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GOP Call for Delay in NYS Minimum-Wage Hike
Republicans in New York are attempting to use the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent a scheduled increase of the state's minimum wage. Find out more from Newsday.
NYC Principals Union Asks State to Takeover City Schools
In a stark rebuke of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s leadership of the nation’s largest school district during the COVID-19 pandemic, the union that represents the principals at New...
Michigan Makes it Harder to Work Union
Michigan is making it harder for public employee unions to collect dues. On Monday, the Michigan Civil Service Commission voted to approve a rule change that would require state workers to opt into...
Florida: Employers Should Decide Who Joins a Union
Florida may be a Right to Work state, but they do have some union members. However, Republicans in the statehouse want to make it even harder for those members to stay in their unions and pay their...
South Dakota: No Bargaining for College Professors
South Dakota legislators have begun to pass a measure that would effectively ban unions from the state’s public universities.
Virginia Set to Restore Collective Bargaining Rights
Since the 1990’s teachers and other public employees in Virginia have not had the right to collectively bargain for a contract. With a new Democratic majority in both the House of Delegates and...
A Constitutional Ban on Right to Work
In April, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a ban on local right to work laws in the state. The support of the Governor’s office for the law was a complete 180 from the previous...
Colorado Governor Support Bargaining Rights for Public Employees
A major victory for public employees may be on the horizon for workers in Colorado.
West Virginia High Court Hears Right to Work Case
Repealing Right to Work will get it’s final day in court this week in West Virginia. The long-running case, Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General v. WV AFL-CIO and others., seeks to overturn the...
Sanders and Warren: Repeal VA Right to Work
After a strong union-backed effort in 2019 Democrats took control of all branches of the Virginia state government. As UCOMM previously reported Democrats had promised to repeal the state’s...