Rallies Cap First Week of LA Teachers Strike
LOS ANGELES (CN) – The fifth day of the Los Angeles teacher strike began with bargaining talks and a union
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First Day of LA Teacher Strike Cost District $15M
On day two of the Los Angeles teacher strike, educators in red rallied outside a charter school’s headquarters Tuesday to highlight their frustration over what they call the privatization of public schools.
Read moreLA Teachers Strike for First Time in 30 Years
Rain fell on more than 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District educators as they picketed and marched outside classrooms and schools Monday, the first day of a strike demanding class size reductions, more social workers and librarians and better pay for teachers at the nation’s second largest public-school districts.
Read moreLA Teachers Strike After Latest District Offer
The Los Angeles public school teachers’ union rejected the district’s latest labor contract offer Friday after a fruitless bargaining session ended without a result that would avert Monday’s strike.
Read moreAir Traffic Controllers Detail Human Cost of Shutdown
As thousands of workers missed their first paycheck Friday because of the government shutdown, a new federal class action from air traffic controllers details how a handful are struggling to make ends meet.
Read moreAt 11th Hour, LA Schools Sue to Block Teacher Walkout
Hauling the teachers’ union to court ahead of a strike on Thursday, the Los Angeles Unified School District says the planned work stoppage would constitute a breach of contract.
Read moreLA Teacher Strike Looms as Bargaining Talks Continue
A teachers’ strike is still on for the nation’s second-largest school district, but the union representing Los Angeles teachers says the walkout could be delayed if a judge sides with the school district, which claims the union did not notify it of the strike for later this week.
Read moreLA School District Asks Court to Limit Teacher Strike
Just before 30,000 teachers are set to walk out of classrooms in Los Angeles next week during a scheduled strike, the public school district asked a federal judge Thursday to grant an injunction that would keep teachers of special needs students available during the strike.
Read moreAuto Union Blasts GM for Using Temporary Workers
General Motors has breached a labor contract by continuing to employ temporary workers at its Indiana auto factory instead of laid-off unionized workers from an Ohio plant, their labor union claims in court.
Read morePanel Denies Union Bid to Weigh In on Chicago Police Reforms
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday denied as untimely a Chicago police union’s attempt to intervene in Illinois’ lawsuit against the city over police brutality against blacks and Latinos.
Read moreRare Beefeaters Strike Over Pensions Hits Tower of London
London’s famed Beefeaters and other workers at several Royal Palaces have gone on a rare strike in a dispute over pension payments.
Read moreLA Teachers Plan January Strike After $1.8B District Nest Egg Uncovered
The second largest school district in the country may see a teacher strike early next year if no deal is reached with the teacher’s union, which announced a plan to walk after a report found the school district has $1.8 billion in reserves.
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The Columbia Export Terminal, at the Port of Portland, Ore., accuses The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and 153 members of “systematic hourly billing for time of workers who were not present” at a grain export terminal; it seeks $5.3 million, plus treble damages and punitive damages, in federal court.
Read moreJudge Approves Pay Raise for Houston Firefighters
Houston firefighters’ wallets just got a little fatter, after a Texas judge on Tuesday denied the city’s request to stay a voter-approved amendment requiring firefighters to be paid as much as police.
Read moreAmazon Courtship Drives Explosive Hearing at NYC Council
New York City councilmembers grilled city officials and Amazon representatives Wednesday in the first of several oversight hearings about the company’s plans to build half of its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
Read moreFormer Ford Executives Sentenced for Torture in ’76 Argentina Coup
An Argentine court on Tuesday sentenced two former Ford Motor Co. executives to prison for helping agents of the country’s former dictatorship round up 24 Argentine union workers who were tortured and held in military jails.
Read moreSacramento Court Workers Strike Over Cost-of-Living Increase
Sacramento County Superior Court’s largest employee union, consisting of court reporters, clerks and other technical workers, began a strike across four court locations Tuesday.
Read moreAppeal on OPM Data Breach Strikes Chord in Washington
The D.C. Circuit seemed skeptical Friday of the rejection of two lawsuits over a data breach at the Office of Personnel Management that compromised the records of more than 21 million people.
Read moreUnions, Health Care
Mining giant Asarco brought a federal complaint against eight unions, claiming it has the right to terminate medical and prescription drug benefits “to certain retired employees, who retired on or after January 1, 2007.”
Read moreChina ‘Regrets’ US Leaving Postal Union Amid Trade Dispute
China on Thursday criticized Washington’s decision to leave the United Nations treaty that regulates international postage, amid a worsening trade dispute between the world’s top two economies.
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