Employees said the months leading up to the downtown coffee shop’s ‘temporary’ closure were marked by bounced and missed paychecks, sudden changes to the business, and increasingly poor communication.
While the college and the faculty union have traditionally operated as partners, new state legislation ostensibly geared toward rolling back DEI initiatives has left the two groups at an impasse.
The Ohio State University Nurses’ Organization marched in front of the hospital last week in hopes that administrators would take member concerns more seriously as the nurses negotiated their union contract.
The rally, aimed at putting political pressure on lawmakers to increase available state resources to counteract the rising costs of childcare, takes place outside of the Ohio Statehouse beginning at noon on Tuesday, June 17.
The Pay Stub Protection Act can help guard against wage theft, which impacts low-wage employees at a far greater rate, though further protective mechanisms are needed.
Staffers organized a mid-March informational picket to educate both their fellow workers and the public about the conditions they said necessitated the forming of a union.
Earlier this month, Ohio State University pulled in non-union laborers to work a show at the Wex’s Mershon Auditorium – a venue long staffed by IATSE Local 12 – and the union workers responded with an informational picket.
The workers at PPGOH face constant challenges from Ohio’s Republican-led government but working conditions under management’s control are what moved employees to form a union this year.
Mandy Shunnarah, the Columbus poet and author of ‘Midwest Shreds,’ on the looming closure of the beloved indoor skatepark.
CMA workers, who first announced their intent to unionize in August 2022, will hold a public rally at Thurber Park on Saturday, July 15.
