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Collective Bargaining and Workplace Power
September 7, 2021
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Editor’s Note: Brian Hunt is a member of Local 638 in New York City New York, NY – The American labor movement has been shaped by
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City Council and Organized Labor: The Future
September 6, 2021
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Editor’s Note: Councilman Justin Brannan is a former shop steward who now represents District 43 in Brooklyn. New York, NY – Each year, Labor Day
Deal to End Massachusetts Nurses Strike Collapses as Tenet-Owned Hospital Insists on Keeping Scabs
September 1, 2021
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WORCESTER, Mass.—Striking nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital here filed unfair labor practice charges Aug. 30 after a deal to end their six-month-old walkout collapsed when
NLRB Says ‘Scabby the Rat’ Is Free Speech
July 22, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Scabby the Rat is protected by the First Amendment even when directed at a neutral party, the National Labor Relations Board ruled July 21. In
PATH to Nowhere: Unaffordable For-Profit Healthcare at the Heart of Decade-Old Transit Impasse
July 9, 2021
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JERSEY CITY, N.J.—When Superstorm Sandy hit New York and New Jersey in September 2012, the PATH train system’s maintenance crews who worked around the clock
Biden Picks 32BJ Lawyer for NLRB
June 25, 2021
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WASHINGTON—President Joseph Biden announced June 22 that he has nominated David M. Prouty, general counsel for the SEIU 32BJ union, to fill a soon-vacant seat
Trump’s NLRB Deals New Blow to Workers with ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
February 26, 2020
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WASHINGTON—A new National Labor Relations board rule published Feb. 26 will make it much more difficult for workers to organize unions or challenge labor-law violations
Trump Labor Dept. Narrows ‘Joint Employer’ Rule to Favor Franchises
January 14, 2020
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WASHINGTON—A rule released by the federal Department of Labor Jan. 12 will narrow when companies can be considered “joint employers,” making it harder for them
Trump’s NLRB Just Made it Harder for Workers to Unionize
December 14, 2019
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WASHINGTON—Two National Labor Relations Board actions in the past week will further undo Obama-era efforts to enable union organizing. On Dec. 12, the board voted
FILLING the Swamp: Trump Taps Repetitive-Injury Denier for Labor Secretary
August 29, 2019
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WASHINGTON—Eugene Scalia, the nation’s most prominent denier that repetitive-strain injuries are valid, was formally nominated to be Secretary of Labor Aug. 27. The son of