DETROIT, Mich.—Hundreds of retirees and union workers joined House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and the heads of the Teamsters and United Auto Workers in Detroit July 20 for a town-hall
LINCOLN, Neb.—State prison and security workers voted overwhelmingly July 19 to switch their union from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ state affiliate to the Fraternal Order
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
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Three weeks before the Aug. 7 vote on a ballot initiative to repeal Missouri’s law banning the union shop, the pro-repeal coalition had raised more than four times
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
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
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Some 600 ground-operations workers facing mass layoffs at Los Angeles International Airport may go on strike if their employer doesn’t improve its minimal severance-pay offer.
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.
