Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news from Minnesota and beyond. This week: Trader Joe’s launches raid on New Deal; Minnesota lawmakers receive public option estimates; Minneapolis and Rochester teachers protest on ‘Walkout Wednesdays’; Twin Cities janitors to take strike vote; Forces align to kill U.S. Steel deal; and […]

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8284923

Key Takeaway:

"In defending itself against union busting allegations, Trader Joe’s fired a cannon ball that could sink the ship of modern American labor law.

The grocery store chain is arguing that the federal agency prosecuting it for unfair labor practices — including giving union workers worse retirement benefits and barring workers from wearing union pins at work — is unconstitutional."

  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    9 months ago

    That’s not being pro-union. That’s just being unionized.

    There is no such as a pro-union corporation, even from a purely capitalist perspective, the desire to maximize profit will always be at odds with the worker’s desire to maximize compensation.