Private-sector unions can’t force employees to contribute toward lobbying activities, the First Circuit ruled Tuesday, the latest court defeat for labor organizers since a major Supreme Court loss in 2018.
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U.S. Postal Service police officers sued Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Monday for limiting their investigations of mail theft to only those that occur on agency property.
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made a campaign stop in Michigan on Wednesday, speaking about preventing jobs from going overseas in a county President Donald Trump won by a razor-slim margin four years ago.
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New York City’s pro-transparency law allowing for the release of police disciplinary records can proceed in mostly full effect, a federal judge announcing in a conference on Friday.
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A statewide Iowa teachers union and a local school district filed suit against Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Wednesday seeking to halt her order that public schoolchildren spend at least half of their time in the classroom beginning this fall amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreA local branch of the Service Employees International Union claims in a federal lawsuit that the Chicago Cubs did not provide materials needed for an audit of the baseball team’s pension plan.
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For yet another semester, the novel coronavirus pandemic will force students in the nation’s second largest school district to continue attending classes at home. But a deal announced Monday between Los Angeles education officials and the teachers union will enhance structured online learning for students.
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In an unanimous ruling Thursday, the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 2013 pension reform law forbidding public employees from cashing in on unused sick and vacation time to increase their pension benefits, finding the Legislature should be allowed to “close loopholes and foreclose opportunities for abuse.”
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Police unions failed Tuesday to block a civil rights group from publishing thousands of NYPD disciplinary records, broadening a repository first made public this weekend by the ProPublica.
Read moreA federal RICO class action accuses the International Union United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers, and FCA fka Chrysler Group of “conspiring in a bribery scheme to defraud plaintiffs out of wages, benefits and seniority,” by providing by millions of dollars in prohibited payments and things of value to union officers in exchange for concessions and advantages in negotiations.
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Florida’s largest teacher’s union Monday sued state officials to prevent schools from opening in August as the state continues to see a surge in coronavirus cases.
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A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S.
Read moreA federal judge in Detroit ruled Wednesday that sweetheart deals motor conglomerate Fiat Chrysler got from the United Auto Workers by bribing their leaders hurt workers first and competitors second, dismissing a suit brought against the company by General Motors.
Read moreThe State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey sued the state in Mercer County Court, claiming the state will endanger its members if they release names of officers involved in disciplinary violations.
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The fiery leader of Minneapolis’ police union has built a reputation of defying the city, long before he offered the union’s support to the officers charged in George Floyd’s death.
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A Juneteenth rally against police brutality and racism organized by a dockworkers union in Oakland, California, Friday morphed into a contentious debate about inclusivity after queer and transgender protesters accused organizers of excluding marginalized voices.
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A Chicago police union’s collective-bargaining agreement requirement that the police department destroy all officer disciplinary records after five years is unenforceable because it conflicts with public policy and state records law, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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The D.C. Circuit on Thursday rejected a lawsuit from the AFL-CIO claiming the Trump administration is not doing enough to protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday, as he announced initial steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Read moreA black worker sued the International Brotherhood Electrical Workers Local 1 and the St. Louis Area Electricians Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee in federal court, claiming a noose was hung at her work site and she was told “Muskrat Lives Matter.”
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