WASHINGTON—Nurses returning from disaster-relief work in Puerto Rico charged Oct. 26 that the federal government is “delaying necessary humanitarian aide to its own citizens and leaving them to die.”
Fremont, Calif.—The United Auto Workers filed a complaint against Tesla with the National Labor Relations Board Oct. 25, accusing the company of firing union supporters at its Fremont, California factory.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund is the latest multiemployer pension plan to announce that it needs to cut benefits to stay solvent—and Bill Lickert is the
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The two main unions representing “below the line” film crew and support workers have both denounced sexual harassment in the aftermath of the sexual-assault allegations against director Harvey Weinstein.
BATON ROUGE, La.—About 350 Filipino teachers who worked in Louisiana will receive about $2,200 each in a class-action lawsuit against a placement agency, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers announced Oct.
ANAHEIM, Calif.—After California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom advocated a single-payer health-care system, the National Union of Healthcare Workers on Oct. 22 endorsed him for governor in the 2018 election.
KINGSTON, Pa.—About 150 SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania members went on strike for one day Oct. 20 at First Hospital, a for-profit opioid-addiction treatment and mental-health facility in this Wilkes-Barre suburb.
TRENTON, N.J.—The building-services union 32BJ SEIU has denounced New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Kim Guadagno as racist for a television ad accusing her opponent of supporting “criminal illegals.”
BALTIMORE, Md.—Table-games dealers at Horseshoe Casino Baltimore will get raises of at least 10% in their income before tips under their first union contract, the National Gaming Workers’ Coalition announced
Washington—The Service Employees International Union suspended executive vice president Scott Courtney—a key figure in the union’s “Fight for 15” campaign—on Oct. 16 pending an investigation of his relationships with women
