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 honor their current contract and tried to impose a two-tier contract with massive pay cuts. The plant, formerly owned by General Electric, has been a…
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 a member of the union. This year, the National Labor Relations Board is following suit and making it more difficult for private sector unions to…
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 to vote on whether to cut $21.75 million from the district’s budget for the 2019-20 school year, possibly causing the layoff of more than 100…
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. The bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop protection measures and enforceable safety standards for people who work in front-line healthcare jobs. Those…
New York, NY – Unions continue to provide a critical role for all Americans. Through the years unions have enabled working conditions for employees to improve. Organized labor has been a critical force for worker pay raises, health insurance, job security and a voice in the employment process. When unions advocate for those in the…
Washington DC – The union membership rate in the U.S. in 2018 dropped 0.2 percent from 2017 after remaining unchanged from 2016 to 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The overall percent of wage and salary workers who were members of a union was 10.5 percent last year with 14.7 million union…
New York, NY – AT&T is continuing to go ahead with another round of layoffs. Despite billions in tax breaks reductions are on the way. Our sources indicate that ongoing personell reductions and outsourcing aboard will continue indefinately. The company’s position is clear – the workforce needs to be ‘adjusted’. As managers are briefed on…
New York, NY – “For more than a century, New Haven line trains have utterly neglected Bronx and Harlem residents—allowing riders from Connecticut and Westchester suburbs to disembark in the city, but refusing service to local New Yorkers.
Washington DC – Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the Congress that would ensure all 9/11 first responders that were injured by toxins at Ground Zero would receive full compensation. On February 15, 2019, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund anounced that due to a funding shortfall, injured and ill 9/11 responders and survivors will receive…
Long Island, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is gaining support on Long Island and across New York State for his Tax Fairness for the Middle Class Campaign. “New York has some of the highest property taxes in the nation and people were being taxed out of their homes until we passed our historic 2 percent…
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