union busting

Demand Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Rehire Fired ATU 241 Executive Board Member Erek Slater

Update from today (02/18/16)

George Orwell could not have made this up…

On February 11th, much loved Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointed bureaucrats at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) illegally fired me from my 10-year job as a city bus driver. They fired me because I was doing my job as an elected union steward and executive board member of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241 protecting my co-workers and holding management accountable.

BART, unions should cut labor costs before asking for more taxes: Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune editorial
http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-news/ci_29481109/contra-costa-t...
Contra Costa Times editorial © 2016 Bay Area News Group
POSTED: 02/06/2016

Tough Norway Dockers Stand Their Ground
https://vegardholm.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/tough-dockers-stand-their-gr...

The dockers are tough. They continue their fight in Norway’s longest industrial conflict for 70 years and will soon have been in dispute for two years. However, this autumn has thrown up some positives.

Read the Norwegian version of this article

United Airlines launches non-union ground operations subsidiary United Ground Express
http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2015/08/10/united-airlines-launc...
Aug 10, 2015, 12:59pm CDT

Union Busting In DC Against ATU Transit Workers-DC unions back streetcar workers fired for organizing
http://www.peoplesworld.org/dc-unions-back-streetcar-workers-fired-for-o...
DC unions back streetcar workers fired for organizing

by: LARRY RUBIN
july 13 2015