The Guttmacher Employees Union is demanding management cut ties with its union-busting law firm, which has donated to Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, and others.
WinRed, the Republican answer to Democrats’ ActBlue fundraising platform, was likewise a favorite of Jackson Lewis employees. Lawyers, secretaries, assistants, paralegals, HR managers, and bill coordinators at the firm have all donated through the platform. Their contributions were earmarked for committee fundraising for Donald Trump, Rep. Kevin McCarthy , Sen. Lindsey Graham , and former Georgia Sen.
as one of more than 360 legal professionals who had abortions and were writing in support of abortion providers in a 2019 caseIt’s not surprising that a law firm like Jackson Lewis donates to both parties, but that explanation does little to placate the scrappy group of nonprofit workers who wanted some say in how their workplace was governed.
Workers know they’re in for a metaphorically bloody brawl when management hires Jackson Lewis. “When you hire Jackson Lewis…it’s like planting a flag and saying, ‘Unions are not welcome here.’ You’re going to fight hardball against the union, and you’re prepared to do whatever is necessary to defeat workers’ efforts,” John Logan, director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University, told Jezebel. They also know Jackson Lewis’s services don’t come cheap.
For Guttmacher’s employees, management’s reaction to the union drive was a final straw. Just hours after the union handily won its election, a key union organizer was
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