Professor John Logan Quoted by Major News Outlets in Various Union-Related News Stories

Department Chair and Professor of Labor and Employment Studies John Logan addressed the topics around union victories and contracts, and anti-union initiatives in the news stories published by CBS News, Yahoo Finance, The Washington Post, and others.

According to a news story on CBS News, Volkswagen workers voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), breaking a long-standing resistance to unionization in the region. Logan maintains that in Volkswagen’s case, the UAW's efforts have encountered less vigorous resistance than those seen with other business organizations. For instance, "Mercedes is running a much more aggressive anti-union campaign than Volkswagen within the plant," said Logan.

Logan spoke to Yahoo Finance about the anti-union initiatives, asserting "Starbucks was trying to weaken one of the key enforcement mechanisms for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an obvious conflict with an attempted detente with organized labor."

Read the full news stories by visiting the links below:

• April 1, 2024, Newsweek, How California's Minimum Wage Compares to Other States.
• April 11, 2024, Orlando Weekly, Amazon Paid Anti-Union Consultants in Central Florida Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in 2023.
• April 12, 2024, In These Times, Two Years In, These “Progressive” Companies Still Haven’t Negotiated First Union Contracts.
• April 19, 2024, CBS News, Volkswagen Workers Vote for Union in Tennessee – a Major Win for Organized Labor.
• April 22, 2024, Reuters, After VW plant victory, UAW sets its sights on Mercedes in Alabama
• April 23, 2024, Yahoo Finance, Starbucks Argues before Supreme Court to Weaken NLRB’s Power.
• April 26, 2024, Law360, Starbucks, Union Tout “Significant Progress” in Contract Talks. (free access but login required)
• April 30, 2024, The Washington Post, As Chicago Trader Joe’s Votes on Unionizing, Grocer Fights Other Efforts.