Posts by Greater Chicago Social Media Director and appointed members:
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IWW Methods Score Major Victory for Healthcare Workers
https://industrialworker.org/iww-methods-score-major-victory-for-healthcare-workers/ The methods of the IWW have enabled a small group of nurses to grow to more than thirty caregivers who have organized themselves to…Continue readingIWW Methods Score Major Victory for Healthcare Workers
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Does Your Employer Have Illegal Rules on the Books?
On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), (redacted) issued a game-changing decision known as Stericycle. The ruling enables unions to effectively challenge company…Continue readingDoes Your Employer Have Illegal Rules on the Books?
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NLRB finds contract employees are ‘employed’ for bargaining purposes.
(FW Ian) NLRB rules that contractors have a common employer of “whoever is ultimately contracting them” in a case regarding YouTube Music employees (many contracted…Continue readingNLRB finds contract employees are ‘employed’ for bargaining purposes.
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American Workers Are About To Get Way More Power. Here’s How.
A vital piece of labor law, the Joy Silk doctrine, is expected to be reinstated by the NLRB. Federal labor regulators may soon upend how…Continue readingAmerican Workers Are About To Get Way More Power. Here’s How.
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Biden Labor Board Restores Right to Use Heated Language
In a landmark May Day ruling called Lion Elastomers, the National Labor Relations Board restored the rights of union representatives to use heated language, including…Continue readingBiden Labor Board Restores Right to Use Heated Language
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NLRB Punches Holes in No-Recording Policies
(text copied from NLRB Punches Holes in No-Recording Policies Labor Notes article) A February 13 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) clarifies whether…Continue readingNLRB Punches Holes in No-Recording Policies
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Delegate Outreach Program
What’s a delegate? IWW Delegate is an elected office which can be held by any member with six months of consecutive good standing. Delegates sign…Continue readingDelegate Outreach Program
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Solidarity with the Movement to Stop Cop City & Defend the Weelaunee Forest
Approved at the February 2023 GMB The Greater Chicago IWW General Membership Branch stands in solidarity with the Weelaunee forest defenders and the movement to…Continue readingSolidarity with the Movement to Stop Cop City & Defend the Weelaunee Forest
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Support for RWU Statement of Public Rail Ownership
The Greater Chicago IWW General Membership Branch would like to express our support for the public ownership of the rail infrastructure of the U.S., Canada,…Continue readingSupport for RWU Statement of Public Rail Ownership