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Defending Our House: IBEW Local 1245's Public Sector Members Gear Up to Fight Back Against Anti-Union Attacks
IBEW 1245
On Aug. 22, Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 members from across the public sector packed the Ronald T. Weakley Union Hall in Vacaville, California, to learn about the growing attack on public sector unions and Local 1245’s strategy to defend and build our house through Volunteer Organizing Committees (VOC) at each of our public employers.
The Threat
The labor movement is bracing for a ruling on a U.S. Supreme Court case known as Janus v. AFSCME, which likely will be decided in June 2018. If the court rules against the union, it would eliminate "closed shops" (also known as agency shops) in the public sector. This is essentially the same end result as "right to work" laws—the objective being to weaken unions and decades-old labor contracts, giving employers unlimited power to define and control wages, benefits, working conditions and regulations.
According to professor Gordon Lafer, a nationally recognized labor expert from the University of Oregon who has documented the impact of RTW...
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