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By ROBERT THOMAS— The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) wants to make sure they aren’t left out of the cold at the Port of Portland Oregon. The union has been filing lawsuits and grievances against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in a dispute about who has the legal contract to plug in, […]
Continue reading …A new report from a watchdog group in China suggests that working conditions at Foxconn, the company that makes Apple’s iPhone,have not improved. Reports of abuse, dangerous working conditions, forced unpaid labor and worker suicides have drawn attention to Foxconn In Sept. 2012, researchers from Hong Kong-based organization Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) […]
Continue reading …The National Labor Relations Board is considering a program that would consolidate regional offices in St. Louis, Mo. (Region 14) and Kansas City, Kan. (Region 17). The pilot would also move the office in Peoria, Ill., from the jurisdiction of the St. Louis office to that of the regional office in Indianapolis, In. (Region 25). […]
Continue reading …On Wednesday, 29 February 2012, a two-thirds majority of technical workers at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) near Albany, New York, rejected a unionization bid, amid allegations of employer misconduct. The vote was 87 in favor and 166 against out of 265 eligible voters, according to a statement from Local 147 of the International […]
Continue reading …Symphony orchestra musicians in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Texas now have the option to play under a different set of rules. The NRLB has determined they are not independent contractors, but employees and are eligible to vote on whether they want union representation. In a 2-to-1 decision issued 27 December 2011, regarding the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, […]
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