A federal court in California dismissed teachers’ claims that the California Teachers Association diverted their wages without their consent to fund union political activities and campaigns they do not wish to support. The California Education Code allows superintendents to deduct dues from members who voluntarily join unions.
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Long-running strikes by trade unions over French President Emmanuel Macron’s push to overhaul the nation’s retirement system will continue despite a compromise offer by the government.
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A police union spokesman on Tuesday called St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner the worst prosecutor in the country, a day after she accused the union and city of a racist conspiracy to force her out.
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France was seized by a new wave of nationwide strikes on Thursday by a spectrum of workers angry over the government’s plans to overhaul the nation’s public retirement system.
Read moreThe Writers Guild of America can’t dodge an antitrust lawsuit by Hollywood talent agencies over an organized boycott on talent packaging deals, a federal judge has ruled.
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Two Northeast farming groups brought a federal complaint Monday over a new law in New York, set to take effect Wednesday, that allows workers to unionize and earn overtime pay.
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New Yorkers are used to seeing rats on the street but they are not always small, furry ones. Sometimes they are inflatable and taller than giraffes.
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Christmas Day brought no respite for travelers in France as a transport strike entered its fourth week, ruining the plans of thousands wanting to celebrate with loved ones.
Read moreDeclining oral arguments or detailed briefing, a Seventh Circuit panel on Monday agreed the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Janus v. AFSCME did not undo its previous finding that state bar fees do not amount to compelled speech as long as they’re used to improve the legal profession and its services to the community.
Read moreNorthern California’s largest health care provider on Friday agreed to pay $575 million to settle antitrust and price gouging claims, capping a five-year legal fight with an influential union and the state.
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Seeking to calm nationwide strikes that threaten to cause havoc during the winter holidays, French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday signaled a willingness to make a key concession in his plans to overhaul France’s retirement system.
Read moreA fifth former Google worker has filed a complaint with federal regulators, accusing the company of improperly firing employees for labor organizing activity.
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The French government and labor unions face off Wednesday over a pensions overhaul, 14 days into a crippling transport strike that is hurting businesses, wearing out commuters and casting a shadow over holiday plans.
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A Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles this week is back on schedule after the venue’s worker union announced Tuesday it had reached a tentative agreement with a campus food service provider.
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Health care clinicians across California will take to the picket lines starting Monday and throughout the week at Kaiser Permanente’s network of medical facilities due to stalled contract negotiations for mental health workers.
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The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in McDonald’s favor in a long-running case filed by 20 workers who were fired or faced retaliation for trying to unionize.
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden told a crowd of union members in Las Vegas on Wednesday that he is best qualified to fight for the American worker — and will do so as president of the United States.
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The world’s largest food distributor squared off against one of America’s largest labor unions in an Eighth Circuit courtroom Wednesday over Minnesota members refusing to cross a picket line set up by an out-of-state union branch.
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France’s prime minister sought to strike a conciliatory note Wednesday as he unveiled a controversial plan to overhaul the country’s pension system, but failed to appease striking unions which vowed to expand a crippling week-old transport freeze.
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A chant of “Union health care! Union Health Care!” briefly drowned out U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday after the presidential candidate pitched his “Medicare for all” plan at a town hall in Las Vegas hosted by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.
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