March 26, 2020 Senate coronavirus bill includes union protection measure Businesses with between 500 and 10,000 employees that accept loans to tide them over until the pandemic abates will not be allowed to get rid of any collective bargaining agreement that they already have and will be barred from taking sides on any efforts by their employees to unionize.
March 18, 2020 Airline unions work to attach employee-friendly conditions to coronavirus bailout Unions are working in tandem to secure an airline industry bailout and ensure frontline workers continue to receive wages and benefits.
March 10, 2020 Janus, whose case ended mandatory union fees, wants Supreme Court's help getting money back The plaintiff whose 2018 case led to a Supreme Court ruling that mandatory public union agency fees for nonmembers were unconstitutional is now asking the high court to force the union that represented him to return a portion of the money it collected before that decision.
February 20, 2020 Union workers once opposed Klobuchar endorsement over ‘hostile’ treatment of staff The union-boosting senator didn't get the best reviews from her local union while she was a local prosecutor.
February 16, 2020 Sanders' 'Medicare-for-all' proposal in crosshairs of powerful Nevada union Being the frontrunner in a presidential primary battle is a double-edged sword, which is something Bernie Sanders is learning the hard way as he and the rest of the Democratic primary field focus their efforts on Nevada’s “first in the west” caucus next Saturday.
February 15, 2020 University of California president Janet Napolitano, a former head of DHS, blasts 'wildcat strike' at UC Santa Cruz University of California President Janet Napolitano on Friday condemned a multi-day graduate student worker strike at UC Santa Cruz this week that resulted in 17 arrests, saying there would be “consequences” including potential job losses.
February 12, 2020 Nevada's powerful Culinary Union says members were 'viciously attacked' by Sanders' supporters The politically influential Culinary Union in Nevada released a statement on Wednesday claiming that its members have been “viciously attacked” by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. after the union publically warned its members against backing a candidate in the state’s Democratic caucus who supports “Medicare For All.”
January 29, 2020 SEIU branch settles sexual-assault lawsuit, overhauls internal reporting policies SEIU branch in California settles contentious sexual harassment lawsuit and overhauls internal policies.
January 15, 2020 Senators urge Trump administration not to allow more guest worker visas, say program harms US workers Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday urged the Trump administration not to approve an additional number of foreign guest workers this year without significant reforms to the controversial program -- which they say incentivizes employers to hire foreign workers over their American counterparts.
January 12, 2020 Parent union forming to combat power of public school teachers unions Keri Rodrigues and Alma Marquez said they were so appalled by the low standards of America's public school teachers' unions, they formed The National Parents Union (NPU), so families could have a greater say in their child's education.