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 2-1 to order an administrative
WATCH: Google, the company once known for its open and collaborative working environment, has clearly taken a non-union posture.
WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO’s pension panel has roundly condemned proposals made by two leading Senate Republicans to shore up the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension funds that would cut benefits by up to
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—A Bexar County judge issued an injunction Nov. 22 that will prevent San Antonio’s paid-sick-leave ordinance from going into effect on Dec. 1. The measure, first enacted last
NEW ORLEANS, La.—The New Orleans construction worker who warned his bosses just before a fatal building collapse last month is facing imminent deportation. Delmer Joel Ramírez Palma, a 38-year-old metal
CAIRO, Ill.—The Illinois Labor Relations Board ruled Nov. 14 that it was legal for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to void a union contract for public-housing workers
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—More than 5,000 teachers packed the state capitol Nov. 19 to demand better pay and more school funding on the day the state legislature began its 2020 session. The
TLM – According to reports, jailed Trump surrogate Paul Manafort tried, in 2016, to set up a back channel to AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka in a shady effort to suppress
DETROIT, Mich.—United Auto Workers President Gary Jones resigned abruptly Nov. 20, a few hours after the union began procedures to oust him and Region 5, Director Vance Pearson. The UAW International Executive
HOUSTON, Tex.—The Houston Federation of Teachers union is considering joining a lawsuit to block the state’s plans to take over the city school district. State Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced
