PITTSBURGH, PENN – On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Pennsvania AFL-CIO President Richard W. Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder were reelected at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 43rd Constitutional Convention.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) has introduced a bill that would place an amendment to the state constitution banning the union shop on the ballot in November’s general
WASHINGTON—By a 50-48 party-line vote Apr. 11, the Senate confirmed Trump nominee John F. Ring to the National Labor Relations Board, restoring the 3-2 Republican majority on the panel.
FAIRFAX, Va.—The woman forced to quit her job last fall after she was photographed giving Donald Trump the finger sued her former employer Apr. 4. Juli Briskman, 50, a former
MADISON, Wisc.—Labor-backed judge Rebecca Dallet won election to a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court Apr. 3, defeating Michael Screnock, a circuit judge from rural Sauk County backed by
ALBANY, N.Y.—The budget passed by the New York state legislature on the night of Mar. 30-31 includes a provision that would let public-sector unions reduce the services they provide to
DENVER, Colo.—Bus drivers and train engineers for the Denver area’s Regional Transportation District have ratified a contract that will give them the biggest raise they’ve had since the authority was
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The number of women in union apprenticeship programs increased by 96% from 2016 to 2017, the Affiliated Construction Trades (ACT) Ohio announced Mar. 28. In 2017, the group said,
DALLAS, Tex.—After the Dallas City Council voted 8-7 to approve the appointment of Nirav Sanghani to the city Civil Service Board, Councilmember Lee Kleinman was irate. The Dallas AFL-CIO had
