jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoDockworkers Push Union Resolution to Block Shipment of Israeli Military Cargotruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down110cross-posted to: iwwunion@lemmy.mlworldnewsnonus
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkDockworkers Push Union Resolution to Block Shipment of Israeli Military Cargotruthout.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: iwwunion@lemmy.mlworldnewsnonus
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·6 months agoThe base does. The leadership just pays lip service.
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoThe leadership works behind closed doors to pressure the companies to give the unions what they want, judging from the rail workers.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·6 months agoThey got just enough to say they did that. The rail workers are actually something like 10 unions. The companies gave half of them their demands so everyone could take a victory lap. The worst abuses and safety violations were never addressed.
The base does. The leadership just pays lip service.
The leadership works behind closed doors to pressure the companies to give the unions what they want, judging from the rail workers.
They got just enough to say they did that. The rail workers are actually something like 10 unions. The companies gave half of them their demands so everyone could take a victory lap. The worst abuses and safety violations were never addressed.