Recruited to lend his name to a lawsuit – Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 – originally filed by Bruce Rauner, the billionaire governor of Illinois, and bankrolled by big-money special interests to
Multiemployer health and welfare funds face a difficult challenge—how do you maximize benefits provideddavid to your members while operating under a collective bargaining arrangement where the contributions paid to the
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Supreme Court Justice Kennedy’s retirement announcement at the end ofsupreme June caused a whirlwind of news coverage regarding the future of Roe vs Wade, and rightly
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. health policy has enabled health companies to drive costs up as services are expanded. The major players in the industry continually develop strategies to enhance their
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Mark Janus, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that held public-sector workers can’t be required to pay fees to the unions that represent them, is quitting his state
NEW YORK, NY – Having journalists working for a news organization with decent wages is in the public’s best interest. In the the world of news reporting having a union
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Saying it was not a “reasonable resolution,” a federal administrative law judge on July 17 rejected a proposed settlement between McDonald’s and the National Labor Relations Board.
PORTLAND, Or – Kay Toran, CEO of non-profit Volunteers of America (VOA) Oregon, had refused to agree to even basic union contract features during 18 months of bargaining with Oregon AFSCME.
New York, NY – It’s been 16 months, but striking Charter/Spectrum worker Darren Fonseca, 41, still finds himself growing upset the minute he starts talking about the way the telecommunications
BOSTON, Mass.—David Monahan, a 34-year-old service tech for National Grid in Lowell, was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his bladder in June—less than a week before the company locked
