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Postal unions to Biden: Stop stalling and fill postal board vacancies

May 17, 2023

Postal workers have repeatedly protested plans to slow mail, raise prices, close postal facilities, and pave the way for privatization.

Collective Bargaining

Writers strike hits TV and film

May 5, 2023

Writers Guild of America unanimously called the strike after 6 weeks bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

National

Starbucks coming under pressure

Apr 6, 2023

The union-busting coffee giant sees a strike wave, an adverse legal ruling, and its leader hauled before a Senate Committee.

National

Michigan repeals ‘right-to-work’ and restores prevailing wage

Apr 6, 2023

Democratic majorities voted to repeal a “right-to-work” law that GOP legislators passed in 2012, and restore the state prevailing wage law. 

White House
National

Biden vetoes bill targeting shareholder activism 

Apr 6, 2023

Republicans wanted to overturn a rule allowing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments in pensions.

Collective Bargaining

Minor League salaries double in first union contract

Apr 6, 2023

Minor League Baseball players unionized in September. And by the end of March, they had their first-ever collective bargaining agreement.

National

Renamed PRO Act introduced in Congress

Mar 16, 2023

Democrats in Congress have signed onto the PRO Act, a bill to make it easier to unionize. Republicans have not.

National

Biden nominates Julie Su to be Secretary of Labor

Mar 16, 2023

If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace Marty Walsh, who is leaving to become head of the National Hockey League Players’ Association. 

Analysis

Big strikes creep up again in 2022

Mar 2, 2023

At least 23 major work stoppages broke out last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Feb. 22—up from 16 the previous year.

National

Unemployment at its lowest in 50 years

Feb 15, 2023

In a Feb. 3 report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the United State gained 517,000 jobs in January.

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