October 7, 2021 | Headlines, Organizing, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) press release, October 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for the IAM and transportation union members across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear two cases...
September 22, 2021 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
September 22, 2021 — The Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC), negotiating together in the current round of National Negotiations, have issued the following statement: “As we advised in January of 2021, the CBC and the nation’s rail...
August 26, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: www.nj.com, August 26, 2021) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials approved a new contract Wednesday night with nine unions representing bus drivers and mechanics that was completed before the old agreements expired. Full story:...
August 18, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: WHYY, August 17, 2021) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — SEPTA and the union that represents thousands of transit workers have begun negotiating a new contract. Transport Workers Union Local 234 wants the new contract to acknowledge its members as frontline workers who...
August 4, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Jurist, August 3, 2021) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer recommended on Monday that employees at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama, hold a second election due to interference and intimidation by the retail giant....
July 30, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Moneywatch, July 27, 2021) TOPEKA, Kan. — Hundreds of Frito-Lay employees are back on the job this week after ratifying a new union contract that guarantees them one day off a week. Full story: CBS News
July 22, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Vox, July 21, 2021) TOPEK, Kansas — Workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, have been on strike for more than two weeks asking for better working conditions and pay. The way they tell it, they’ve got good reason to take action: Some of the plant’s 850...
July 22, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Bloomberg Law, July 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The divided U.S. Senate confirmed union lawyer Jennifer Abruzzo to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board on a party-line vote that reflected the deep political and legal discord over...
July 15, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: SMART-TD press release, July 9, 2021) CLEVELAND, Ohio — On June 15 and 16, 2021, the simmering dispute between the SMART Transportation Division and carriers over crew consist finally reached arbitration before neutral party John LaRocca in Sacramento, Calif....
July 14, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NCFO) press release, July 12, 2021) NEW YORK — Dean Devita, President of the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, SEIU 32BJ (NCFO) announced today that the Executive Board of the National Conference of...
