Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by freeone3000 on Saturday July 27, 2024 @08:35PM
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Few unions survived union-busting in the 80s, and pretty much no new unions formed. Between this and the hollowing out of the unionized trades in the US, we’re down to autoworkers, machinists, boilermakers, teamsters, and a few others as large unions able to help new shops unionize.
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Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by dhosek on Saturday July 27, 2024 @10:57PM
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SEIU—service employees—is not insignificant. When I was involved with unionizing TAs at UIC in the 00s, we organized as an SEIU union.
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by knowaveragejoe on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:48PM
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NABTU is a large umbrella organization encompassing a lot of these.
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by brcmthrowaway on Saturday July 27, 2024 @08:45PM
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Glaziers have their own union
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by wlesieutre on Saturday July 27, 2024 @09:22PM
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IBEW (electrical workers) is another
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by SoftTalker on Saturday July 27, 2024 @09:34PM
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Ironworkers, pipefitters/steamfitters, airline pilots, there are still a number of trade-specific unions.
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by Sn0wCoder on Sunday July 28, 2024 @12:55AM
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Douglas J. McCarron head of the Carpenters Union Las Vegas, they own the most expensive piece of property in the USA (or thought to be) right across from the White House. The carpenters also do welders, carpet layers, ceiling tile, and a few others. Mostly in the upper US, as the south is known for being right to work. Some government contracts will pay prevailing wages even to non-union workers to make the bids fair.
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by fragmede on Sunday July 28, 2024 @02:45AM
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isn't that paying them more, since they don't have to pay union dues?
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by Sn0wCoder on Monday July 29, 2024 @02:14PM
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Yes, the non-union employees will end up taking more home (paid the same but like you say less goes back to the Union, Insurance, Retirement, Training) than their union counter parts (assuming the boss is honest), but the idea is the Contractors need to base their bids off that number as to make the bids fair to all contractors both Union and Non-Union. Guessing the government has some auditing to ensure the employees are paid according to the Union wage of that location/trade. Without a prevailing wage would be very difficult for Union shops to get work on some of these Government projects.
Re:Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with stor...
by Thorrez on Sunday July 28, 2024 @04:33AM
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It looks like Douglas J. McCarron is the head of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Brotherhood_of_Carpente...
Why do you say "Carpenters Union Las Vegas"?