…the Letter Carriers Protection Act is the first and foremost way to address this. Read the full story by Press Associates for People’s World, published May 7, 2024, here: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/union-makes-letter-carriers-protection-act-a-top-legislative-priority/…
…Minimum Standards Council Act, sponsored by Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Harry Bronson. Read the full story by Sahalie Donaldson for City & State New York, published here: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/04/report-nail-salon-technicians-have-higher-rate-reproductive-health-issues/396169/…
…mining industry that a failure to maintain safe conditions for all employees may result in criminal prosecution.” Read the full story by U.S. Department of Labor News, published here: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/sol/sol2024041…
…case. The NLRB asks for these injunctions when it believes unfair labor practices have occurred. Read the full story by Andrea Hsu for NPR, published April 23, 2024, here: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1226955737/starbucks-supreme-court-union-organizing-labor-injunctions-nlrb…
…labor, and the leaders here, for making sure these are not just jobs, they’re good union jobs.” Read the full story by U.S. Department of Transportation News, published here: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/secretary-buttigiegs-remarks-historic-groundbreaking-las-vegas-brightline-west-high…
…and 179 in 2022. Union leaders say these numbers are most likely an undercount. Read the full story by Duncan Freeman for The Chief-Leader, published April 12, 2024, here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/council-passes-ems-body-armor-self-defense-training-bills,52261…
…One librarian, Kerry Auld, facing these problems, organized a union under a new Colorado collective bargaining law. Read the full story by Elizabet Garcia for AFSCME News, published here: https://www.afscme.org/blog/library-worker-describes-why-she-loves-her-job-and-why-shes-part-of-a-union…
…paid time off for overtime hours. On April 13 its members approved the contract with a resounding 95% in favor. “We’ve had to build a coalition of council staff, elected…
…the side of the switch, Pizzitola says, despite its toll on her, “This mission is a constant.” Read the full story by Richard Khavkine for The Chief-Leader, published here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/assured-and-intent-pizzitola-battles-the-city-and-a-few-unions-too,52243…
…with getting screwed.” He also blasted Georgia and Tennessee’s governors for their states’ anti-union legislation. Read the full story by William Thornton for AL.com, published April 3, 2024, here: https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/union-president-blasts-gov-kay-ivey-alabama-auto-workers-are-fed-up-with-getting-screwed.html…
