The United Auto Workers Are Unionizing Rooftop Solar
Workers at Long Island’s leading rooftop solar installation firm voted to unionize, in a New York first. Then the company furloughed almost half of them.
“They kind of swindle you with this idea of a bonus.”
“We are not anti-union, but rather admire unions.”
Correction: January 10, 2024 — A previous version of this article misstated how much money Daniel Lozano said that EmPower deducted from a bonus pool after he spilled paint on a homeowner’s fence. The figure was $300, not $400.
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