Southern Student Workers Organizing and Labor Board News - TVLR 8/14/2021

Kyle Ashley and Haley Czarnek are student workers at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in the United Campus Workers (UCW-CWA), and Melanie Barron is a staff organizer. They join to talk about organizing colleges in the South. We get the last two weeks in Southern Labor from Jonah Furman, touch on the new National Labor Relations Board General Counsel memo, and answer a call about.. the COVID lab leak theory?

Show Notes

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Tennessee Campus Workers Foil Billionaire Governor's Outsourcing Scheme: https://labornotes.org/2017/11/tennessee-campus-workers-foil-billionaire-governors-outsourcing-scheme

Campus Workers Unmask Scheme To Privatize All Tennessee Property: https://labornotes.org/2016/10/campus-workers-unmask-scheme-privatize-all-tennessee-property

The week in US unions, July 29-August 5: https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly32

The week in US unions, August 5-12: https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly33

The New York Times Makes The NLRB's Case For Reviving The "Joy Silk" Doctrine: https://brandonmagner.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-makes-the-nlrbs

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