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A month after Congress and President Joe Biden ended a potential railroad strike, a coalition of over sixty public and private labor unions are voicing their opposition to the deal. Delegates from the Western Mass Area Labor Federation (WMALF), which claims to represent 60,000 workers in the region, voted unanimously
In the wake of the graduate workers’ strike at University of California, the graduate student union at the University of Michigan is clamoring for pay raises and other benefits from its university administration. The Graduate Employee’s Organization (GEO) at the University of Michigan published an opinion editorial in the Michigan
With a new legislative session starting in Michigan, lawmakers in both political parties are filing bills that could become law by the end of the session. One of the more notable bill proposals was a proposed repeal of the state’s Right-to-Work law, which caused a major stir between Big Labor,
*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
