…It also argues that the layoffs combined with hiring contract workers are part of a plan to weaken the union. Another 561 layoffs are planned for mid-February. Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/firings-union-sues-company-behalf-laid-off-austin-bastrop-employees/ZUnWgX3Le7EmcAdj3dCqoL/…
…of Project Veritas” and “supports our position that we have a right of action the moment Project Veritas publishes anything illegally obtained by its operative Marisa Jorge.” Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/12/27/judge-lifts-restraining-order-against-project-veritas-in-case-involving-teachers-union/?utm_term=.3f2731668e71…
…was held for 12 hours until a union lawyer got him released without any penalty. Without the union, Rodriguez said, his employer could have “easily replaced” him. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/california-legal-pot-marijuana-teamsters-ufw-union-12454207.php#photo-14751673…
…a case to seek either workers compensation or damages in a lawsuit. Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the…
…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/…
…that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245, which had refused to cross the picket line, had ratified a two-year contract similar to that offered Local 1021. Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Future-of-Oakland-strike-unclear-as-painstaking-12423038.php…
…this anger is the feeling that this plan will lock in inequalities for generations to come,” responded Maine AFL-CIO head Matt Schlobohm. “It’s an absolutely terrible bill.” Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/04/five-protesters-arrested-at-collins-office-in-bangor/…
…and transparency.” “My hope with this complaint is that B Lab will sincerely look at New Seasons Market and investigate,” worker Sean Lilly said in a statement. “The company has…
…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…
…to a competitive level. And when salaries at Columbia, Rutgers, Pace, Fordham, Stony Brook are $30,000 or more for a professor — people who teach at CUNY are often finding…
