http://www.laprogressive.com/rankism/labor-social-justice/key-leaders-endorse-national-labor-justice-campaign/ Progressive Politics Liberal Politics and Social Justice Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.laprogressive.com/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/images/button.gifhttp://www.laprogressive.com8831Description of your blog. http://www.laprogressive.com/rankism/labor-social-justice/key-leaders-endorse-national-labor-justice-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-42284 Don Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:16:23 +0000 http://www.laprogressive.com/?p=8856#comment-42284 Giving jurisdiction of agricultural laborers to the NLRB will not improve the lot of farmworkers unless is made possible for other AFL-CIO unions to compete with the UFW to represent these workers. In California where the UFW, operating under the jurisdiction of the ALRB has been a dismal failure even though it has at its disposal tools that should have made ikt easier than it would have had if it operated under the NLRB rules. The UIFW could use secondary boycotts to further its goals; it could ask for and routinely geet a secret ballot election within 7 days after it filed a petition. Undr the N LRA secondary boycotts are prohibited and elections take place weeks, if not months, after an election petition is filed. The push now for inclusion under the NLRB is just a publicity thing to somehow excuse the UFW's remarkable lack of any success under a law that gives it opportunities it could neverf hav e had under the NLRA. Giving jurisdiction of agricultural laborers to the NLRB will not improve the lot of farmworkers unless is made possible for other AFL-CIO unions to compete with the UFW to represent these workers. In California where the UFW, operating under the jurisdiction of the ALRB has been a dismal failure even though it has at its disposal tools that should have made ikt easier than it would have had if it operated under the NLRB rules. The UIFW could use secondary boycotts to further its goals; it could ask for and routinely geet a secret ballot election within 7 days after it filed a petition. Undr the N LRA secondary boycotts are prohibited and elections take place weeks, if not months, after an election petition is filed. The push now for inclusion under the NLRB is just a publicity thing to somehow excuse the UFW’s remarkable lack of any success under a law that gives it opportunities it could neverf hav e had under the NLRA.

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