Tag Archives: National Labor Relations Board

“Union accused of betraying migrant carnival workers”

A new “union” is a nasty con, using the historical promise of unionization to trap migrant workers: Labor advocates say a guild for migrant workers is a stalking-horse for the carnival industry, not a champion for its employees. Source: Union … Continue reading

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Confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements

Rob Walker, the New York Times’s “workologist” columnist, answered a gnarly question in last week’s Times. Here’s the question: I work for a midsize nonprofit agency with more than 200 employees. For the first time in its history, the agency … Continue reading

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“Walmart Illegally Punished Workers, Judge Rules”

It takes a judge to confirm what so many of us suspected about Walmart: it is a rotten company, especially to its employees:  A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled that Walmart managers in California had illegally disciplined employees for … Continue reading

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