…sure today’s action sets the stage for all other low wage workers moving forward.” George Gresham, head of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East wasted no time characterizing the Wage Board’s…
…while routinely approved, created a paper trail to help track whether employers were abusing their employees, said Martha De La Rosa, director of the advocacy group 9to5 Wisconsin. Read more…
…real solutions and revenue for the critical programs Illinois families depend on,” responded Illinois AFL-CIO spokesperson Bill Looby. The bill faces long odds in the Democratic-controlled legislature. Read more here….
…the English Department. The UAW represents more than 50,000 higher education workers nationwide, including contingent faculty at New York University, The New School, Technical Careers Institute, Goddard College and UMass…
…only have to pay fees to cover representation costs, not political activities or lobbying. The plaintiffs were represented by the anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Read more…
…Ray Rodriguez said all of them have been returned to union work. SAG-AFTRA also said it has disciplined more than a dozen members for working “off the card.” Read more…
July 21, 2015 Compiled by Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel A New Jersey’s highest court ruled July 14, that it is legal for three municipalities to furlough workers without negotiating with unions…
…as a statement “demonstrably false or unfounded.” The money actually went to cover payroll services for the Carolina Workers Organizing Committee, which has been organizing fast-food workers. Read more here. …
…the worst contribution rate in the country. Imagine the balance you’d run up by paying just 38 percent of your credit card bill … for 13 years. The average pensioner…
…the world. From an environmental standpoint, this will be the best place to export those products. It will also better help our state’s exporters capture a share of the world‘s…
