Tornado Alley (PROG)

[PegnVA]

Agree there is a war on unions - it's been going on for years since corporate always had the upper hand...that has changed, and now corporate needs workers. It will be interesting to watch the union's strike against John Deere, where more than 10,000 workers in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas voted 9-1 to strike.

Meanwhile, all eyes will be on Kaiser Permanente to see if nurses and other workers with the health care giant also go on strike. So far, 24,000 union members have voted to authorize a strike, demanding that Kaiser “scrap its plans for a two-tiered wage and benefits system, which would pay newer employees less than more tenured colleagues and offers them fewer health protections.” The Washington Post reported that another 50,000 Kaiser workers are asking for similar changes as their current contracts near their expiration date.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/john-deere-workers-strike-are-part-strengthening-labor-movement-n1281685