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Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Just a heads up, the NLRB has taken an aggressive stance against companies that refuse to allow their employees to unionize.

So when a company has a positive response to unionization, just keep in mind that they don’t really have any other option but to “grin and bear it” so to speak.

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jasep@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t agree. We’ve seen many times companies close locations outright after they unionize. At times governing bodies like the NLRB will fine them, and they’ll gladly eat those fines and keep them closed.

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- Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The new framework put forth by the NLRB only went into effect in late 2023 (November/December).
  
  It requires a majority of employees to want to form a union.
  
  The NLRB intends to force Starbucks to reopen the 23 stores they closed. This news is from last month, so it’s still pretty recent.
  
  I agree that when the penalty is a fine, it’s just the cost of doing business, but it appears that the NLRB are attempting to go another route.
  
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  - jasep@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I hope they’re successful. Time will tell. These greedy companies (like Walmart and Starbucks, not Costco) have a lot of money and good legal teams.
    
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- EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If I was reading the NLRB rules change correctly that would be “union busting” activity and would mean they immediately have to recognize and begin bargaining with the union.
  
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Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ah yes, as famously evidenced by Elon Musk backtracking on his Tesla unionization opposition

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Sunforged@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tell that to Amazon.

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