At the end of this month, Arthur Cheliotes will retire after 38 years as president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180. In those years, the union, which represents more
WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board has certified Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers Local 2110 as the union representing 3,000 graduate students who work as research and teaching assistants at
With the deadline for filing briefs in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 Supreme Court case less than four weeks away, more than 20 anti-union groups have already weighed in—including
WASHINGTON—In its first major decision of the Trump era, the National Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 to reverse the board’s Obama-era expansion of when companies that hire workers indirectly can
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Chanting, “They’re talking staffing cuts—they gotta be nuts,” about 60 workers picketed outside Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn Dec. 12, demanding that the hospital’s management rescind planned layoffs
NEW YORK, N.Y.—This year’s biennial Steinberg Playwright Awards, presented at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theatre Dec. 4, went to Ayad Akhtar and Lucas Hnath. Both playwrights’ most recent work explores
NEW YORK, N.Y.—“I had no idea how widespread it was,” Shawn Bobb of the New York State Public Employees Federation said of his reaction when he first heard workplace bullying
ALBANY, N.Y.—After a storm of criticism, the New York State Workers Compensation Board has dropped a proposal to slash awards for workers who suffer permanent injuries on the job, replacing
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than 77,000 people have signed an online petition urging Walmart, Target and Toys R Us “to put people over profits and refuse to open their doors on Thanksgiving Day”
WASHINGTON—The House on Nov. 7 passed a bill that would almost completely prohibit the Department of Labor from holding companies that hire temporary workers or license franchises responsible for labor-law
