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Teachers and other public school employees in Richmond, Virginia, won a major victory in December when the city’s school board, in an 8 to 1 vote, approved a resolution granting them collective bargaining rights. The victory sets a precedent for other districts and public sector employees throughout the state. Richmond is the first school district in Virginia to reinstate
Prospect Editor at Large Harold Meyerson’s Best of 2021
The vote at Jon Donaire came just days before Kellogg’s workers were forced to vote yet again on a reworded contract that was in all respects the same as the one that was rejected three weeks ago.
The workers have been on strike since November 3 against mandatory overtime, long hours, relentless speedup, poor pay, lack of breaks and a punitive point system for attendance.
2021 reminds me of a riddle: What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half a worm in your apple. What’s scarier than a year of pandemic? A second year of pandemic. We’re on new terrain, but labor is finding its footing.