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California Republicans Want to Repeal Ban on Union Busting
In California, it is illegal for public employers to deter or discourage workers from joining a union. The law was passed in 2018 following the Janus v AFSCME decision that allowed public employees...
Albertsons/Safeway to Pay $575M in Pension
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) have gone toe-to-toe with Billionaire Steve Feinberg, the boss at Cerberus Capital Management a vulture capitalist buyout fund and won. Cerberus, which...
Unions Want More Teleworking Amid Coronavirus
Turn on the news and the lead story every day is about coronavirus. As the virus spread across Asia and Europe many offices began preparing for an outbreak in the United States and what that might...
Bank Workers Win Historic Union
This week, a majority of bank workers at Beneficial State Bank chose to join CWA, becoming the first U.S. bank workers in decades to win union rights. The bargaining unit of 113 includes bankers,...
TSA Bargaining Bill Gets Vote in Congress
Since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created in November of 2001, employees have had limited union rights. Already as federal workers, they couldn’t negotiate things like...
Inspectors Falsified Reports at Hard Rock Hotel
In October, UCOMM reported on the deadly building collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans. Nearly six months later, the bodies of the workers who died in the collapse have still not been...
Trump Issues Restrictive Joint Employer Rule
For the past three years, the Trump appointees on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been fighting to overturn the Obama era Joint Employer Rule. This rule held companies like McDonald...
Trump's OSHA Cuts: Fewer Inspections Less Training
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is warning that budget cuts could lead to fewer safety inspections in 2020. OSHA says that they have lost a lot of veteran inspectors due to...
Kickstarter Employees Vote to Join Union
A major victory has been won for unions in the tech world as they are celebrating their first victory at a major tech firm. Employees at Kickstarter announced that they have successfully voted to...
NLRB Challenges Ban on Captive Audience Meetings
This article was written by the IBEW Media Center. The National Labor Relations Board is trying to kill a law unique to Oregon that prohibits employers from forcing workers to attend anti-union...