[lbo-talk] NLRB rules on Wobbly election in MN

[Mark Rickling]

The point is to build something sustainable, no? Something that can
potentially make a difference in workers lives, right? And the Board
has the power -- absent a winning vote and given egregious enough
violations -- to force the employer to recognize the union and bargain
with it in good faith. Hence, its decision is anything but a win for
workers. "Victories" like this are killing the labor movement.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:09 PM, socialismorbarbarism
<socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hence "what passes for a victory under the NLRA"... where the results
> for labor now tend to vary between "that really sucks"  to "well, it
> could have sucked much worse"  (= that which passes for a "victory").
> Or so it seems to an interested outside observer... maybe your
> experience shows differently?
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Mark Rickling <mrickling at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Huh? There's still no certified union at the workplace. To run another
>> election the union has to expend resources again, which could be
>> considerable given turnover in the restaurant industry. Many union
>> supporters are likely discouraged after having not won the election.
>> And the boss, who generally speaking has more resources than the
>> union, is free to run another union-busting campaign if the union
>> decides to try again. Hard to see how this could be a victory.
>>
>> We get plenty of close losing election results overturned by the
>> board, only never to run the units again.
>>
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