A Massachusetts teachers union began a crowdfunding campaign on February 6 to pay fines it incurred for breaking the state’s no-strike law for public employees. The Woburn Teachers Association (WTA) tweeted a link to their GoFundMe crowdfunding page and said, “Any help would be immensely appreciated!! We have some fines

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is in hot water with the unions that supported her gubernatorial campaign. The Governor recently announced two controversial policy positions, including her intent to make changes to medical billing requirements and to lift the state’s charter school cap. The “Pay and Resolve” bill, which would

*News Update* Rutgers University, Rutgers AAUP-AFT union, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy reached a ‘framework’ agreement to end the strike on April 15. The framework, according to Rutgers, “provides fair and equitable wages, benefits, and work conditions for our faculty as well as our graduate students and part-time lecturers.”

University of California will seek repayment of wages from graduate workers who went on strike in December. A university spokesperson, Ryan King, said the university is legally obligated to be repaid by striking workers. The university “may not legally pay our employees or gift them funds if they did not

Labor strikes, or threats to strike, are trending in popularity as labor unions flex their muscle in the public sector. New York City is the latest battleground, where municipal unions blame Mayor Eric Adams for not negotiating a new contract in good faith. One union, the United Federation of Teachers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a paycheck protection bill, which sparked criticism from unions in the Sunshine State. Paycheck protection is one way for states to ensure that workers have the right to opt out of deducting, out of their paycheck, mandatory membership dues and agency fees to unions that