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Where the Jobs Are (and Aren’t): Sectoral Shifts and the Federal Workforce Pullback
November 5, 2025 // Jack Salmon, Revana Sharfuddin for Labor Market Matters
Healthcare’s steady expansion and manufacturing’s contraction capture the reallocation story at the heart of today’s labor market. Where jobs grow—and where they disappear—helps explain why some young workers thrive while others stall. Meanwhile, the federal workforce reductions mark one of the most significant government pullbacks in decades, echoing the reform-minded cuts of the 1990s.
Rivers Casino Portsmouth First Virginia Gaming Property to Unionize
November 5, 2025 // Devin O'Connor for Casino.org
The Local 822 Teamsters chapter said workers at the Portsmouth casino backed unionizing with 95% support. The Norfolk-based union, which primarily represents freight and manufacturing employees in the region, says the Rivers Casino contract sets a precedent for fairness, wages, and workplace protections in Virginia’s rapidly emerging gaming industry. Local 822 represents workers at UPS, UPS Freight, ABF Freight, and Pepsi. Rivers has now been added to the list.
Santa Rosa’s Unionized Teachers Demand Outside Audit
November 5, 2025 // Jeff Woodworth for KSRO
Hundreds of Santa Rosa’s unionized teachers and staff gathered last week to demand an outside audit of district finances.
Fifth Circuit Denies Enforcement of NLRB’s Enhanced Remedies, Widening Circuit Split
November 5, 2025 // Proskauer for J.D. Supra
The Fifth Circuit now joins the Third Circuit in holding that the Board exceeded its authority under the NLRA by awarding Thryv remedies. The Third Circuit also held that Thryv remedies exceeded the authority granted to the Board under Section 10(c), as we reported here. In contrast, the Ninth Circuit upheld Thryv remedies,
GET-UP announces strike authorization vote at press conference with elected officials
November 4, 2025 // James Wan, Sandy Walls for Daily Pennsylvanian
GET-UP’s economic proposals have included pay increases to match a living wage, comprehensive vision and dental coverage, health insurance for dependents, childcare benefits, retirement contributions, and access to employee benefit programs. During the union’s bargaining sessions on Oct. 28, Penn provided counterproposals on various economic articles, including compensation and healthcare. In their response, according to Friedline, Penn proposed raising the minimum stipend for graduate workers from $39,425 to $43,000.
Faculty strike at HACC disrupts classes, draws community and student support
November 4, 2025 // AJ Sisson for WGAL
Educators at HACC Central Pennsylvania's Community College are on strike after stalled contract negotiations and no salary increases since unionizing in 2022. The strike, which began following 13 hours of failed talks last week, drew support from students, educators, and community members, but has left many students without instructors on Monday.
WNBA and players union agree to 30-day extension for CBA negotiations
November 4, 2025 // DOUG FEINBERG for ASSOCIATED PRESS
The new Nov. 30 deadline gives the sides more time to come up with a new deal that would be transformational for the players in terms of salary. In 2019, when the last CBA deal had expired, the sides agreed to a 60-day extension and eventually ratified the current CBA in January 2020. The sides have had meetings over the past few days, including in New York on Thursday. Had an extension not been reached by Friday, the sides would have had three options: let things continue as is, have the players go on strike or the owners lock them out. A strike or lockout didn't really make sense for either side to do.
National Right to Work Foundation Issues Notice to VW Chattanooga Employees Impacted By UAW Boss-Ordered Strike
November 4, 2025 // author for National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Notice informs VW Team Members of their rights in light of a potential strike at Tennessee production plant
Local FOP union files federal lawsuit against Whitehall mayor, police chief for email block
November 4, 2025 // Shahid Meighan for Columbus Dispatch
The decision by top Whitehall city officials to block incoming emails from the local FOP union — now the subject of a federal lawsuit — was a First Amendment violation and the block should be lifted, the city's attorney warned during a Whitehall City Council meeting in September. The Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9 filed a lawsuit Oct. 31 in U.S. District Court in Columbus against the city of Whitehall over the decision — the latest development in a long-running feud between top Whitehall officials and the local police union.
OTS makes ‘last, best and final’ offer to union
November 4, 2025 // Nikki Schenfeld for KHON
She clarified that this contract is for TheBus only and other services like HandiVan would still operate. In a letter to members, the Hawaii Teamsters Local 996 called on workers to vote no, saying the company’s offer still falls short on critical issues like wages, pensions, and hazard pay.
Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown
November 4, 2025 // JONATHAN MATTISE for Associated Press
The specifics vary. Massachusetts has a high-end weekly benefit of $1,105 per week for up to 30 weeks. In Mississippi, it’s no more than $235 weekly for up to 26 weeks. Roughly half the states pay less than $600 a week maximum, according to U.S. Department of Labor numbers. Not everyone gets the maximum weekly rate. Some states offer fewer than 20 weeks. And the limits can grow in some states when unemployment rates are particularly high. Around the nation’s capital, the maximum weekly payment is $444 in Washington, D.C., $430 in Maryland and $378 in Virginia. In Texas, where Avila-Thomas lives, the weekly maximum is $605, for up to 26 weeks.
Top labor groups break with federal union’s support of Republican measure to end shutdown
November 4, 2025 // Max Zahn for ABC.com
But many of the top labor unions told ABC News that they continue to back the strategy taken up by Democrats, breaking with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents hundreds of thousands of federal workers losing out on pay and staring down the threat of layoffs. Many labor unions, a key bloc within the Democratic Party, support the push for an extension of Obamacare subsidies and remain eager to fight a president they view as an adversary of workers, some labor analysts and union officials said.
As historic LGBTQ+ bar closes in SLC, owner and union organizers say they both hope to find ‘a path forward’
November 4, 2025 // Brock Marchant, Sheila McCann, Rick Egan for Salt Lake Tribune
The bar has tried to stay open during the shutdown, she said, but “sadly, the financial impact of consistent protests has made it impossible for us to remain open. As such, we will be closing the SunTrapp on October 31st, 2025.“
Union: Boeing can end strike by spending $8M more over 4 years
November 3, 2025 // James Drew for St. Louis Business Journal
IAM said its counteroffer, released Oct. 27, would add $115.7 million in costs to Boeing over four years, or just $8 million more than the $107.7 million in added costs from the first four years of Boeing's five-year contract offer. “Alternatively, on an annual basis, our counteroffer adds costs of $28.9 million per year ($115.7M/4 years). The company’s offer adds costs of $25.9 million per year ($129.3M/5 years),” the union told the Business Journal.
More than 1,400 nurses go on strike at 2 USC hospitals in Boyle Heights
November 3, 2025 // Carley Gomez for KABC
Keck Medicine officials said its facilities "will remain open and fully staffed with doctors, nurses and all other clinical professionals" during the strike, "as we continue our commitment to exceptional patient care and safety."
‘Scabby the Rat’ mascot slashed outside reopening of iconic NYC eatery Babbo — sparking cops’ raid
November 3, 2025 // Lisa Fickenscher for New York Post
Then Haack said he turned to his rat and saw where the hissing sound was coming from: a fresh, 8-inch gaping hole on its right thigh. “The man who approached me is still outside and some others and they kind of chuckle, acknowledging what just happened,” Haack said. “I’m sure they at least found it funny.” Haack called 911. Within five minutes, up to 10 NYPD officer arrived at the restaurant’s Waverly Place address in squad cars with their lights and sirens blaring.
U-M graduate student research assistants seek to unionize
November 3, 2025 // Kevin Meerschaert for WEMU
Ahead of the rally, over 1,500 graduate student research assistants have signed unionization cards. They need a few hundred more to sign up to reach the mandated 30% to set a union vote.
GSI, Kavin Give More Reasons for NJDOL to Abandon Independent Contractor Rule
November 3, 2025 // author for NJBIA
despite more than 99% of opposing comments to it, there were two new developments this week to show even more reasons why the effort should be abandoned. A new analysis from the Garden State Initiative showed how the rule would effectively threaten the livelihoods of thousands of freelancers, caregivers, and small business owners across the state. The report, Independent Contractor Rules Threaten New Jersey’s Small Businesses and Jobs: Lessons from California’s Failed Approach, said the rule would disproportionately affect “women and men with young children who rely on flexible hours,” retirees supplementing their income, and “immigrants and minorities, many who use gig work as a first step into the American workforce.”
‘DRAG IS NOT A CRIME’: NJ Teachers Union Backing Sherrill to Celebrate ‘Queens’ After Election
November 3, 2025 // Tyler O'Neil for Daily Signal
The New Jersey Education Association, which has 200,000 members as the Garden State’s chapter of the National Education Association, will host its annual convention on Nov. 6 and 7, two days after the gubernatorial election. At the convention, the NJEA Consortium—a union project undertaken with education and “social justice” organizations—will host a Friday event called “Drag is Not a Crime: The Past, Present, and Future of Drag.” The convention’s floor plan also includes a booth dedicated to the drag theme. The NJEA convention theme puts “learning” third—after “equity” and “justice.”
WA political committees raise $66M, spend $52.8M ahead of 2025 general election
November 2, 2025 // Tim Clouser for The Center Square
The SEIU 775 labor union, which represents over 55,000 health care workers across three states, has a PAC called SEIU 775 Ballot Fund. That committee raised and spent the most out of any other PAC so far this year, with $7.1 million in contributions and $2.8 million in expenditures, according to the PDC. The labor union also registered several other PACs in Washington state this year, according to the PDC.