Big Win for Instacart Workers
Courts ratify Trump union busting
News and Views
A federal appeals court ruled that Trump’s union busting executive order can remain in effect while a lawsuit to block it, brought by the National Treasury Employees Union, proceeds. The American Federation of Government Employees is also suing to halt the executive order, and there is a hearing today on whether the executive order will remain in effect while their lawsuit proceeds. Meanwhile, AFGE is continuing its aggressive push for E-dues, outside of the normal dues checkoff system—helping to ensure that the union will survive no matter what the Trump administration throws at them.
Republicans are trying to repeal the NEA’s federal charter.
Democrats are pushing a rarely-successful motion in the House, called a discharge petition, to restore federal worker collective bargaining rights.
In These Times looks at the future of farm work in America amid Trump’s attacks and employer abuse. "Farm owners can easily fire and replace them from the rich vein of desperate third-world workers offered by illegal migration and legal guest worker programs. The result is that farmworkers, despite the difficulty of the work and the skill and knowledge required, are among the lowest-paid workers in the country, earning around half the wage of the average U.S. worker.”
400 public defenders in NYC are on the picket line, with potentially hundreds more joining them in the coming days.
The UMWA reports on their commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Davis Day on June 11, when coal company police in Nova Scotia murdered Bill Davis as they attempted to crush the union.
Today’s Wins
The New York City Council passed legislation guaranteeing a $21.44 minimum wage for grocery delivery workers, some of whom are currently earning less than $6 an hour. (Restaurant delivery drivers for apps like DoorDash and GrubHub already earn the $21.44 minimum wage.)
200 undergrad workers at Dartmouth win a first contract.