OAKLAND, Calif.—The coalition of 34 unions at the Kaiser Permanente health-care network fractured Mar. 26, as 21 locals announced they were leaving the day before contract talks were to start.
TEXARKANA, Tex.—The International Association of Machinists and its federal-employee affiliate are urging Congress to stop the planned layoff of about 570 workers at the Red River Army Depot scheduled for
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—The Communications Workers of America announced it reached a tentative contract agreement that will end the three-week strike at Frontier Communications Mar. 25. The union did not give specific
WASHINGTON—The Teamsters Union urged stronger restrictions on self-driving vehicles after an automated SUV being tested by Uber killed a woman in Arizona Mar. 18. “Steps must be taken to avoid
WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board may be looking for a way to reverse its 2014 decision that worker have the right to use an employer’s email system for union organizing.
HAMDEN, Conn.—Workers at Porcelen Specrail have been out on strike since their contract extension expired Mar. 1 and the company threatened to fire immigrant workers who it claimed had irregular
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—With the provincial government considering a move to enable workers to unionize by card check, a coalition of 13 business groups are urging it to continue requiring a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—The Republican-controlled Missouri House voted 89-63 to repeal the state’s prevailing-wage law Mar. 13. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Justus (R-Branson), would instead require contractors on public-works
CHARLESTON. W.Va.—Frontier Communications has resumed contract talks with the Communications Workers of America in an effort to settle the strike by about 1,400 workers that began March 4.
WASHINGTON—On Mar. 20, McDonald’s asked National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Lauren Esposito to approve a settlement of an unfair-labor-practice case that would give workers back pay without holding
