The Organizing Constitution

IATSE Broadcast techs organize

News and Views

• CalMatters takes a look at the Carpenters’ go-it-alone attitude on prevailing wages and housing.

• Former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo examines the Supreme Court’s assault on the basic rights of workers to organize. “The interpretation of the Constitution that undercuts workers’ ability to organize and act collectively is wrong because it impairs their ability to participate equally in social, economic, and political life. But additionally, it’s wrong as a matter of law. It gets the Constitution totally backward.”

• We missed this earlier—100 broadcast techs in Columbus have voted to organize with IATSE.

Today’s Win

• Another Starbucks location in Texas is organizing with Starbucks Workers United.