…join those states, reaching a total of 27 states and 59 cities and counties. Read the full story by Paul Davidson in USA Today, published December 22, 2022, here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/12/22/minimum-wage-raise-23-states/10940440002/…
Academic Student Employee and Student Researcher Bargaining Teams at the University of California (UC) Campuses throughout the state, have reached a tentative agreement with the university. Picket lines at all…
A North Carolina Chick-fil-A owner has been fined over $6,000 and ordered to pay certain employees back wages. The Department of Labor found that three workers under the age of…
…including more being built, particularly by Amazon, correlate with serious injuries and illnesses among the workers. Read the full story by RWDSU News, posted on December 21, 2022, here: https://www.rwdsu.info/news–and–events…
…sick time benefits, a decrease of weekly rehearsal hours after opening, and an additional personal day. Read the full story at Actors’ Equity News, published December 19, 2022, here: https://www.actorsequity.org/news/PR/ProductionRatification2022/…
…Two felony arrests and one arrest on an outstanding warrant. “We have gotten numerous complaints from parents, children and school administrators about unlicensed cannabis sales to kids,” said New York City…
The Minnesota Nurses Association, which represents 15,000 nurses, just won new contracts. A prior overwhelming strike authorization vote had driven Twin-Cities-area and Duluth hospitals to the bargaining table, and ultimately…
…Liz Schuler said the Act, “enshrines long overdue protections for marriage equality into law.” Read the full story, in SAG-AFTRA, published 12/3/2022 and AFL-CIO News, published 12/8/2022 here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-passage-respect-marriage-act-long-overdue https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-applauds-president-biden-and-congress-enactment-respect-marriage-act…
…If they are unionized, they can work together to improve their working and playing conditions. Read the full story by Chris Isadore for CNN, published December 15, 2022, here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/business/nlrb-unfair-labor-practice-athletes-usc-pac-12-ncaa/index.html…
After a seven-week strike, Starbucks workers at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Manhattan returned to work. They had secured an agreement that requires Starbucks to regularly scrub equipment at outposts…
