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NYS Comptroller Candidate: My Favorite Case is Janus
With an election coming up in just a few weeks, everyone from state assembly members to the Governor are running for election. In New York, getting the union vote is an important endorsement. Not...
Janus Decision Opens the Door for Workers to Sue their Union
Since the Janus decision, UCOMM Blog has been reporting on a number of ways that conservative, anti-union groups have been trying to destroy unions. Some include knocking on union members doors,...
Union Membership in New Jersey Holds Strong
Nearly 3 months after the Janus v AFSCME decision, unions are beginning to asses the fallout. While many thought the ruling would be catastrophic for public sector unions, some in New Jersey are...
Collective Bargaining Under Attack in Federal Court
Following the Janus decision, anti-union groups are figuring out the next round of cases to file to weaken public sector unions. In Minnesota, they have filed a case challenging a union's...
Trolling the Union Busters
Since the Janus decision, public employees across the country have been getting emails, door knocks, phone calls and direct mail from billionaire backed groups telling them to opt out of their union...
Mitchell: The Mad Man Training Trump to Destroy Unions
Once again Trump has proven that his goal is to destroy unions. The billionaire, who has said that he will sign a national right to work law and is waging an open war with federal workers and their...
Janus Co-Worker: He Would Have Been Outsourced Years Ago
Yesterday, UCOMM Blog brought you the news that Mark Janus, the plaintiff in the Janus v AFSCME case had decided to leave his job working as a social worker for the state of Illinois to take a...
Mark Janus Quits Job to Lower Public Employees Wages
It was just a few weeks ago that Mark Janus won the right to stop paying agency fees and to get the benefits of a collective bargaining agreement for free. The decision, Janus v AFSCME, brought right...
AFL-CIO Looking for a New Direction
From the NYS AFL-CIO Website: The New York State AFL-CIO hosted a series of 10 focus groups with our Area Labor Federations/ Central Labor Councils across the state from April 2018 - June 2018...
In Response to Janus, NEA Cuts Budget by $50 Million
As teachers got together this week in Minnesota for the annual meeting of the National Education Association (NEA), the country’s largest public-sector union, they met under much higher stakes...