What was a contract negotiation for public sector workers in Ontario has turned into something far bigger - a solidarity action and political protest to protect the rights and freedoms of all workers across Canada.

As big brands like Amazon, Starbucks, and Chipotle lash back at worker organizing, union-busting is getting long overdue exposure in the press. But while the stories graphically depict the problem, they don’t offer any solutions.

Earlier this year, Connecticut did something incredible: it became the third state in the U.S. to ban captive audience meetings. Now, the Chamber of Commerce is taking the state to court. 

In the union-organizing campaigns of the 1930s, companies paid legions of spies to report everyone who attended a union meeting and what was said. Union meetings were held at night in pitch dark rooms so that no one could tell who else was there and who said what. Today, Starbucks needn’t hire spies. They just use subpoenas in civil litigation. In an outrageous decision, Judge John Sinatra, a Trump appointee in the Western District of New York, let them get away with it. The matter is now on appeal in the Second Circuit, and if the court of appeals does not overturn the ruling, it will turn any enforcement action brought by the National Labor Relations Board into a hunting license for companies to harass unions and workers.

Want to know more (or something) about LM-20s? You've come to the right place. 

Nearly 200 concerned citizens signed LaborLab’s petition supporting the change in Form LM-10 proposed by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, U.S. Department of Labor.  Our thanks to all of you who did so.

Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, advocating for better working conditions, are being threatened by Sysco management and even arrested for exercising the right to strike.

In June of 2022, LaborLab reported that El Milagro Tortillas, located in Chicago, had hired anti-union “persuaders” to meet with and coerce workers. But this isn’t the first time that the company has brought in “persuaders.”  According to a 2021 Form LM-10, El Milagro Tortillas brought in their hired guns before a union election petition had even been filed, which means the company is trying to snuff out a union before it’s even been formed. As it turns out, El Milagro Tortillas’ anti-worker behavior is anything but new.

What is the Form LM-21?  When a consultant enters a “reportable” (usually involving direct contact with workers) persuader arrangement with an employer, that persuader must file a Form LM-20 (Report of Arrangements and Agreements) within thirty days of entering this arrangement.  The Form LM-20 must be filed electronically and is posted online at the Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) Public Disclosure website.