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A Sunnier Forecast for Unions at the State Level
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. IBEW activists have an extra spring in their step walking the halls of America’s statehouses this year. For many of them, last November...
Illinois Bans Right to Work
In a complete 180, the new Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill into law that would make local Right to Work laws illegal in the state. The new law, which takes effect immediately,...
IBEW Activists Work to Bring Back Prevailing Wage to New Hampshire
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center For more than three decades, New Hampshire has been the lone New England state lacking a prevailing wage law. But after voters in November’s...
Prevailing Wage Bill Faces Opposition from Business Groups
Budget negotiations in New York are down to the wire and one of the bills that union members are still fighting for is a provision that would define public works projects in the state. The definition...
Call Center Bill Leaves Committee
I have great news to report about Senate Bill 990 an Act Concerning Call Centers and Notice of Closure.
Mark Janus Lobbies for Anti-Union Bill in Kansas
Mark Janus, the namesake on the Janus v AFSCME case that brought Right to Work to the entire public sector, has moved on from being a bad public employee and is now traveling around the country...
Save the NY Film Tax Credits
The annual battle of the budget has been waging in Albany, NY. Facing a billion-dollar deficit and a hard deadline at the end of the month, some state legislators are stooping so low as to threaten...
New Mexico Bans Right to Work
The New Mexico Legislature has passed a new law that would outlaw local Right to Work ordinances and bring local laws in line with the states free bargaining status.
Repeal the NYS Tax Cap
When I listen to politicians in Albany debate property taxes, I am reminded of a famous quote from T.S. Eliot, who said, “Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions....
A Push to Raise the Wage in PA
Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced his proposal to raise wages for working Pennsylvanians. Starting July 1, 2019, this proposal would raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage to $12 an hour, with...