Posts tagged clerical workers

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

    Opinion: Retirement Board, city unions prioritize members over taxpayers

    June 23, 2026 // It was ironic. Some of the same union members that Lang could have legally laid off but instead saved their jobs by slightly reducing their pay, those same folks turned around and sued him. “Rocking-chair money,” Lang called the wages that the city workers demanded for not working.

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    News Article ● Strike

    Allegheny County 911 Dispatchers Union May Stage A Strike

    March 2, 2022 // Contract negotiations between the SEIU representing the dispatchers and the county appear to be at an impasse, and the dispatchers are holding a vote to authorize a one-day strike on March 12 -— the day of Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick Day Parade.

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    News Article ● Unions

    Minneapolis school employee unions call for settled contracts

    November 30, 2021 // Unions representing teachers, bus drivers, educational support staff, clerical workers and food service staff are in various stages of negotiating contracts with the district.

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