WASHINGTON—Staff at the Service Employees International Union’s national headquarters here have voted to authorize a strike, Office of Professional Employees International Union Local 2 announced March 12. The OPEIU said
New York, NY — On March 15th, New York City issued its comprehensive recommendations for the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) project. The study identified a set of strategies to build
CHICAGO, Ill.—Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians went on strike March 10, resisting management’s demand to change their retirement plan from a defined-benefit pension to a 401(k)-style defined-contribution plan. “Individuals would have
Washington, DC – The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) has sent a letter to members of the Congressional Ways and Means Committee urging the
TOPEKA, Kan. – Members from Teamsters Locals 696, 795 and 838 in Kanses are lobbying for the extension of unemployment insurance (UI) in the summer months for school bus drivers
ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Editorial staff at the Allentown Morning Call, the Lehigh Valley’s largest newspaper,have joined the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America. The Morning Call Guild said staff were suffering from “stagnant pay,
ERIE, Pa.—About 1,700 members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America went on strike Feb. 26 at a locomotive plant here, after the new owner refused to
Last year the Supreme court in its infamous Janus decision eliminated a public sector union’s right to charge an agency fee to a person who did not wish to be
OAKLAND, Calif.—Claiming it feared for its safety as hundreds of striking teachers and supporters picketed outside, the Oakland school board cancelled its meeting Feb. 27. The board had been scheduled
Washington, DC — The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309), introduced by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), would make nurses and healthcare workers safer in their workplaces.
