Tag: Service Employees International Union

Los Angeles Unified Service Workers Overwhelmingly Approve New Labor Deal

LOS ANGELES—Thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) service workers overwhelmingly approved what has been described as a “historic” labor agreement, with over 99 percent of members voting in favor of the deal, union officials said April 8. The roughly 30,000 members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99 cast ballots on…


LAUSD, Union Reach Tentative Agreement After 3-Day Strike That Shut Schools Down

The union representing 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) service workers who just concluded a three-day strike that shuttered the nation’s second-largest school system has reached a tentative labor contract with the district, officials announced March 24. The tentative pact still needs the approval of Service Employees International Union Local 99 members and the…


2nd Starbucks Store Near Buffalo Votes to Unionize

A second Starbucks store near Buffalo, New York, has voted to unionize, one of a growing number of the coffee chain’s stores seeking to organize workers. Workers at the store, in the suburb of Cheektowaga, voted 15–9 in favor of representation by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The National Labor…


Leader of California’s Largest Labor Union Quits After Tax, Embezzlement Charges

The executive director of California’s largest labor union has resigned from her post after the state charged her and her husband with embezzlement, tax fraud, perjury, and failure to pay unemployment insurance taxes. Then-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California Executive Director Alma Hernandez and her husband, Jose Moscoso, were charged in a seven-page felony complaint…


Leader of California’s Biggest Labor Union Quits After Tax, Embezzlement Charges

The executive director of California’s largest labor union resigned her post after the state charged her and her husband with embezzlement, tax fraud, perjury, and failure to pay unemployment insurance taxes. Then-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California Executive Director Alma Hernandez and her husband, Jose Moscoso, were charged in a 7-page felony complaint filed with…