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Court Rules In Union Vs. Union Dispute In Oregon
01/12/2012 Comments Off on Court Rules In Union Vs. Union Dispute In Oregon
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 …NLRB Decides 341 Cases In Fiscal 2012, Including Some Of Its Oldest
16/10/2012 Comments Off on NLRB Decides 341 Cases In Fiscal 2012, Including Some Of Its Oldest
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued decisions in 341 cases during fiscal 2012, 1 Oct. 2011 through 30 Sept. 2012, tackling many of its oldest cases. The NLRB cut the median age of pending cases in half, resolving nine of the 10 oldest cases it faced at the start 2012, . The age of pending cases dropped […]
Continue reading …In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out
03/10/2012 Comments Off on In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out
By Paul Abowd, Center For Public Integrity— After two bruising years for organized labor in the Midwest, the movement has managed to land two pro-union measures on the November ballot in Michigan. Michigan locals and their national leaders now face an ad campaign by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and its friends, urging voters to resist […]
Continue reading …In South Africa 75,000 Striking Miners Remain Defiant
30/09/2012 Comments Off on In South Africa 75,000 Striking Miners Remain Defiant
South African miners on a wildcat strike against the world’s top platinum producer defied management threats of firings on Friday 28 September 2012. Anglo American Platinum, Amplats, is the world’s leading platinum producer. Amplats is a division of global mining firm Anglo American. Amplats announced Thursday, 27 September 2012, that it began disciplinary actions and […]
Continue reading …Wisconsin Piggly Wigglys Pay $570,000 In Back Pay, Rehires Employees
30/09/2012 Comments Off on Wisconsin Piggly Wigglys Pay $570,000 In Back Pay, Rehires Employees
Piggly Wiggly Midwest, a Wisconsin supermarket chain, couldn’t wiggle out of the consequences of its piggish behavior with some of its unionized employees. Piggly Wiggly Midwest will pay more than $570,000 in back pay to 500 union employees at six Wisconsin stores as part of a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB). The […]
Continue reading …Report: New iPhone, Old Abuses: Have Working Conditions At Foxconn In China Improved?
22/09/2012 Comments Off on Report: New iPhone, Old Abuses: Have Working Conditions At Foxconn In China Improved?
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 …Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Anti-Union Law As Unconstitutional
15/09/2012 Comments Off on Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Anti-Union Law As Unconstitutional
A Wisconsin judge has struck down key sections of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial anti-labor law, known as Act 10. Circuit Judge Juan B. Colas wrote in his decision that sections of the law “single out and encumber the rights of those employees who choose union membership and representation solely because of that association and […]
Continue reading …NLRB Considers Office Consolidations
13/03/2012 Comments Off on NLRB Considers Office ConsolidationsThe 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 …Atomic Workers Reject Union, Employer Misconduct Alleged
02/03/2012 Comments Off on Atomic Workers Reject Union, Employer Misconduct Alleged
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 …Musicians In 3 Orchestras Can Have Union Vote, NRLB Rules
09/02/2012 Comments Off on Musicians In 3 Orchestras Can Have Union Vote, NRLB Rules
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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