Spectrum News 1: Starbucks Workers Across Western NY Unionize
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WGRZ: Buffalo Area Starbucks Workers Forming a Union
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Richard Bensinger, another former AFL-CIO organizing director, said: “Win or lose they [the RWDSU] already won. The good thing is they jumped in feet first. They took on the most powerful, richest guy in the world. Everyone in labor is inspired by this. When there are these big campaigns, some people in the labor movement are afraid and ask, What if they lose? If you don’t try, you’ll never win.” Richard Bensinger, from The Guardian Read the full story at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/mar/29/amazon-bessemer-alabama-union-fight
From Protest in Rochester, NY
Workers United Upstate’s Gary Bonadonna Jr. and Monika Shelton. #DanielPrude #BlackLivesMatter #WhichSideAreYouOn
Photos from Rally at Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs
Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs workers are asking Governor Cuomo to re-open the casinos so that they can get back to work. Theses photos are from the rallies held simultaneously by the five state casinos on August 27. Erin Young, Union Business Representative for Workers United at Vernon Downs, said Workers United Upstate New York leader Gary Bonadonna Jr., met with the Governor. “While the meeting was promising, we still haven’t been given a date, nor do we have a plan for New York State [to open the casinos],” she said. “The casinos have had their own plans for safety for well over a month now. We need to reopen. And we need to send a message to the governor that [the employees of Vernon Downs] are essential workers — essential to their families, to the local and state economy, and to the New York State education budget.” Thanks to Workers United Business Representative, Erin Young for these photos.
Video Speeches from Black Lives Matter to Unions
Some speeches from the Black Lives Matter to Unions Rally hosted by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
Black Lives Matter to Labor
Photos from Black Lives Matter Rally hosted by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
Spectrum News Covers Babbitt Bearings Strike
Read the article: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/human-interest/2020/08/14/babbitt-bearings-strike-?cid=share_clip Photos by Erin Young, WUUNY/RRJB Business Agent
Biden’s union push could force showdown with Elon Musk
Read article on Axios: https://www.axios.com/biden-elon-musk-unions-582e5ea6-7e38-4357-974e-a20103c0366d.html What they’re saying: “What Biden is suggesting is that you finally have some teeth in U.S. labor laws,” said Richard Bensinger, a former national organizing director of the AFL-CIO. “By holding Musk personally accountable it might deter Musk from his usual union busting. The current law has no penalties, only remedies and no individual liability,” said Bensinger, who was also a former organizing director of the United Auto Workers. “This will make a big difference in organizing places like Tesla because it will take these owners and hold them accountable for fighting the right of American workers to organize a union.”
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