Virginia Teachers Rally for More School Funding
RICHMOND, Va.—More than 2,000 red-clad teachers and supporters rallied outside the state capitol Jan. 27, calling on the state government to increase school funding and pay teachers more. “It is
RICHMOND, Va.—More than 2,000 red-clad teachers and supporters rallied outside the state capitol Jan. 27, calling on the state government to increase school funding and pay teachers more. “It is
RICHMOND, Va.—A massive planned offshore wind farm will be built by union labor, the Dominion Energy company and three building-trades unions announced Jan. 29. Dominion, the Virginia State Building and
SEATTLE, Wash.—Some 7,800 nurses and caregivers at Swedish Medical Center’s seven Seattle-area facilities went on strike from Jan. 28-31 after working without a contract for almost six months. Key issues
Springfield, Illinois – Workers at Cresco Labs, one of the largest cannabis companies in Illinois, voted to join UFCW Local 881. The group was the first in Illinois to join
WASHINGTON—The number of professional workers who are union members reached a record high of 6.27 million in 2019, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual report released Jan.
https://www.rwdsu.info/local_338_cannabis_workers Mineola, Long Island – Local 338 Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union (RWDSU)/United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), announced that the workers at Vireo Health New York have ratified a new 3-year
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—FedEx ran a massive campaign to ward off attempts by drivers to organize with the Teamsters over the past five years, spending at least $837,000 on union-avoidance between 2014
DOVER, Del.—The 32BJ SEIU property-service workers union, which won a contract last month that will raise members’ wages in the Philadelphia-Delaware area to $15.35 an hour in 2021, rallied on
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Striking workers at the Asarco copper-mining company rallied at the Arizona Capitol Jan. 13, calling on Gov. Doug Ducey and state legislators to intervene to protect them. More than
DOVER, Del.—Delaware legislative staff announced their plans to form what they call the first bipartisan state legislative union in the country Jan. 14, just before the opening of the 2020