It’s Yom Kippur, and first and foremost I’d advise anyone who’s fasting to go to bed, it passes the time faster. Second, I’d like to ask for your forgiveness for all my wrongdoings, such as this delayed newsletter. It will happen again, but I have other positive personal qualities. Third, just the usual disclaimer that I trimmed some lower-frequency stuff (and might have just missed a few other things) since we’ve got an epic mega-edition this week. Finally, if you’re in the
Regarding UFCW Local 1459 organizing bus drivers... they represent 66 of the most random units ever. When I was a grad student at UMASS Amherst in the mid 2000's, I worked at the Stop and Shop grocery chain, where they represented the clerks, and I was a meat cutter assistant, but represented by Local 371 of the UFCW (ya two locals for workers in each store). I got a job working as an organizer for Local 1459 for a short time, as part of my grad student program in Labor Studies, and we were reaching out to massueses and bus drivers... https://ufcw1459.com/units/
Regarding UFCW Local 1459 organizing bus drivers... they represent 66 of the most random units ever. When I was a grad student at UMASS Amherst in the mid 2000's, I worked at the Stop and Shop grocery chain, where they represented the clerks, and I was a meat cutter assistant, but represented by Local 371 of the UFCW (ya two locals for workers in each store). I got a job working as an organizer for Local 1459 for a short time, as part of my grad student program in Labor Studies, and we were reaching out to massueses and bus drivers... https://ufcw1459.com/units/