Teachers unions are up in arms about recently passed state laws which prohibit unions from automatically taking membership dues out of public employees’ paychecks in Florida and Tennessee. Unions sued these states over the dues deductions laws, but news broke this month that the Tennessee teachers union gave up its
Remote work and return-to-office policies are coming to a head, particularly in the government sector. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently postponed a plan for federal employees to return to in-office work three days a week starting in October 2023 after pressure from labor unions. The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists
Adding to the ongoing strike by Hollywood actors, writers, and the city’s hotel workers, Los Angeles city workers went on strike for an entire day, halting multiple daily operations of the country’s second-largest city. SEIU Local 721, which represents over 95,000 workers in Southern California, attempted to shut down
Americans for Fair Treatment Special Counsel David Osborne was interviewed by the Federal News Network about ensuring accountability for federal unions: In more than a thousand federal employee complaints filed against their unions, only 1% of those employees prevailed. That is according to research by a group called Americans for
The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Department of Labor (DOL), Julie Su, may never be confirmed as the next Secretary of Labor because of political opposition in the Senate. Su will likely continue in her current role as Acting Secretary of Labor but will not have the full federal
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) held its annual conference in Washington, D.C., last week, featuring two main speakers: Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and AFT President Randi Weingarten. Cardona started his speech by mentioning that his wife Marissa is a current dues-paying member of AFT; he failed to
A recent congressional bill proposes to revoke the National Education Association’s (NEA) congressional charter due to the teachers union’s alleged political partisanship. The union has held the charter since 1906. Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) introduced the “National Education Association Charter Repeal Act” on July 13 and noted that the NEA
As labor unions continue to go on strike across the country in both public and private sectors, workers often forego their paychecks and rely on unions’ strike funds to pay the bills. But in Massachusetts, striking workers could receive state unemployment benefits if a newly proposed bill passes in the
