Protecting the Right to Organize in the Rock River Valley

By Oliver L. Wolff On March 9, 2021, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.  As of writing, the Senate has yet to vote, but 50 senators have co-sponsored the bill.  What does this mean for workers in the Rock River Valley area?  Let’s examine a few

What Beloit’s Amazon Workers Can Learn From Bessemer’s Union Drive

By Seth Lambert When Beloit’s Amazon fulfillment center opened last year, Site Manager Jason Berg bragged to the Beloit Daily News about Amazon’s “industry leading jobs with comprehensive benefits.” This is a common company line brought out to distract from the company’s terrible track record with their employees’  well-being, and their shameless, costly, and often