Tag: labor unions

As musician Bob Dylan sang in 1964, "The times they are a-changing." In January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported union membership in the United...

Ballot counting began Monday for 5,800 Amazon fulfillment center workers in Bessemer, Alabama attempting to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union...

Bernie Sanders has made history again. The Sanders 2020 campaign has officially become the first presidential campaign to unionize. This makes sense considering the senator's vociferous support...

Some believed, favorably or otherwise, that the landmark Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case the Supreme Court decided in June would signal...

Labor Day is traditionally regarded as summer's last hurrah. Students and teachers return to school; the hot weather begins to cool (or at least it's...

The United States Supreme Court is beginning proceedings Monday on a case that could conceivably eliminate union membership in America. Last year, public sector unions...

Last year, public sector unions dodged a bullet after the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked on the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association (CTA) case that threatened to...

Labor Day! Hooray! Back to school for the kids. A long weekend to get the boat out one last time. A chance to barbecue and...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled yesterday that student assistants working at private colleges and universities are protected by federal labor laws. This...

The L.A. Times is reporting that after a long battle from progressive activists, Governor Jerry Brown has reached an agreement with union representatives to...

President of the National Education Association, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, just announced that the nation's biggest labor union will endorse Hillary Clinton for President. In...

A Supreme Court case that will most likely be?decided upon by the end of this month?could effectively kill public unions throughout the country. The...

Last Tuesday, Senators Tom Udall (D-NM)??John Tester (D-MT), Chris Murphy (D-CT),? and others proposed a constitutional amendment to overturn a 2010 Citizens United decision?that...