San Diego, Calif.—The union representing most of San Diego County’s 17,000 employees has ratified a new contract. More than 75% of the voters approved the five-year agreement, Service Employees International
Lapeer, Mich.—The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 12 that the state’s 2013 law banning the union shop gave a county clerk the right to stop paying union dues even
Santa Fe Springs, Calif.—Almost 20 years after they first tried to form a union, the workers at Wismettac Asian Foods voted 75-22 on Sept. 19 to join Teamsters Local 630
Lansing, Mich.—The Michigan Civil Service Commission on Sept. 20 voted 3-1 to prohibit state workers’ unions from bargaining on issues related to the “employer’s right to assign staff,” including scheduling
Atlantic Beach, N.C.—The North Carolina State AFL-CIO unanimously elected MaryBe McMillan president Sept. 15. McMillan, the state federation’s secretary-treasurer since 2005, will be its first woman leader. She succeeds James
National Report from Washington – first in a monthly series by Robert Weiner and Ben Lasky After deferring to China for Korea and seeing no results, President Trump’s return to
Burlington, Vt.—Teachers in Burlington, Vt. went on strike Sept. 14 after a nine-hour negotiating session with the city school board failed to produce a contract agreement. Burlington Education Association President
Washington—The Washington-Baltimore News Guild filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board Sept. 12, accusing the Washington Post of violating a reporter’s rights by disciplining him for a freelance
Los Angeles, Calif.—The National Labor Relations Board has charged the Miami-based SpanisBroadcasting System with illegally firing seven workers in retaliation for union activity—but that doesn’t mean they’re about to get
Parkersburg, W. Va.—The state Supreme Court on Sept. 15 overturned a lower court’s injunction that had prevented the state’s ban on the union shop from going into effect since February.
