…have the right to form unions—and with two Trump appointees and one Republican holdover forming a majority on the five-member board, it might reverse that Obama-era precedent. Read more: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/13/nlrb-rules-against-harvard/…
OAKLAND, Calif.—More than 3,000 Oakland city employees returned to work after a week-long strike Dec. 12, as contract talks between the city and Service Employees International Union Local 1021 resumed…
…a disability-rights advocate and veteran from Portland; Erin Oberon, a Bangor nurse; and Sarah Bigney of the Maine AFL-CIO. They were charged with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. Collins (R-Me.) has…
…company with the nonprofit B Lab, which certified New Seasons Market as a business that is a “force for good” and meets “rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability,…
…faith, you can’t be at impasse.” International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, which represents about 1,000 Oakland workers, has been on strike in solidarity. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-strike-advances-another-day-becomes-12420276.php…
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…aren’t bright after you’ve lost your job. hiring and overtime, asking the city and state for aid, and limiting salaries to a maximum of $150,000 a year for the next…
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Newsroom staff at the Los Angeles Times filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board Dec. 4, seeking to be represented by the…
BOSTON, Mass.—The Raise Up Massachusetts coalition submitted petitions Dec. 5 to put initiatives for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and paid family and medical leave on the November 2018 state ballot….
…in the Affordable Care Act, which covers only 80% of medical costs and has high monthly premiums. Christie said at a press conference that governor-elect Philip Murphy has a “Nixon…
