Alexander Nieves at Politico.com reports on Governor Gavin Newsom signing legislation to make it easier for Farm Workers to Unionize in California. Nieves reports the agreement with the Governor’s Office eliminates a provision of the Bill that would allow mail-in Union Elections. In its place, Workers will be allowed to join the United Farmworkers more»

Abby Wallace at BusinessInsider.com interviews several new Union Leaders who are powering a wave of organizing at Amazon, Starbucks, Target and more, including: Derrick Palmer, Amazon, New York; Adam Ryan, Target, Virginia; Jessie McCool, Wells Fargo, Missouri; Jamie Edwards, Trader Joe's, Massachusetts; and Lindsey Price, Starbucks, Seattle. Wallace more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports on Teamsters National President Sean O’Brien, who delivered a hard message to Amazon while standing in the back of a flatbed truck parked in front of the Giant On-Line Retailer’s Seattle headquarters: “We’re comin’ hard” for them. Amazon isn’t the sole Corporate more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports on thousands of Workers across the U.S. who are going on Strike or threatening to do so heading into October, amid a recent surge of Labor action activity in America - and just one month before the crucial Mid Term Elections. To Read This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

Ken Green at Union Track reports that there’s a new Labor Movement happening across the U.S. Green says it’s what Rani Molla, a Senior Data Reporter at Vox, calls “a new era for the American Worker,” and it looks different from Labor Movements of the past. Green writes it’s a resurgence in Unionizing and Worker action that is more»

David Shepardson at Reuters reports on the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) seeking to represent 3,000 JetBlue Ground Workers. The IAM is the largest Airline Union in North America and represents Workers at every major U.S. airline. To Read This Labor News Report, Go To: more»

Haley Hamilton at Slate.com thinks history could repeat itself and that the employment position of Waitress could once again become a Union-represented job. Case in point, Hamilton says Unionization in the Service Industry is increasingly, as Employees at Chipotle and several Starbucks locations, as well as Google’s Cafeteria Workers, have more»

Olivia Rockeman at Bloomberg.com reports 274 Home Depot Employees based in Philadelphia have filed a petition to Unionize, according to a National Labor Relations Board filing - a rare move at the Home-Improvement Retailer amid a growing nationwide Labor Movement. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

The National AFL-CIO has posted a link to the list of vehicles that are made in the United States or Canada by Members of the United Auto Workers and Canada’s Unifor Union. When purchasing one of the listed vehicles, it’s important to check the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). A VIN beginning with "1" or "4" or "5" identifies a U.S.-made more»

Hamilton Nolan at The Guardian reports American Workers are burned out and tired, but that there’s good news when it comes to fixing that malaise - because many, many people have been there before. He says what we really need to do is teach people about Unions. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

Chris Isidore at CNN Business reports on what’s coming for the Labor Movement in this country after the settlement of a contract for Unionized Rail Workers: Major contracts for another 700,000 Workers, most notably those who work in the Airlines Industry and as Teamsters for UPS. To Read This Labor News Report, Go To: more»

Andrew Welsh-Huggins at the Associated Press reports Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: How to find 7,000 Construction Workers in an already booming building environment when there's also a national shortage of people working in the Trades? To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

The Ohio Supreme Court has taken issue with a ban on “targeted picketing” of public officials, issuing a unanimous ruling that an education board violated Picketers’ rights by putting a stop to public protests, calling the law that regards “encouraging” or organizing a protest at public officials’ homes or workplaces more»

Noah Bierman at The Los Angeles Times reports on Bills that are on the desks of the Governors of California and New York, both Democrats, which would require companies to post pay ranges on job advertisements. All Workers could be affected, The Times reports, but evidence suggests that more transparent pay practices are particularly helpful for Women and more»

Nick Natario at KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas reports that labor shortages and the Coronavirus Pandemic are bringing better benefits for Workers, and enticing more to look into unions. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: https://abc13.com/quiet-quitting-paying-experience-union-pay-benefits/12201013/

Rebecca Boone and Gene Johnson at the Associated Press report the Seattle Education Association and Seattle’s Public Schools have reached a tentative contract agreement. Seattle Teachers went on Strike last week over pay and classroom support. On Monday, the School District had cancelled classes for today (Tuesday, September 13th), the fifth school more»

(THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) - There are at least 310,500 Migrant Workers in the State of California - employed through Temporary Work Visa Programs, making it the largest host State. However, these temporary Migrant Workers are vulnerable to abuses of labor recruiters that connect Workers to jobs in the United States. The abuses of labor recruiters have more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports on striking Seattle Education Association Members, who are upset over high Teacher-student ratios, low pay in a high-cost City and too few School Nurses and Counselors. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: www.peoplesworld.org/article/seattle-school-bosses-force-6000-teachers-staff-to-strike/ more»

Jacobin reports on the Minnesota Nurses Association, which is prepared to launch what the Union claims is one of the largest Nurses’ strikes in U.S. History. After a Summer of stalled contract negotiations, 15,000 Nurses in the Twin Cities area have overwhelmingly authorized a Strike, sending an ultimatum to the seven corporate health care systems more»

Molly Bolan at www.route-fifty.com reports on a new OXFAM Report that ranks the best and worst states for Workers. Where does your State rank? To Find Out, Go To: www.route-fifty.com/management/2022/09/new-index-ranks-best-and-worst-states-workers/376721/

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has announced it is formally affiliating with the National AFL-CIO - with a goal of supporting the efforts and strengthening the voice of the National Labor Movement. “The MLBPA has a proud, fifty-six-year history of success rooted in unity and a highly engaged more»

Alina Selyukh and Andrea Hsu of National Public Radio provide a snapshot of what's happening with American Workers: Jobs are growing and Workers are still quitting; It's not just about the money, it's about Worker well-being; The biggest American brands are getting their first Unions; A Union is about collective bargaining, but getting there is arduous; and more»

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 Business Manager Mark Lynch, Jr., penned a nice Labor Perspective this Labor Day that was published in PhillyVoice.com. Says Lynch: “As the three-day Labor Day weekend approaches, please take a moment to reflect on how the American Labor Movement gave us this holiday and so much more»

QSRweb.com reports Fast Food Staff in the State of California now have more power and protections due to a landmark Bill that lawmakers passed this week. "We made history," Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry told KCRA. "This legislation is a huge step forward for Workers in California and all across the country." To Directly more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - The United Steelworkers (USW) has announced it has reached a tentative agreement on a new, four-year contract on behalf of 12,000 Members employed at 13 Cleveland-Cliffs locations. USW International Vice President (Administration) David McCall, who chairs negotiations with Cliffs, credited Union Members for working throughout more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Seventy-one percent of Americans now approve of Labor Unions. Although statistically similar to last year's 68%, it is up from 64% before the Coronavirus Pandemic and is the highest Gallup has recorded on this measure since 1965. These data are from Gallup's annual Work and Education survey, collected August 1st through the 23rd. more»

John Kennedy at USA TODAY’s Florida Capital Bureau reports on Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist picking as his Lieutenant Governor running mate Karla Hernández-Mats, who serves as President of United Teachers of Dade - the head of the largest Teachers’ Union in the Southeast. To Read This Labor News Report, Go To: more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Teamsters at DHL have overwhelmingly ratified a new National Contract that provides significant wage increases, improves working conditions and maintains strong Member benefits. All various supplemental agreements were approved as well. “This contract was all about putting Members first. We went into negotiations prepared more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The task of building a national network of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations could soon fall primarily to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) members, thanks to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) that recommends the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program as the preferred more»

(LANSING, MICHIGAN) - Unified Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing, Michigan voted overwhelmingly on Thursday (August 25th) to form a Union with the Teamsters, making it the first of the restaurant chain’s 3,000 locations to organize. In addition to the security of a powerful Teamster contract, Workers are forming a Union to improve their more»

Marilyn Bechtel at People’s World reports on the more than 2,000 Unionized Mental Health Clinicians at Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California and the Central Valley who are in their second week of their open-ended Strike as they demand the giant Health Care Non-Profit staff up to provide its millions of members timely, quality mental more»

Gabrielle Russon at FloridaPolictics.com reports on thousands of Unionized Disney Workers who are getting ready to begin to negotiate a new contract. The Workers recently held a press briefing where a number of them talked about the challenges of working and living in Central Florida. “This is not the American Dream that I grew up thinking I was more»

Kim Bellware of The Washington Post reports on striking Teachers in Columbus, Ohio - who are doing so for the first time in 47 years after their contract expired Monday (August 22nd) following months of negotiation without an agreement over working conditions in the School District’s more than 100 schools. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go more»

Staff Writer Jessica Garrison at The Los Angeles Times reports on the once-struggling United Farm Workers Union, which has suddenly repositioned itself, gained new clout in the State of California and now wants to use it. To Read Her Labor News Story, Go To: more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - A majority of the Dancers employed at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have filed a petition for a Union Recognition Election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If the Dancers win their election and the results are certified by the NLRB, the Star Garden Workers will become the only Strippers in more»

Dylan Manshack at People’s World reports on the Texas AFL-CIO’s third annual Young Active Labor Leaders Summit, where hope of a renewed Labor Movement was provided as a result of recent organizing wins by young Workers across the country. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

(YORK, PENNSYLVANIA) - Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local 175 who are employed at the Harley-Davidson York, Pennsylvania Plant have overwhelmingly ratified a new, industry-leading, five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, Union Officials announced. The York Facility is Harley-Davidson’s more»

Ariana Bindman at SFGATE reports on 2,000 National Union of Healthcare Workers-represented Kaiser Permanente Therapists across Northern California who’ve begun an indefinite Strike, protesting “unethical” working conditions that providers and patients say are putting vulnerable people at risk. To Directly Access This Labor News Report, Go more»

Jory Heckman at The Federal News Network reports the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) two largest Unions - the National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Postal Workers Union, are calling for the USPS to increase hiring, adding long-term understaffing is taking a toll on Employee morale. To Directly Access This Labor News Report, more»

People’s World’s Mark Gruenberg reports on the United Steelworkers (USW) Convention that was held in Las Vegas. Dominating the discussion - organizing. To Read This Labor News Story, Go To: www.peoplesworld.org/article/organizing-a-top-topic-at-steelworkers-convention/ And For More, Go To: more»

(ACROSS THE UNITED STATES) - Hundreds of Workers employed by Gannett-owned newsrooms took a coordinated lunch break in response to a string of e-mails from upper management last week that threatened layoffs due to the company’s second quarter financials. According to Mike Reed, Chairman and CEO, Gannett must “responsibly and proactively (align) more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - In return for providing essential homecare for people in need, 218 Workers employed by a Pittsburgh-based Home Care Agency expected their employer to pay them all their hard-earned wages - instead, they found their employer denied them overtime wages, and manipulated records to hide the wage theft. Following an more»

An interesting Labor Opinion Piece on the website Route-Fifty.com that was authored by Lois Kimmel - a Technical Assistance Consultant to AIR’s Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, which has done extensive research on policies and practices that can help states and districts address Teacher shortages. Kimmel discusses what several states across the more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Amazon, the monster retailer and warehouse firm that’s already known for spending millions on Union-Busting - is gearing up to battle a Teamsters’ campaign to Unionize it, especially in a key area, Southern California. Its target to exploit: “vulnerable people.” In a memo leaked to more»

(TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA) - The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is making it clear it will vigorously challenge what the Union calls an outrageous assessment of damages made by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 10 regarding the UMWA’s 16-month Strike against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. “This is a slap in the face not just to more»

Trains Magazine’s Bill Stephens reports on a Union Pacific Engineer’s letter to the Surface Transportation Board that prompted more than three dozen other Railroaders to share their concerns about crew shortages and the state of the industry. As a result, the Board is now welcoming additional feedback from Railroad Workers. To Directly Access more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports on National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) President Fredric Rolando adding his voice to those of other Union Leaders warning of the Right Wing’s threat to Democracy. In his column in the latest edition of the Postal Record, published on the eve of the Union’s convention in Chicago in more»

Reporter Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports on growing Union organizing efforts in the newly-legalized Cannabis Industry as Workers seek to win good pay and working conditions. Already, the United Food and Commercial Workers and the Teamsters both represent thousands of Cannabis Industry Workers and are currently leading Union Organizing Campaigns to more»

(REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA) - More than 300 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)-represented Health Care Workers employed at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, California – who had been on Strike since July 18 and ended it Friday (July 29th) have unanimously ratified a four-year contract with their employer, Dignity more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat-New York) has announced an agreement with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (Democrat-West Virginia) to bring a slimmed-down version of the Bill - previously known as the Build Back Better Act, to the Senate floor before the start of the August recess. National AFL-CIO President Liz more»