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3 Apr 2012, 3:53 am
"With labor impasse in 9th month, locked out American Crystal workers change plans for future" -- Washington Post The daily protests by union workers outside the American Crystal Sugar plant in Moorhead, Minn., have become sporadic, and nine months into the company-imposed lockout, the only hint of the ongoing contract dispute Monday was a pro-union poster someone had nailed to a wooden stand. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 5:55 am
DC Circuit Sends DuPont Benefits Case Back to NLRB: Abigail Rubenstein of Law360 ($) writes that the D.C. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 4:35 am
"AT&T Employees Continue To Work Despite Expired Labor Deal" -- Huffington Post More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 4:04 am
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11 Mar 2012, 6:16 pm
"Cuomo Crosses Labor" -- Wall Street Journal Unions have a short memory. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 5:32 am
NLRB Appeals South Carolina Notice Posting Ruling: Abigail Rubenstein of Law360 ($) writes that the National Labor Relations Board filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit challenging U.S. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 4:06 am
Tropicana Won't Fire Employee Protestors: CourierPostOnline.com carries an Associated Press article by Wayne Parry stating that the 21 workers at Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City who blocked traffic outside the casino's main entrance will not be terminated. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 4:13 am
Houston Janitors' Strike Goes Coast to Coast: Cole Stangler of the Huffington Post reports that SEIU Local 1's janitor strike in Houston is spreading to other cities across the country: Due to so-called "conscience clauses" in contracts negotiated by the union with several contracting firms across the country, SEIU janitors employed by those same contracting firms elsewhere can choose not to cross the picket line in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Seattle, Boston, and… [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 5:07 am
Chicago Teachers File Strike Notice: Stephen Sawchuk of Education Week writes that the Chicago Teachers Union filed a notice of intent to strike yesterday. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 5:22 pm
"Disney labor leader wants unions to build political presence" - Orlando Sentinel Ed Chambers is president of the Service Trades Council, the labor group that represents more than 20,000 full-time workers at Walt Disney World. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 7:10 am
"Minnesota right-to-work bill advances on split vote" -- Duluth News Tribune Conservative Republican state Sens. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 2:51 am
Insurance Premiums Focus of ULP Charge: Insurancenewsnet.com carries an article by Barry Adams of The Wisconsin State Journal stating that the National Labor Relations Board is investigating an unfair labor practice charge alleging that Metcalfe's Market refused to bargain in good faith by unilaterally implementing health insurance premium increases for about 23 employees in the meat departments at two stores. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 3:07 am
"Blumenthal, Durbin, Harkin introduce bill protecting union rights" -- NorwalkPlus.com ...Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Re-empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradeworkers (RESPECT) Act. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 5:44 am
"Obama JOBS Act Leaves Labor Fuming In Democratic Feud" -- Huffington Post President Barack Obama will sign the JOBS Act into law Thursday, clinching a rare and hard-fought bipartisan victory for his presidency. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 4:35 am
Lockheed workers approve contract: Reuters reports that Lockheed Martin's workers in Texas, California, and Maryland represented by the International Association of Machinists agreed to accept a new collective bargaining agreement. [read post]
31 May 2012, 3:17 am
New Social Media Guidance: The National Labor Relations Board's Acting General Counsel issued a third memorandum on social media cases. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 3:58 am
"United Steelworkers authorize strike at Tesoro plant" -- MySanAntonio.com Workers at Tesoro Corp.'s biggest refinery voted Monday to authorize a strike at the Martinez, Calif., plant, “but they haven't gone on strike yet,” a spokeswoman for the United Steelworkers said Tuesday. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 4:38 am
Push for Title VII to Cover Labor Rights: Derrick Cain at Bloomberg BNA covers a forum at the Century Foundation in which Richard Kahlenberg asserts the right to unionize should be protected by Title VII because the National Labor Relations Act "has no teeth and needs stronger enforcement provisions": According to Kahlenberg, putting a labor rights package into Title VII could increase current fines for violations by three times, and allow for more transparency. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 3:38 am
"Watchdog says NLRB member violated ethics rules, improperly shared internal deliberations" -- Washington Post A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency’s private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 3:51 am
"Darrell Issa's Labor Website Infuriates Unions" -- Huffington Post Union activists generally don't consider House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. [read post]
