From Starbucks to Raven Software, newly unionized workers have waited over a year for their first contracts. Nationally, the average wait is growing. A union drive can be “a kind of arduous process,” but it’s only “the end of the beginning,” said Michael Childers…“That can be extremely frustrating. You were able to win … but now the whole point of winning a union was to be able to bargain with the employer, and the employer is being obstinate.”
The Cap Times | Madison’s newest labor unions face next fight: getting a contract