https://notes.labordata.bunkum.us/feed.xml

Last month, I switched the backend database for labordata from SQLite to DuckDB for clearer and faster queries.

Labordata now has LM 30 data.

One of the difficulties of working with data about the labor movement is that it is often difficult to know which labor organization you are dealing with. labor-union-parser is a new Python package to lookup the a local union’s Office of Management and La…

The market for CRM or member management for local labor unions in the United States appears to be unconsolidated.

Couple of quick updates.

Local unions are required to file information about their organization and finances every year to the Department of Labor’s Office of Management and Labor Standards (OLMS).

LM-10 Forms Employers who hire labor relations consultants (union-busters) or who have financial dealing with union officials have to file a LM-10 form with the Department of Labor disclosing that activity.

FMCS case management system Jeremy Singer-Vine published a public records request response from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) that provides the schema for the service’s case management system.

Just got my FOIA back for the voluntary recognitions known to the NLRB for the fourth quarter of 2022, so here’s what we can say about voluntary recognitions in 2022.

When my first child was born, I bought an Olivetti Praxis 48 to restore as I stayed up with him.