Republican lawmakers in Ohio still want to restrict unions, but they'll face an uphill battle with new Speaker Larry Householder. Unions backed Householder's bid to lead the Ohio House of Representatives over former Speaker Ryan Smith. They donated money to his…
The teachers at Summit Academy Parma have been negotiating a first contract since May, and have been struggling to secure a fair contract with protections in place to ensure students get the high-quality education they deserve. Teachers are fighting for…
For nearly 50 years, the Voting Rights Act protected the right to vote for Americans everywhere. It ensured everyone’s voice was heard and everyone got a chance to participate in our democracy. But in 2013, the Supreme Court gutted the…
Wright State University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to approve a term sheet agreement with the institution’s American Association of University Professors-affiliated faculty union. Many members went on strike for three weeks, through late Sunday, over an imposed contract.…
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) is proud to announce the recipients of the organization’s prestigious 2018 Conservation Steward of the Year Awards for the United Auto Workers (UAW), International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) and Industrial Division of…
More than 800,000 government workers were locked out or forced to work without pay for 35 days in the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. This needless and manufactured crisis affected real families with real financial…
The House of Representatives passed reasonable, commonsense legislation to reopen and fund the government. But Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans refuse to bring it up for a vote. Every day the federal government stays closed, hundreds of…
After failing to reach an agreement with their administration over newly imposed working conditions, including a furlough policy, the Wright State University faculty union started a threatened strike Tuesday. Wearing the union-advised dress code of “layers, layers, layers,” dozens of professors…
Source: https://www.utla.net/ With all sites reporting the tally of votes electronically, a super-majority of UTLA members have approved the tentative agreement reached this morning with LAUSD, and educators will return to schools tomorrow. These preliminary vote results are so overwhelming…
The US’s largest wireless provider encourages staff to use anti-union rhetoric and disparages previous unionization efforts Unions offer “empty promises and unrealistic expectations” and don’t act with “integrity”, according to internal documents circulated by Verizon’s human resources department and obtained…