This page carries links to articles concerning
local and national union issues in the media.
| 02/01 |
State
of organized labor: ‘Joe Lunchbucket’ becomes
'Chris Briefcase' Labor unions are down, but they’re not necessarily
out. That’s
the verdict of Jack Fiorito, a professor of management in the Florida
State University College of Business. Fiorito has analyzed various
changes in the marketplace, the workplace and the political realm
that have challenged organized labor in a new paper, “The
State of the Unions in the United States,” which will be
published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Journal of Labor Research. |
| 02/01 |
Health
Benefits a Major Issue in Grocery, Union Contract Talks Contract talks between supermarket chains and the union
representing some 65,000 Southern California workers are underway.
Health care benefits are emerging as a major issue. KPBS Reporter
Kenny Goldberg has the story. |
| 02/01 |
Union
bill stirs debate on jobs Colorado is
considered the nation's only modified right-to- work state, meaning
that unions have a high hurdle to create an all-union workplace. |
| 01/31 |
Healthcare
is central to grocery contract talks A
study says the current pact left many workers without adequate insurance
options. Union members are hoping for a better deal. |
| 01/31 |
Deal
may be near on 'living wage' vote L.A.
officials say they are close to an agreement to stop a referendum
on repealing a law affecting pay at LAX-area hotels. |
| 01/31 |
Beyond
The Death Of Unions Do you have
your dream job? If the answer is "yes," you
are probably in a union. That's the finding of a nationwide marketing
survey of over 37,000 workers released on January 25. The respondents
most likely to report that they were in their dream jobs were police
and firefighters (35 percent) followed by teachers (32 percent.) |
| 01/30 |
Labor
group demands minimum wage apply to farm workers The decision by lawmakers to exclude farm workers from
Ohio’s
new higher minimum wage dismisses the intent of voters who overwhelmingly
approved it, a spokesman for Gov. Ted Strickland says. |
| 01/30 |
Union
aims for branches at U.S. firms in S. China The state-sanctioned Chinese union federation in the southern
province Guangdong, a key manufacturing base, aims this year to establish
branches at all major U.S. companies with operations in the region,
state media has reported. |
| 01/30 |
Hundreds
Of Thousands Rally and March Against The War-Protest Linked To
Labor Battle In San Francisco Hundreds
of thousands of people rallied and march in the US today to demand
and end to the US war on Iraq and against the Bush administration's
plan to escalate the war with additional 22,000 troops. |
| 01/29 |
PATCO
Prez Tells Congressman FAA's Contract Towers Are Understaffed,
Too Says Staffing Levels Less Than Half Than
Federal Facilities |
| 01/29 |
Business
ponders initiative to ban all-union agreements Business leaders are considering filing a ballot initiative
that would ban all-union agreements in Colorado, in response to a
controversial proposal moving through the state Legislature. |
| 01/29 |
A
North American Labor Assembly on Climate Crisis: Building a Global Movement for Clean Energy |
| 01/28 |
Red
Cross Provokes Strike Over Excessive Demands to Diminish Health
Care Benefits to Employees About 160
Red Cross workers, members of Communications Workers of America
Local 13000, preparedfor an unfair labor practice strike against
Johnstown-based American Red
Cross Greater Alleghenies Regions. As of 12:01 a.m., Sunday, Jan.
28, 2007, workers will likely be off the job, despite their efforts
to negotiate a fair contract. |
| 01/28 |
Keep Off
the Rock! - Ferry Workers Call for Boycott of Alcatraz Tours International Longshore and Warehouse Union
(ILWU) Communications Director Steve Stallone describes the struggle
by members of the ILWU’s Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU)
to regain their jobs working on the ferry to Alcatraz Island after
the Bush administration’s
National Park Service awarded the contract to a nonunion firm. |
| 01/28 |
Union
sets Enloe strike for Feb. 7 Enloe Medical
Center received formal notice Friday that workers who want a union
to represent them will strike on Feb. 7. |
| 01/27 |
Systemwide
strike could hit CSU Faculty union's
negotiations enter final stage with chancellor's office |
| 01/27 |
Enloe
Caregivers Announce Feb. 7 Strike Date Due to Management's Refusal
to Negotiate Enloe's refusal to bargain
violates federal order and jeopardizes patient care. |
| 01/27 |
Unions
sue Bush Dept. of Labor over worker deaths Poultry workers typically stand shoulder to shoulder
de-boning chicken breasts mounted on cones flying by at the rate of
dozens per minute. They must wear metal mesh gloves on their non-cutting
hands to protect them from the razor sharp blades they and their co-workers
wield at lightening speed. |
| 01/26 |
Wal-Mart
Settles U.S. Suit About Overtime The
United States Labor Department announced yesterday that Wal-Mart
Stores had agreed to pay $33.5 million in back wages plus interest
to settle a federal lawsuit that accused the company of violating
overtime laws involving 86,680 workers. |
| 01/26 |
Union
Membership Falls to 12 Percent Union membership dropped to 12 percent of U.S.
workers last year, extending a steady decline from the 1950s when
more than a third belonged to unions. |
| 01/26 |
Bush
Proposes Broadening the No Child Left Behind Act The Bush administration called on Wednesday
for an array of changes to the president’s signature education
law. The proposals would give local school officials new powers
to override both teachers’ contracts and state limits on
charter schools in the case of persistently failing schools. |
