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SJ Police Officers’ Association accuses department of corruption, misconduct
August 18, 2025 // Dustin Dorsey for ABC 7
"A pattern of willful misconduct within the Internal Affairs Department that goes beyond simple mistakes and has exposed outrageous conduct that appears to be sanctioned by the highest levels within the San Jose Police Department," the video said. This includes misconduct, lack of training and altered documents. SJPOA President Steve Slack is demanding accountability. "My members are held accountable every day," Slack said. "Where is accountability for our command staff and the bureaucratic decision makers at city hall?"
LA Times union to hold first-ever strike authorization vote as contract talks near 3rd year
August 18, 2025 // Raquel 'Rocky' Harris for The Wrap
Last month, the L.A. Times Guild slammed management after the paper sent buyout offers to a small group of staffers, a move the union said “egregiously” violates employee contracts. And this all follows a brutal year for the storied paper, which has been beset by a series of layoffs and buyouts amid incremental ideological shifts mandated by billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Argonne Road construction faces possible delays amid union strike
August 18, 2025 // Noah Corrin for KHQ
Rush hour headaches exacerbated by construction on Argonne Road through Millwood could continue for longer than originally planned thanks to a union labor dispute. Workers on the project aren't striking, but the project is dependent on concrete deliveries that could be held up by striking members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 302.
For first time in decades, Mountain Cement plant workers to vote for unionization
August 18, 2025 // Rachel Finch for Laramie Boomerang
This marks the first time since 1991 that a union election at the plant reached the threshold for a formal vote. Previous efforts failed to secure the 30% employee support required to trigger an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, which gives workers the chance to decide on union representation.
Commentary: To Harvard and Back with Julie Su
August 18, 2025 // K. Lloyd Billingsley for Independent Institute
This year, Julie Su, Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of labor, became a resident fellow with Harvard’s Kennedy School, Institute of Politics. The Century Foundation also brought Su on board as a full-time senior fellow. These prestigious institutions seem to have overlooked key events in Su’s long career. Harvard, where Su, a Stanford grad, earned her law degree, hails the Biden nominee as “a nationally recognized workers’ rights and civil rights expert.” As California’s labor commissioner, Su was “widely credited with a renaissance in enforcement and creative approaches to combating wage theft and protecting immigrant workers.” In reality, her experience was a bit more extensive.
Boeing says no negotiations scheduled, $5K bonus no longer available
August 18, 2025 // James Drew for St. Louis Business Journal
Boeing confirms no negotiations scheduled with the machinists union as the strike nears one week.
USDA moves to end employee union contracts, documents show
August 17, 2025 // Leah Douglas for Reuters
The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved to terminate union contracts with thousands of employees of its animal health and food safety inspection agencies, according to documents seen by Reuters, as one union on Wednesday challenged the firings in court. The notices sent to union leaders at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Food Safety and Inspection Service on Tuesday evening said the action was aligned with President Donald Trump's March executive order to exclude some federal workers from collective bargaining because their agencies have national security missions, the documents show.
Canadian government forces Air Canada, flight attendants into arbitration
August 17, 2025 // author for CBS News
Air Canada and its striking flight attendants were forced back to work and into arbitration Saturday by Canada's government after an early morning strike stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season. Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said now is not the time to take risks with the economy while announcing the intervention. It means the 10,000 flight attendants will return to work soon.
Unions’ battle for survival hits new wave with Trump termination of bargaining agreements
August 16, 2025 // Rebecca Beitsch for The Hill
“The Teamsters contributed to the NRCC and a sprawling list of House Republicans – signaling a monumental shift of working class voters towards the GOP,” the organization highlighted in an email this week. Beyond the court battles, unions are hopeful Congress could take up a discharge petition that would force the House to take a vote on a bill that would overturn Trump’s March order.
GOP senator, labor secretary visit Louisiana alligator farm touting new pro-worker legislation
August 16, 2025 // Chase Williams for FOX Business
Fresh off helping pass that bill, Cassidy is championing his pro-worker legislation, the Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act, introduced last month with senators Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. The bill seeks to modernize federal labor laws, granting gig workers and independent contractors access to health benefits, paid sick leave and retirement plans, among other provisions.
NLRB’s Acting General Counsel Provides Employers with Sweet Guidance About Union “Salts”
August 16, 2025 // Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC for JD Supra
The AGC’s guidance is helpful for employers considering strategies to mitigate the risk of union organizing. For example, a relevant fact to whether an applicant has a genuine interest in being hired includes whether the applicant “followed the employer’s established procedures when applying.” If an employer has a policy prohibiting the hiring of applicants with multiple jobs or unsolicited applications, then it may help the employer avoid discrimination claims from salts. However, the time to implement these policies is before organizing begins. Salting rarely occurs independent of a larger campaign by a union to organize employees. Once that campaign begins, efforts to institute new policies to deter salting may violate the NLRA.
Workers in Missouri and Minnesota Challenge Union Bosses’ Scheme to Coerce Workers into Funding Union Political Activities
August 15, 2025 // author for National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Cases against AFSCME, Guards Union, are latest to argue federal law prohibits “window periods” that trap nonmembers in full union dues payments
Trump Is Making Major Concessions To Union Bosses. Is It Worth It?
August 15, 2025 // Luke Rosiak for The Daily Wire
The Institute for the American Worker noted that union members who had funds embezzled by their leaders in recent years would now have less insight into how their dues were being spent. For example, in 2024, the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 2198 pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $63,000; under the proposed rule, the group would no longer have to file an LM-2.
Flight attendants union says summer storms drove record Delta signatures
August 14, 2025 // Emma Hurt for Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The AFA collected a record number of pro-union signatures among Delta flight attendants in June, organizer says. According to the Association of Flight Attendants, which has been working to unionize Delta’s nearly 30,000 flight attendants for decades, with a new campaign started in 2019, this June collected a record number of pro-union signatures seeking a union election.
Naperville teachers authorize strike as school year begins without contract
August 14, 2025 // Vi Nguyen for NBC Chicago
The Naperville Unit Education Association represents more than 1,500 teachers in the district. The president of the union told NBC Chicago they’ve been negotiating since February with the Board of Education and on Tuesday members voted to authorize a strike if necessary.
California’s richest agricultural family is shuttering a farm the UFW sought to unionize
August 14, 2025 // Melissa Gomez for LA Times
The nursery has been operating at a significant loss for several years, Oster said, but he did not say for exactly how long or just how much it has lost. It was not immediately clear whether UC Daviswould recognize the farmworkers union once it takes control of the nursery. In a statement, UC Davis spokesperson Bill Kisliuk said the university is grateful for the gift, which includes the Wasco facility combined with a $5-million startup donation.
Strike halts work on North Spokane Corridor, other projects
August 14, 2025
WSDOT says it's aware of the strike and confirms work has been suspended on the North Spokane Corridor Spokane River Crossing, paving projects near Pullman on US 195, and in Chewelah on US 395. The northbound lanes of the Greene Street Bridge and one southbound lane are closed indefinitely due to an ongoing strike, according to the WSDOT. WSDOT said there are holes in the bridge and there's no way to reopen it while the strike continues. The agency said it does not know how long the strike will affect the closure.
UPS Avoids Teamsters Strike at Largest Air Hub as Union Further Slams Buyouts
August 14, 2025 // Glenn Taylor for Sourcing Journal
The Teamsters alleged that the package delivery company had ignored or delayed answering complaints that they were regularly diverting airport distribution services to workers paid a lower rate. UPS agreed to a new settlement that solved a jurisdictional dispute between two Teamsters local branches at the maintenance center. In Chicago, the union secured a first contract for its administrative and specialist workers at Teamsters Local 705, with the new deal earning the employees the top wage rate for their respective job duties.
Huntsville auto workers fail to unionize Navistar plant, UAW alleges illegal intimidation
August 14, 2025 // Alex Jobin for Alabama Reporter
Two hundred sixteen out of 228 eligible workers cast ballots in last Thursday’s election at Navistar Big Bore Diesels in Huntsville, with 142 of those ballots cast in opposition to forming a union.
DC Police Union backs Trump’s takeover, citing ‘out of control’ crime
August 13, 2025 // Kalé Carey for Straight Arrow News
n a statement to multiple news outlets, union chair Gregg Pemberton said the group supports Trump’s decision, citing concerns that crime is “out of control” and that officers are operating beyond their limits. Mayor Muriel Bowser called Trump’s takeover order “unsettling and unprecedented,” saying she was caught off guard by the move’s scale. On Monday, she highlighted that violent crime in the city has dropped to its lowest point in 30 years, continuing a downward trend that began in 2019 before the pandemic.
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