July 19, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune, July 18, 2018) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. has been smacked with a $4.6 million misconduct penalty by a Minnesota judge for destroying evidence — and it’s not the first time. Full story:...
July 17, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Columbus Dispatch opinion column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, July 12, 2018) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Today on the grounds of the Statehouse, more than 10,000 union retirees and members will gather in the name of retirement security. They want to...
July 10, 2018 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: The Nation, July 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In December 1953, a group of anti-labor business leaders gathered in Washington, DC, for the first in a series of secret meetings. The meetings were organized by a Southern paper-box manufacturer named Edwin S....
July 2, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Bloomberg, June 28, 2018) NEW YORK — Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that millions of public sector workers can stop paying union fees, a group tied to Republican billionaires long opposed to organized labor — and its support of the Democratic Party —...
July 2, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Associated Press, June 28, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Their membership has been declining for decades. They’ve been bedeviled by crippling new laws, and by a devastating U.S. Supreme Court decision just this week. From all appearances, it would seem that labor...
June 28, 2018 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Opinion column by Marc Boom, Associate Director of Government Affairs for the National Resources Defense Council, June 28, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public sector unions, which represent nurses, teachers, firefighters, EPA employees, and other public servants,...
June 27, 2018 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Statement by LAANE Executive Director Roxana Tynan, June 27, 2018) LOS ANGELES — This morning, in its Janus v. AFSCME decision, the Supreme Court overturned more than four decades of precedent by ruling that fair share fees for public sector workers are...
June 27, 2018 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Politico, June 27, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that public-sector unions may not charge non-members mandatory fees, dealing a financial blow to organized labor on the eve of a competitive midterm election campaign. The case...
June 26, 2018 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Bloomberg, June 21, 2018) NEW YORK — Fed up with state and local laws that require private employers to offer paid sick days, the airlines and railroads have filed suit, claiming that the interstate nature of their businesses should make them exempt. Full...
June 15, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 14, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters stand in solidarity with our Canadian brothers and sisters in calling for an end to the personal attacks on Prime Minister...
