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At 11:30 a.m. Central Time Wednesday staffers at the San Antonio Report walked off the job after hearing that their colleague Sandra Santos was laid off by the nonprofit newsroom in Texas.

“This is exactly the type of thing we organized to prevent so we could find solutions for the organization and the members,” said Isaac Windes, an education reporter at the San Antonio Report.

Windes said Santos was laid off without warning and was one of the few women of color in an editor role and a veteran of the industry.

“This will change working conditions cross the board — we’re a small organization,” he said. “Taking out a member like that will change all of our jobs.”

“We see this as an unfair labor practice and walked off the job in solidarity with our member,” Windes said.

The workers announced their union campaign on January 16, with 100% of the workers signed onto a mission statement and 100% signing union cards.

The workers have not yet won a union election or voluntary recognition, but are acting within their rights under the National Labor Relations Act to protest a change to their working conditions. Management is dragging its feet recognizing a union where every worker is signed on in support.

read more: https://newsguild.org/workers-at-san-antonio-report-walk-off-the-job-in-protest-of-illegal-layoff/

Costco workers in Norfolk, Virginia, recently unionized, defying the company’s reputation as one that cares about workers. In an interview, a Costco worker says he and his coworkers are tired of being treated with disrespect on the job.

Costco’s executives are eyeballing the number 18,238 and plastering letters of contrition in break rooms after workers at the wholesale retail chain’s Norfolk, Virginia, store voted to join Teamsters Local 822 in late December.

“We’re not disappointed in our employees; we’re disappointed in ourselves as managers and leaders,” wrote outgoing CEO Craig Jelinek and then president and now CEO Ron Vachris in a memo on December 29. “The fact that a majority of Norfolk employees felt that they wanted or needed a union constitutes a failure on our part.”

This pattern — contrition, apology, vows to do better — is nothing new in the union-busting playbook. But Costco was supposedly one of the good, high-road employers with an enlightened management that put workers first and invested in them. That’s why it was credited with one of the highest retention rates in the industry.

read more: https://portside.org/2024-01-22/unionization-wave-hitting-costco

"In reality, we're all on the same side of the war against the working class," Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday.

Shawn Fain speaks at UAW 2024 National CAP Conference 1/22/24.

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