…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…
…1,000 during the ’00s to about 650. “Just because we are part-time faculty does not mean we are disposable,” said P-FAC President Diana Vallera, a photography teacher. Read more: https://hyperallergic.com/414986/strike-at-columbia-college-chicago-spotlights-problems-for-part-time-faculty/…
…Guild Organizing Committee expects the vote to be held next month. The paper’s press operators voted 50-35 in November to stay with the Teamsters’ Graphic Communications Conference. Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/la-times-union-election-filing_us_5a25a4c2e4b03350e0b8ce3c…
…new child. If it doesn’t pass them, the coalition would need to collect an additional 10,792 signatures for each question to get them on the ballot. Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/12/05/signatures-submitted-put-minimum-wage-paid-leave-ballot/X8hhnDhFlovArQxwFZUoLP/story.html …
…Christie commission also called for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing state payments to pensions over 30 years and switching future employees from guaranteed pensions to 401(k)-style retirement plans. Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/12/06/christie-proposes-slashing-health-benefits-pension-funding/927892001/…
