Nearly 5,000 Front Line Caregivers employed at seven hospitals and six clinics across the State of Oregon, who are represented by the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) and Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association - both American Federation of Teachers (AFT) affiliates, have authorized Strikes because Providence executives have refused to offer a fair more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Washington, D.C. that Costco is facing several Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charges brought by the Teamsters for violating Federal Labor Law and their National Master Agreement in a “calculated effort to undermine Workers’ Rights and disrupt the collective bargaining process.” The more»

Erik Gunn at The Wisconsin Examiner reports on Organized Labor’s future after core parts of an Anti-Union Wisconsin Law were struck down by a Dane County Judge. Parts of the landmark State Law had eviscerated most Union Rights for most Public Employees in Wisconsin. The Judge Jacob Frost ruled Act 10, passed by the State Legislature’s more»

(WATERBURY, VERMONT) – More than 300 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Workers who are employed at the St. Albans and Waterbury, Vermont Production Facilities and represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 371 have ratified their first Union contract by an overwhelming majority vote. Jeff Johnson, a St. Albans Ben & more»

Zach Carlson at People’s World reports that in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Laborers Local 362 (LiUNA) started picketing the Uptown Marriott Hotel in mid-November as a force of Non-Union renovation contractors started their workday. However, what at first seemed to be a simple picket against using Non-Union labor at the Mariott has now turned out to more»

Scott Bauer at The Associated Press reports Wisconsin Public Worker and Teachers Unions have scored a major legal victory with a ruling that restores Collective Bargaining Rights they lost under a 2011 State Law that sparked weeks of protests and made the State the center of the national battle over Union Rights. That law, known as Act 10, effectively more»

Miranda Nazzaro at The Hill reports thousands of Amazon Workers around the world went on Strike Friday (November 29th), demanding more pay and better working conditions during one of the Retail Giant’s busiest weekends of the year. The Strike, dubbed Make Amazon Pay, had planned demonstrations in more than 20 countries, including the U.S. They are more»

Randy Korgan serves as Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 1932. He recently penned a Labor Op-Ed that appeared in Newsweek on Amazon’s efforts to fight the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It read in part: We are at a turning point in the movement to Unionize Amazon. Across the country, in the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement on the selection of President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of U.S. Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. Secretary Of Labor: Lori Chavez-DeRemer has built a Pro-Labor record in Congress, including as one of only three Republicans to co-sponsor more»

Erik Verduzco and Makiya Seminera at The Associated Press report Union-represented Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte's Airport - one of the Nation's busiest, went on Strike Monday (November 25th) during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to demand higher wages. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) more»

Joe Davidson at The Washington Post reports Donald Trump will enter his second Presidential term in January eager and ready to slash the Federal Workforce - and the potential consequences are massive. Federal Unions will be a favorite target, as they were previously. In 2018, Trump issued three Executive Orders that nearly blew away the ability of Federal more»

Jenny Goldsberry at The Washinton Examiner reports 37,000 Unionized Employees of the University of California (UC) conducted a two-day Strike (beginning on Wednesday, November 20th) this week - months after rejecting the latest offer. The Strike across 10 campuses, five medical centers and labs came as a result of what the Service and Patient Care Workers more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A recent Gallup Poll revealed disapproval of Labor Unions has fallen to 23%, the lowest level in 57 years, while support for unions has reached 70% - just one point below the highest level recorded since 1965. These statistics suggest a shift in public attitudes toward Organized Labor and it’s important to consider what this more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports on a wave of Labor Organizing that has been washing through U.S. Universities as Graduate Students and other Workers form new Unions on campus. More than 50,000 University Students have unionized over the past two years, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced. The new Bargaining Units include more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has kicked off the start of National Apprenticeship Week, an annual event that showcases the many ways Registered Apprenticeship improves career pathways and expands U.S. Workers’ access to good-paying jobs across industries. In its 10th year, National Apprenticeship Week will include more»

Dave Jamieson at Federal Judge in Texas has struck down a new rule from the Biden Administration aimed at extending overtime protections to millions of Workers. Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) went beyond its authority in issuing the regulation earlier this year. He more»

(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) - UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union has called for a Strike beginning on Friday (November 15th) at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas to start a week before the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix begins. The work stoppage is slated to kick off as 700 Hospitality Workers continue pushing to win a new five-year contract. The Union-represented more»

(PIKETON, OHIO) - Anita Bevins is part of five generations of family who’ve worked at the Portsmouth Nuclear Site in southern Ohio. For nearly 35 years, Bevins has worked at the site operating cranes and has trained hundreds of workers on crane operation. She works alongside two of her children, two grandchildren and two sons-in-law who are also more»

Alexandra Bradbury at Jacobin reports Workers are battling an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country. In the name of efficiency, a letter mailed within Cheyenne, Wyoming would travel to Denver and back. And if you miss a package, your local Post Office would no longer have it. It more»

Communications Workers of America’s (CWA) Central Region At-Large Executive Board Member and President of CWA Local 4319, Erika White, won her election to represent Ohio’s 41st District in the Ohio House of Representatives. She defeated Republican challenger Josiah Leinbach. In an interview with The Toledo Blade, White pledged to continue more»

Brad Reed at Raw Story reports President-Elect Donald Trump courted Union Voters during his successful 2024 Presidential bid and now Bloomberg reports his incoming Administration is poised to deliver a "body blow" to Organized Labor that has enjoyed a significant renaissance under President Joe Biden's Administration. While Biden's Administration has more»

Now that the Presidential Election is over, Equal Times reports on the fate of America’s Working People, who are now turning their attention to what Donald Trump’s victory might mean for Trade Unions and Workers. Trump is pro-deregulation, Anti-Union and unabashedly pro-business - his biggest backer during this election was Anti-Union Tesla more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain have both issued statements on the 2024 Presidential Election. National AFL-CIO President Shuler: Presidential Administrations change, but the Labor Movement’s values do not. We stand for the freedom to organize and for the right to collectively bargain. We more»

(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) – Thirty-three-thousand Front Line Workers at Boeing, Members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Districts 751 and W24, have voted to ratify a new Union contract with the company that has instantly set a new standard for compensation and wages for Aerospace Industry Workers. The deal followed more»

As the first Female President of the United States’ largest Labor Federation, I’m proud to support the Vice-President – and the 6.6 million Union Women in this country, nearly half of today’s Labor Movement, know an ally when we see one. We know we have one in Kamala Harris. As President of the AFL-CIO, representing 60 Unions more»

(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) – Striking Workers at Boeing have received a new industry-leading contract proposal from the company, which has been unanimously endorsed by the Member-led International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Negotiation Committee. More than 33,000 IAM Members at Boeing locations in Washington State, Oregon and more»

Chris Bohner of In These Times reports a Trump election has the potential to break Organized Labor as we know it. He writes: There are reasons to think an Anti-Labor Trump term would be worse. With Labor mostly fighting defensive fights and Labor Law eviscerated, it would be exceedingly difficult to organize new Workers to keep up with employment more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO is engaging in a massive turnout effort focused on getting Union Members to the polls. “This election, the AFL-CIO is running clear through the finish line - because Union Members’ jobs, contracts and freedoms are on the line,” National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said. “With our largest more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Your On-Line Labor Newspaper is republishing this Labor News Story that it originally published back on October 29th, 2015. In celebrating Halloween 2024, WNYLaborToday.com thought it was important to underscore and recognize - once again - what Actors Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi did to organize their fellow Actors more»

Members of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) across the State of Pennsylvania are knocking on doors to inform their community about the dangers of Project 2025, which the Union refers to as “900 pages of pure terror.” The massive Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) effort seeks to warn Members that if Donald Trump more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - U. S. Sen. J.D. Vance (Republican-Ohio), his party’s Vice-Presidential Nominee, is a Scab. Vance crossed a picket line in Pittsburgh on last week - and he follows in the 20-year-old footsteps of his convicted felon Presidential Running Mate, Donald Trump. Vance crossed the picket line of Staffers of The Pittsburgh more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) - Members of University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE)-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9119 - who are employed by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), are voting on whether to Strike in response to Unfair Labor Practice Charges (ULP) filed against the University. Members hold positions at more»

(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) – Front-Line Boeing Workers have voted by a 64% margin against accepting the latest contract proposal put forth by their employer. Jon Holden, President of International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 751 and Brandon Bryant, President of IAM District W24, issued the following joint statement following the votes being more»

Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at 17 hospitals managed by HCA have voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in recent weeks, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by Nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), the Nation's largest Nurses’ Union. Nurses say their newly ratified more»

Sarah Lazare at Workday Magazine reports on a broad coalition of Unions, Worker Centers and community groups, whose Members have lobbied, rallied and presented petitions in favor of a Labor Standards Board. As a result, earlier this year, three Council Members announced their intent to introduce the ordinance to the Minneapolis City Council. The proposed more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In a call with Reporters, National and Battleground State Workers and Labor Leaders discussed Union Voters’ support for the Harris-Walz Democratic Ticket and previewed plans to mobilize during the final weeks of the campaign, including a massive ground game that will contact five million Union Voters in Battleground States by more»

(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) - Striking Workers at Boeing have received a new contract proposal from the company. More than 33,000 Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at Boeing locations in Washington state, Oregon, and California have been on Strike since Sept. 13. Details of the negotiated resolution include: more»

(MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO/CANADA) - Eight hundred Workers near Toronto have won the first Walmart Warehouse Union in Canada or in the United States. The Walmart Distribution Center is in Mississauga - an hour from the Western New York/Buffalo Border. Workers there began organizing last December to join Unifor, Canada’s largest Private-Sector Union. more»

Earlier this week, MAGA/Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump suggested children could do the job of Auto Plant Workers while delivering a head-scratching tangent to the Economic Club of Chicago. Trump appeared to oversimplify how international car companies get their vehicles ready-to-be-sold, saying they ship parts stateside that merely require more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Top people in Donald Trump’s Administration - when he was President, including General Mark Milley, the top military man in the government, are calling him out as a “fascist to the core.” The ex-President, in keeping with that characterization, is talking openly about jailing his political opponents, is calling them more»

Lilly Ledbetter, the former Goodyear Employee whose fight for equal pay made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress, has passed at the age of 86. National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: Lilly Ledbetter will forever be remembered as a trailblazing activist whose fight for fairness in the workplace led to the more»

Steven Greenhouse at The Guardian reports even though the vast majority of Labor Unions have endorsed Democratic Candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris, many Union Members support Republican/MAGA Candidate and former President Donald Trump. With the race so close, Unions have stepped up efforts to convince those Workers that Trump is no friend of more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – Communications Workers of America (CWA)-represented Members at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have proven their mettle as a fighting Union, standing strong as their strike against the newspaper surpassed two years this week. To mark the Strike’s second anniversary, Strikers took their demands directly to corporate more»

Allison Lampert and David Shepardson at Reuters reports the lead International Association of Machinists (IAM) Negotiator says the Union’s 33,000 Striking Members are prepared to wait out the Plane Manufacturer after pay talks collapsed. "We're in this for the long haul and our Members understand that," IAM District 751 President Jon Holden said in more»

The International Association of Machinists’ (IAM) Midwest Territory has announced that Members who work at Molson Coors Beverage Company in Milwaukee are on Strike after voting to reject the company’s final offer. Members overwhelmingly voted to Strike on October 1st as their old contract expired at midnight. Top issues include the need for more»

The Teamsters are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s Logistics Chain. A group of 100 Warehouse Workers at DCK6, an Amazon Delivery Station in San Francisco, marched on company managers on October 2nd to demand voluntary recognition rather than filing for a National Labor Relations Board more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports hundreds of United Auto Workers (UAW) Members marched on the Stellantis Stamping Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan last week, announcing they are ready to Strike to defend Workers the company is dumping by going back on agreements it made with the UAW a year ago in the historic Stand Up Strike that won more»

Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore at CNN report Striking Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are back at work today (Friday, October 4th) after the Union reached a tentative deal with the management group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port authorities. The agreement amounts to a $4-per-hour raise for more»

Jennifer Vigil at The Times of San Diego reports a United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local have announced an “overwhelming majority” of the Union’s Members who work at CVS have authorized a Strike against the Pharmacy. Local 135 represents more than 900 CVS Pharmacy Workers in San Diego County. Statewide, more than 7,400 UFCW more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a Bill into law barring employers from holding mandatory Anti-Union Meetings in the workplace. The legislation makes California the latest and largest State to outlaw Captive Audience Meetings. At least eight other States, all Democratic-leaning, have passed similar more»