NOW: Three Starbucks stores win union elections, bringing the total of unionized corporate-owned stores to 6.

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The past year has been a blur of hospital trips, chemo sickness, fatigue, radiation burns and too many blood samples to count. Starting Monday, I'm taking a few weeks off for surgery. Time to depose cancer for good.

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One thing's for sure: This will juice unions' argument that federal labor law is in need of an overhaul. The chances that Democrats will take up the PRO Act before the midterms? Slim to none.

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“We got stopped at the door and told, ‘No, this isn’t a good day,’” Rainville said. “Basically, ‘You can come back on Tuesday when you take over.’” “Everything that we’ve experienced has just been incredibly petty." 3/

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Hoffa's inner circle has stonewalled O'Brien's team at every turn, O'Brien's chief of staff Brian Rainville told me. Things boiled over last week when he and the incoming secretary-treasurer were unceremoniously denied access to the president's office at Teamsters HQ. 2/

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New: Deirdre O’Brien, Apple VP for retail + people, just did an unannounced walkthrough at the Towson, Md. store where workers are trying to unionize.

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Despite high-profile strikes and organizing campaigns at Amazon, Starbucks, John Deere and others, unions haven't reversed the steady decline … Last year, 6.1% of private-sector workers belonged to a union, lower than in 2020.

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Are you a rail worker who wants your voice heard? Reach me at ikullgren @bloombergindustry .com

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“On Tuesday, we’re going to parachute in there—all of a sudden we’re going to magically appear like we’re in Star Trek,” Rainville said. “It’s like, I don’t even know where the pencils are because we haven’t been allowed in the office.”

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Punching In: Hoffa’s Teamsters Reign Ends With Hard Feelings

A new era will dawn tomorrow at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters when longtime president James P. Hoffa hands the reins over to Sean O’Brien, a one-time ally who obliterated Hoffa’s...

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But a senior Teamsters official backed up Rainville's account. In recent weeks, the official said, Hoffa cut off all communication with staffers he saw as too accommodating to O’Brien and has refused to speak to the incoming president directly. 6/

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Scoop: The head of an Amazon delivery contractor says he was retaliated against for voluntarily recognizing his workers' union

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Amazon Delivery Owner Says He Was Punished for Supporting Union

The owner of an Amazon.com Inc. delivery contractor says the e-commerce giant is looking to sever his contract after his employees became the first Amazon drivers in the US to unionize.

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In LA, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien says — again — that Biden shouldn’t intervene in a potential strike with UPS. “In the neighborhood that I grew up in, when two people are fighting in the street, you got nothing to do with it, you keep walking.”

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Hoffa's folks didn't take kindly to Rainville's criticisms. John Murphy, a Teamsters international vice president under Hoffa, suggested he was either lying or suffering early memory loss. Murphy said both sides had agreed to transition protocol, including Covid restrictions. 4/

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Biden mixes up Taylor Swift and Britney Spears at the turkey pardoning ceremony: "You could say even that's harder than getting a ticket to the Renaissance tour or, or, or for Britney's tour. She's down in—it's kinda warm in Brazil right now."

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Just in: @ShawnFainUAW says the UAW will strike ALL 3 Detroit auto companies for the first time in history starting at midnight

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3 years

I gave $50 to the @KyivIndependent to support brave, independent journalism for Ukraine. Who's with me?

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Just now: AFL-CIO delegates elect @LizShuler president the next four years, the first woman to hold the job

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Rainville also said staffers coming on board were confined to a single conference room and were only allowed to talk to union staff in the presence of the Teamsters’ in-house counsel, giving what were intended to be casual conversations the feeling of a deposition. 7/

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Back in the saddle and ~hopefully~ cancer free! One more surgery to go, then I'll be chillin in remission ✌️ Until then hit me up with tips, tea and story ideas. ikullgren [at] bloombergindustry [dot] com

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The past year has been a blur of hospital trips, chemo sickness, fatigue, radiation burns and too many blood samples to count. Starting Monday, I'm taking a few weeks off for surgery. Time to depose cancer for good.

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“I am just bewildered why they are asserting these things to the press,” Murphy said in an interview. “What’s their motivation? Is it to paint a negative impression as the Jim Hoffa administration winds down? I don’t know, but it’s just bizarre.” 5/

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JUST IN: Sean O'Brien prevails in the race for @Teamsters president, sending a sharp rebuke to the Hoffa dynasty.

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Teamsters Reform Candidate O’Brien Poised to Win Presidency (1)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is on the verge of electing reform candidate Sean O’Brien as its new president, an outcome that would rebuke the once mighty Hoffa dynasty that reigned over...

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. @SenSanders is now going to bat for the unions, highlighting workers’ lack of sick time and bigger freight rail profits during the pandemic.

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2 years

Sen. Burr says on the floor that Democrats only need to provide about a dozen votes to pre-empt a nationwide rail strike.

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Enough with the story pitches on quiet quitting. Enough.

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Context: Even though Hoffa wasn't on the ballot last year, O'Brien made the election a referendum on his leadership. It was a *huge* embarrassment when O'Brien got 67% of the vote, trouncing Hoffa's candidate in every region except for Canada.

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@ParentCps @ChicagosMayor I didn't get her name

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Biden to Ironworkers: "You're nuts—thank God you are"

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3 years

Just ran into Santa at a SE Michigan rest stop. When asked him why the reindeer weren’t working, he said: “They’re in a union. I only get one them day a year under the collective bargaining agreement. That’s it.”

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Hours later, Apple announced it would raise base pay to $22 an hour.

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latest scooplet: a fourth Apple store is forming a union

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Here at Netflix headquarters in LA, where @RepAdamSchiff showed up to walk the picket line.

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Yesterday @LaurenKGurley reported on Apple's anti-union talking points for managers, including claims that a union could limit opportunities and merit-based promotions.

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NEW: Machinists REJECT tentative agreement with rail carriers.

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IAM District 19 Members Vote to Reject Freight Rail Agreement - IAMAW

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 – Approximately 4,900 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 19 have voted to reject the Tentative Agreement with the...

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Sean O'Brien has a commanding lead in the race for @Teamsters president, leading Hoffa loyalist Steve Varima by a margain of more than 2 to 1.

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Steve Vairma concedes the race for Teamsters president: "With all the votes now counted, it has become clear that we will not have the opportunity to lead the Teamsters in the role we had envisioned."

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JUST IN: Starbucks will have to bargain with first-ever union in Buffalo

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Labor Board Certifies Starbucks Union Win for Buffalo Store (1)

The National Labor Relations Board has certified the inaugural union of Starbucks employees at a store in Buffalo, N.Y., an agency spokeswoman said Friday.

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Union Membership Rate in US Dips Even Amid Economic Recovery (2)

The share of US workers belonging to labor unions hit a historic low last year as the economy rebounded from Covid-19, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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🚨🚨🚨 First group of Amazon drivers join the Teamsters.

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Amazon Delivery Drivers in California Join Teamsters Union (2)

Amazon.com Inc. drivers in Palmdale, Calif., became the first in the nation to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union said Monday.

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When I was 15, a kid shot his girlfriend and killed himself 20 yards away from where I was sitting in the cafeteria. I didn't realize how much it haunted me until years later when I covered a mass shooting and saw a version of myself in every survivor.

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I’ve written for years now about the ripple of gun violence. It’s not just the wounded and the dead, the kids who thought they would die, the teachers and staff, the first-responders or all those people’s families and friends. These events traumatize hundreds, often thousands.

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@MervinMastishin @JimsonHogarth @alexnpress Correct

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When my mom worked at Walmart she was routinely scheduled for 30-39 hours, making her ineligible for benefits. Important story from @noamscheiber .

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@SecPerkinsStan @rmc031 This trend started wayyy before Covid. A lot of it centers on the decline of heavily unionized industries — manufacturing, coal, etc.

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latest scooplet: a fourth Apple store is forming a union

@AppleWorkers

Apple Workers #AppleUnion

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Apple Store Workers in Kentucky Announce Organizing Campaign @BLaw @IanKullgren

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Spent the past week off the grid, exploring the Blue Ridge. The fall colors where 👌🏻

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Lastly, shout out to @kmascia for writing this article that inspired me to get checked out before it was too late. Journalism saves lives. It really does.

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Why Are Young Guys Suddenly Getting Colon Cancer?

What to know about the puzzling trend you don’t want to be part of.

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Reminder: it's illegal for employers to retaliate against workers for supporting a union, or speaking out collectively about any workplace issue, really.

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I would totally fucking start a union at my Walmart if I wasn’t going to get fired for trying to unionize

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Wow. Biden takes off his jacket in Belvidere and puts on a red UAW t-shirt.

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@Drewbueno How are unions supporting the importation of cheap foreign labor? Honest question — I've never heard that argument.

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BREAKING: Apple Store in Oklahoma City becomes second in nation to unionize

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NEW: Confirming WaPo scoop, a source close to the White House says that Biden will ask Congress to step in to avert a nationwide rail strike.

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The renewed railroad strike threat is already straining Biden's relationship with unions. “It’s a vice of the Democratic Party’s own making,” one activist leader told me. My latest:

Railway Labor Standoff Tests Biden’s Clout With Unions, Workers

The labor standoff between freight railroads and unions is barreling toward a crisis for President Joe Biden: An increasingly likely nationwide strike that’s already testing his ties with union...

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New: Workers at The Bazaar in DC have asked @joseandrescg to recognize a union

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Chef José Andrés Met With Unionizing Push at DC Restaurant (1)

Employees of celebrity chef José Andrés are asking for a union at one of his elite Washington restaurants, presenting a test for one of the culinary world’s most outspoken advocates.

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About the BLS union data drop

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every person at every bar in dc will be having the same conversation tonight

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A SMART-TD official told me he genuinely doesn't know whether there will be a rail strike in the next few weeks. “I have not experienced anything like this" in nearly 20 years, he said.

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Rail Vote Could Fail, Raising Strike Threat, Union Official Says

A high-stakes labor pact between unions and freight rail companies may not survive a vote by the SMART-Transportation Division this month—potentially prompting a strike, according to a senior union...

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Scoop: Bernie Sanders plans to re-introduce paid sick leave legislation for rail workers

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Sanders to Revist Rail Worker Paid Leave as Senate HELP Chair

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) plans to introduce legislation that would give 125,000 railroad workers paid sick leave, revisiting an issue at the center of an 11th-hour deal to avert a nationwide...

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I kept working through most of treatment because I believe in journalism, and specifically good coverage of the American workforce, which is so needed right now. So don't get too comfortable — I'll be back before you know it.

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The union wants to raise starting wages to $28 an hour, the minimum it says is needed for a single employee to afford a one-bedroom apartment it Atlanta.

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Employees were inspired by Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., said Derrick Bowles, a Genius Bar worker. “Somebody has got to be the first to do something,” he said. “Being first doesn’t matter to us—doing it is what matters to us. And if we have to be first we will be first.”

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@RenoMcDallas @ParentCps @ChicagosMayor I don’t fight women

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Inbox: @Andy_Levin 's new staff union has reached a TA that provides $76k salary for junior staff—a $10k raise, according to @Congress_Union

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a wildcat strike, I daresay

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(Reply with pictures of your 'work stoppage' cats!) 📸 @Em__Shd , @johntisbury

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NEW: The Teamsters say a strike is "imminent" after walking away from negotiations with UPS this afternoon

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Teamsters Say UPS Strike ‘Imminent,’ Set Last Offer Deadline (1)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has walked away from negotiations with United Parcel Service Inc., raising the most serious threat yet of a strike for 330,000 truck drivers and other...

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Ian Kullgren

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Hi Twitter - I'm back from a month of medical leave and ready to get back on the labor beat! Hmu with thoughts, tips and missives.

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Ian Kullgren

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Absolutely astonishing. This is like Saint Peter's beating Kentucky. No one thought it was possible, not even people in the labor movement.

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Tom Giles

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Breaking on @TheTerminal (and IRL!) *UNION CLINCHES VICTORY OVER AMAZON IN NEW YORK ELECTION Historic victory for a union against Amazon, which has been less than welcoming to organizing.

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Ian Kullgren

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@VerumVulnero1 Yes. Public sector rate is nearly 40%, more than five times the private sector.

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Ian Kullgren

3 years

Worth noting that BBB would incentivize union-made vehicles, i.e. not Tesla.

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Elon Musk calls for Senate not to pass the Build Back Better Act: 'Tesla doesn't need the $7,500'

Elon Musk calls for the Senate not to pass the $2 trillion Build Back Better Act and says Tesla doesn’t...

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Ian Kullgren

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Wrapping up: “I don't want to get going because then I'd have to keep you here too long, because you know all what I’m about to—what I’ve said, and you know what I’ve done, and you know what we’re doing, and I know what you’re doing.”

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Ian Kullgren

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@mags_mclaugh Hear me out though — Henry Francis

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Ian Kullgren

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I was drinking (chugging) cold brew from a goblet on a conference call today and my editor thought it was red wine

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Ian Kullgren

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In addition to being a phenomenal journalist, @joshgerstein is a generous colleague and good dude. Lesson: you don’t have to be a jerk to be an aggressive reporter.

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Ian Kullgren

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“When a majority of workers want to form a union they shouldn’t be able to be stopped.”

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