NLRB = National Labor Relations Board
great, now if companies were fined billions of dollars when they shut unionized warehouses and stores, we’d be getting somewhere
This seems like great news! Will someone ruin this for me?
The NLRB always has nice-looking rules on paper and then fucks around with enforcement. For example, setting a very high standard of evidence for what counts as union busting. This exact NLRB still hasn’t reversed the Electrolux standard despite having many opportunities.
The time to get hyped is if they actually start granting recognition on a large scale. For example, basically every Starbucks that has tried to unionize should now only need to file a petition for automatic recognition. I will be surprised if they follow through, but that’s the thing to look for and I hope I’m wrong.
I’ve been wanting to start a union at my place but Florida has a lot of regressive labor laws (especially in EMS, which I’m in) and unions don’t have a ton of legal support here. All these rumblings of new rules has felt really encouraging. Looks like this’ll be something to keep an eye on over the next few months over something enabling immediate action
100%.
Also the best way to unionize is in a way that mostly ignores legal protections anyways. Expect a dirty fight and come at them with better organizing, better numbers, better actions.
This will likely put the firms out of business that have been specializing in union busting.
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/10/amazon-alabama-union-busting-koch/
What’s that you say? This doesn’t ruin anything for you? Then I guess the answer to your question is “no” :)
Excuse me, I came here to be pessimistic. Get that positivity outta here. Fr though that’s pretty neat
Sure. We have existing laws against union busting, and we already look the other way when it happens. There’s no guarantee this will be enforced at all.
