National Report from Washington—A monthly Series By Rob Weiner and Ben Lasky This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its report on the Alexander-Murray healthcare bill, a rare bipartisan
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.
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.”
The delegates to AFL-CIO’s quadrennial convention in St. Louis adopted two resolutions submitted by AFGE in support of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The AFL-CIO resolved to oppose the privatization of veterans’
Washington, DC — In a blatent disregard for the safety of workers, the National Chicken Council is lobbying for the elimination of regulations in chicken processing plants across the country.The
MARQUETTE, Mich.—The Michigan Nurses Association filed unfair labor-practices charges against UP Health System- Marquette and Duke LifePoint with the National Labor Relations Board Oct. 18, accusing the hospital of locking
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
Washington, DC – Over 1,600 tradeswomen representing various crafts in the building and construction industries attended the 2017 Women Build Nations (WBN) conference the week of October 17th in Chicago.
