Labor Notes
05-31-2017, 06:48 PM
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Vigorous Campaign Revives Transit Union in Right-to-Work Virginia (http://www.thebellforum.com/2017/05/vigorous-campaign-revives-transit-union-right-work-virginia)
May 31, 2017 / John Ertl
Going into its latest contract, the transit union in Fairfax County, Virginia, was in tough shape. People weren’t active because they didn’t believe the union could do much—and the union couldn’t do much because people weren’t active.
Management never budged on the issues that stewards brought up. Grievances piled up, unresolved. And since Virginia is a “right-to-work” state, half the workers in the bargaining unit weren’t even members of Transit (ATU) Local 1764.
More... (http://labornotes.org/2017/05/vigorous-campaign-revives-transit-union-right-work-virginia)
Vigorous Campaign Revives Transit Union in Right-to-Work Virginia (http://www.thebellforum.com/2017/05/vigorous-campaign-revives-transit-union-right-work-virginia)
May 31, 2017 / John Ertl
Going into its latest contract, the transit union in Fairfax County, Virginia, was in tough shape. People weren’t active because they didn’t believe the union could do much—and the union couldn’t do much because people weren’t active.
Management never budged on the issues that stewards brought up. Grievances piled up, unresolved. And since Virginia is a “right-to-work” state, half the workers in the bargaining unit weren’t even members of Transit (ATU) Local 1764.
More... (http://labornotes.org/2017/05/vigorous-campaign-revives-transit-union-right-work-virginia)