*News Update* The University of Illinois-Chicago and the University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty (UICUF) reached a tentative deal on January 23 to raise the minimum salary to $60,000, stronger job protections for non-tenure track faculty, and a non-contractual commitment for mental health services for students. Classes resumed the same day
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A court case before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court pits the City of Boston against its firefighters. The case, Boston Firefighters Union Local 718 v. City of Boston, concerns the city’s authority to mandate vaccination of its public employees without negotiating the terms with labor unions. Boston’s attorneys contended that
Spencer Irvine, Senior Researcher and Senior Writer, penned an opinion editorial about “Where Do Your Dues Go” research and teachers unions.
AFFT Senior Counsel and Senior Fellow of Labor Policy with the Commonwealth Foundation, David Osborne, has an opinion editorial featured in Broad and Liberty.
*News Update* The New York Nurses Association announced an end to their strike after reaching separate agreements with Mount Sinai Hospital and two other hospitals. In a press release, the nurses union said that the “historic” deal will enforce financial penalties if the staffing ratios are not met. Mount Sinai’s
The House of Representatives made waves last spring when it passed a resolution which allowed staffers to unionize. Ever since, the Congressional Workers Union (CWU) has been unionizing House Democrats’ office staff. The CWU lists allies on its website and social media accounts which include United Auto Workers, Teamsters, and
Americans for Fair Treatment’s amicus brief was mentioned by Law360.
Union leaders are blaming remote work for declining union membership in California after state data showed the amount of dues-paying union members declined by 3,750 from October 2021 to October 2022. Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG) executive director Ted Toppin said, “It’s very difficult to make that connection, try
