Category: labor unions

Las Vegas Policewoman Asks Supreme Court to Compel Union to Return Forced Dues Payments

A Las Vegas police officer who opposes the local police union is asking the Supreme Court to review her claim that the bargaining unit illegally extracted dues money from her paycheck. The case is one in a series of lawsuits that have arisen in light of the Supreme Court’s landmark 2018 ruling in Janus v….


Opposition Growing to Biden Proposal to Expand Union Power in Federal Project Contracting

Fifty Republican Members of Congress and 18 Republican governors are urging President Joe Biden to withdraw the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s (FARC) proposal to require unionized workforces on most government-funded construction projects. The FARC proposal implements Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14063 that requires Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on all “major” federal construction projects. Use of a PLA…


Biden Seeks to Give Union Allies New Monopoly on Billions of Dollars in Federal Contracts

President Joe Biden’s appointees at the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FARC) are proposing a new rule to require that only companies with unionized workforces be allowed to bid for new government contracts worth $35 million or more annually. The FARC proposal implements Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14063 that requires Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on all…


Southwest Airlines, Union, Ordered to Pay $5.3 Million to Pro-Life Former Flight Attendant

A federal jury in Texas ordered Southwest Airlines and its union on July 14 to pay a former flight attendant who opposes abortion more than $5.3 million after she was fired for sending pro-life messages to her union’s president. The jury determined that the airline and Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 556 violated…


Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long COVID’: Lawsuit

NEW YORK—A former Amazon.com Inc employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted “long COVID.” Brittany Hope, 29, a former brand manager for Amazon’s fashion line The Drop in Manhattan, is seeking damages for alleged violations of federal, state, and New York City…


NEA Pays Lavish Salaries to Headquarters Officials, but Spends Only 5.4 Percent of Its Revenue Representing Teachers

America’s largest labor union is the National Education Association (NEA), organized in 1906 with a congressional charter “to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching; and to promote the cause of education in the United States.” One hundred and sixteen years later, the average individual U.S. teacher salary is $60,909, just below the median…


Apple Retail Employees in Atlanta Attempt to Organize First Union in the US

Apple store employees at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on April 20 to hold a union election amid a wave of unionization attempts at retail stores across the country. If the vote is successful, the workers would be the first Apple retail store to unionize…


Grocery Workers Authorize Strike Vote Against SoCal Supermarkets

The union representing grocery store workers in Southern California supermarkets said on March 10 it has authorized a strike vote as contract negotiations with the owners of Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions, and Albertsons have stalled. Bertha Rodríguez, communications coordinator for United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 770, told City News Service the vote will…


SoCal Grocery Workers’ Contract With Major Supermarkets Expires

LOS ANGELES—Grocery store workers and Southern California supermarkets have let their labor contract expire on the morning of March 7, and a strike could be in the future. Contract negotiations between the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local (UFCW) 770 and Southern California’s major supermarkets broke down over the weekend. The existing contract expired…


Strike Looms as SoCal Grocery Workers’ Contract With Major Supermarkets Expires

LOS ANGELES—Grocery store workers and Southern California supermarkets have let their labor contract expire on the morning of March 7, and a strike could be in the future. Contract negotiations between the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local (UFCW) 770 and Southern California’s major supermarkets broke down over the weekend. The existing contract expired…