Posts tagged arbitration
D.C. Circuit: Federal worker unions can demand ‘midterm’ bargaining
January 28, 2022 // Federal-sector unions, which collectively represent more than 1 million government workers, have the right to demand that agencies bargain with them in the middle of a contract term, a U.S. appeals court said on Friday.
Judge Says BNSF Unions Can’t Strike Over New Attendance Rule
January 27, 2022 // A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a strike would likely violate federal law because under their contracts railroad unions aren't allowed to strike over minor disputes. Instead, those must be settled through arbitration or negotiation.
The vaccine mandate for Philadelphia city employees keeps getting delayed due to labor disputes
January 21, 2022 // The city’s 3,300 nonunion employees have been subject to a vaccine mandate since December, and the city has seen 99% compliance with the rule, the mayor’s office said. The city’s four major unions each sought separate agreements with the administration over how the vaccine mandate would be managed, delaying its implementation until the labor disputes are resolved.
EDITORIAL: How collective bargaining allows fired government employees keep their jobs
December 18, 2021 // ...what happens when government cedes its authority to employee unions through collective bargaining. Nevada governments have done so at the local level for decades. Now the state is in on the game. After he won election, Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a bill allowing state workers to bargain collectively, too. It will now become much more difficult to dismiss incompetent state employees.