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LA Times Union Reaches Contract Agreement With Owner
After more than a year of contract negotiations at the Los Angeles Times, the newsroom’s union reached a contract agreement on Wednesday evening after the newspaper was purchased in February 2018 and broke away from a Chicago-based publisher.
Read moreNegotiations Come Up Short as Chicago Teachers Begin Strike
Chicago public school teachers will strike starting Thursday morning, as delegates from the Chicago Teachers’ Union voted Wednesday to reject the latest contract proposal from the city after three weeks of negotiations.
Read moreAuto Union and GM Move Closer to Ending Monthlong Strike
The United Auto Workers and General Motors on Wednesday reached a tentative four-year labor agreement to end the longest automaker strike since 1970 and the first in 12 years.
Read moreChina Says Postal Fees to Rise After US Complaint
Fees paid by China to the United States and other countries to deliver packages will nearly triple through 2025 under an agreement by the global postal union following complaints by Washington, the Chinese post office said Tuesday.
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Chicago Teachers Press Unions’ Social Justice Strategy
A threatened strike by Chicago teachers would test a strategy employed by a growing number of urban teachers unions who think transforming contentious contract talks into discussions about class size and student services wins public support and can make a difference at the bargaining table.
Read moreTeachers Union
A special ed teacher with a master’s degree sued the American Federation of Teachers in federal court, claiming it failed to represent her after she was repeatedly injured by violent students in a “secret room” at Corpus Christi Independent School District.
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Union Sues USDA to Halt Pork Processing Deregulation
Food workers unions sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court Monday, challenging a Trump administration rule change that would speed up pork production by shifting food quality and safety responsibilities from regulators to workers in pork processing plants.
Read moreGM-UAW Talks Take Turn for Worse; Settlement Not Near
Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members.
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Democratic Candidates Court Union Members With Promises of Reform
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and three other Democratic contenders said at a labor forum in LA Friday that unions will guide the nation’s political overhaul and will be pivotal as Democrats look to reclaim the White House.
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Warren Shoulders Labor Fight in New Policy Stance
Returning power to working people, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren said on Thursday, will be “the overarching goal of my presidency.”
Read moreAuto Workers Get $250 Checks as GM Strike Enters Third Week
The United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors has stretched into its third week with no end in sight, as some workers who applied for a union-sponsored supplemental weekly payment of $250 received their first check Tuesday.
Read moreYou Can Fight City Hall
Numerous unions, including the Deputy City Attorneys Association of San Diego, sued the city in superior court over Proposition B City Charter amendments of 2012, “which denies all city employees newly hired on and after July 20, 2012, except sworn police officers, any access to the city’s defined benefit pension plan.”
Read moreImmigration Judges Put Trump Policies in Hot Seat
Triggering a federal investigation, a union representing more than 400 immigration judges brought formal complaints Friday over fundamental changes they’ve seen in the job under the Trump administration.
Read moreKaiser Reaches Deal With 80,000 Workers, Averts October Strike
Two days of negotiations have yielded a tentative agreement between Kaiser Permanente and 80,000 of its union workers, staving off a nationwide strike set for Oct. 14.
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Many Besides Workers Affected by GM Strike
As the United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors stretches into a second week, it’s not just the company and striking workers getting pinched.
Read moreDollar General Asks Eighth Circuit to Toss Union Vote
An attorney for Dollar General argued Tuesday before the Eighth Circuit that a union certification for six of its employees in Missouri should be set aside because threats and bribes from a union organizer influenced the vote.
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Some Progress but No End in Sight for GM Strike
The strike against General Motors by 49,000 United Auto Workers entered its second week Monday with progress reported in negotiations but no clear end in sight.
Read moreUnited Auto Workers Strike Against GM May Be Headed to Day 8
A strike against General Motors by 49,000 auto workers appears headed to an eighth day.
Read moreDemocratic Candidates Woo Union Members at Philly Forum
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and five other Democratic presidential candidates courted American workers Tuesday at a labor forum in Philadelphia.
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