Thread by @JonahFurman

This week I wrote a bunch of stories for Labor Notes, all righteous union fights:

A thread 🧵

On 10,000 union members at John Deere's fight for a fair contract, as trust erodes between members and the UAW International after years of corruption and concessionary contracts, and as the company tries to eliminate the pension and give meager raises:

labornotes.org/2021/10/surpri…

On the Kellogg's strike, and how 1400 workers are fighting back as the company goes for the kill, also ending the pension and gutting pay, while cutting hundreds of jobs:

labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/…

On the one-day strike of 2,000 telecom workers in California against Frontier Communications, whose executives filed for bankruptcy and then collected $34 million in bonuses, while cutting workers' wages:

labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/…

And finally, near and dear to my heart, on how 2700 therapists in NYC's public schools fought back against a shitty contract and then ran for union office, and won, to fight another day:

labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/…

There is *so much* happening in the labor movement, at all times, but especially now. These workers are showing union members everywhere what they're up against, how to fight back, and how to win.

Follow @labornotes to keep up with the troublemaking wing of the labor movement.