CHICAGO, Ill.—More than 30,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and support staff hit the picket lines early in the morning Oct. 17, one day after the Chicago Teachers Union rejected Mayor
BRUNSWICK, Me.—Maine labor unions have condemned Sen. Susan Collins’ votes to confirm Eugene Scalia as Secretary of Labor. “We are very disappointed with Senator Susan Collins for allowing this man to
JUNEAU, Alaska—Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Sept. 26 ordered the state personnel agency to require all unionized state employees to “opt-in” to union membership. The order to the state Department of
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—A federal appeals court ruled Oct. 1 that McDonald’s wasn’t liable for a Bay Area franchisee’s violations of California wage law because the workers had failed to show it
CHICAGO, Ill.—Chicago’s teachers, school support staff, and park district workers announced Oct. 2 that they have set a joint Oct. 17 strike date. The deadline gave the city two weeks
DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors entered its 18th day Oct. 3, after the union rejected the company’s Sept. 30 contract offer and submitted a counterproposal. UAW
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Kaiser Permanente health-care network has reached a tentative contract agreement with the 11 unions representing 85,000 workers, both sides announced Sept. 25. If ratified, the deal would
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Employees of a Google contractor in Pittsburgh voted 49-24 to join the United Steelworkers, the union announced Sept. 24. The new local, one of the first formed by workers
WASHINGTON—A top federal appeals court has rejected two federal employees unions’ attempt to stop President Donald Trump’s executive orders intended to weaken their rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for
WASHINGTON—In the face of a Trump administration campaign to stop letting federal employees have their union dues automatically deducted from their paychecks, the American Federation of Government Employees has created
