Posts tagged collective bargaining agreement
Sun Country Airlines, International Brotherhood of Teamsters reach agreement covering flight attendants
January 31, 2025 // Both IBT and Sun Country will work together to finalize the language in the agreement. Once it is revised, flight attendants will be able to vote on it next month.
New Hampshire to consider ‘right to work’ proposal
January 29, 2025 // Not surprisingly, union leaders oppose the 'right to work' legislation, arguing that it prevents workers from negotiating higher wages and conflicts with contractual agreements between workers and employers. ‘Right to work’ legislation has been debated in New Hampshire for decades but has failed to win enough support to become a law. The Legislature approved a ‘right to work’ bill in 2011 but was vetoed by then-Gov. John Lynch. The most recent effort came in 2021 when Democrats blocked a Republican-led proposal to prevent labor unions from collecting dues from private sector workers.
Michigan University Hospital, union feud over parking spots
January 28, 2025 // Labor unions typically bargain on behalf of employees over paid time off, worker pay and workplace conditions. But unions and employers also fight over unconventional issues such as the price of vending machine food and how many criminal offenses a teacher may have and stay on the job. Nurses prevailed last month in a struggle over parking lot protocols. The University of Michigan altered employee parking arrangements to create more spaces for patients. The Michigan Nurses Association in 2019 demanded that the university make more parking spaces available for nurses and requested to bargain over the issue.
Troy districts’ teacher contract discourages parents’ visits to the classroom
January 17, 2025 // Under the ‘Classroom Visits’ provision, it actively discourages parental visits. There are 17 paragraphs, listed from A to Q, which define the conditions parents and school employees must satisfy. “Given the learning disruption caused by classroom visits, TSD administration shall actively discourage this practice,” the first graph reads. A parent can only visit the classroom once per academic year, for no more than 30 minutes unless school officials agree to it.
Trump Faces Federal Employee Unions in Government Efficiency Battle
January 3, 2025 // “For President-elect Trump to succeed at making the federal bureaucracy more efficient and accountable to the American people, he’ll have to once again do battle with federal unions,” Max Nelsen, a labor policy expert at the Freedom Foundation, told The Center Square.
Costco rejects 98% of Teamsters’ demands
December 17, 2024 // With the current contract – ratified in October 2022 -- set to expire in 7 weeks, the union is negotiating for paid family leave, bereavement policies, sick time, safeguards against surveillance, and establishing critical language in the contract on seniority. If the company does not present a collective bargaining agreement before Jan. 31, Costco (COST) employees who are members of the union will go on strike.
Hartford Fire Department puts controversial policy on hold
December 5, 2024 // The chief cited a clause in the union contract that took effect all the way back in 2008. It said paid members of the Hartford Fire Department cannot work for other departments at the same time, whether paid or unpaid.
USL Super League players agree to unionize in historic move for women’s soccer
November 14, 2024 // The USL Super League, the women's soccer league that started play last summer, has agreed to unionize just half way through its first season. They will be presented by the USL Players Association, the governing body that works with the men's teams in the USL Championship and USL League One.
WNBA players union decides to opt out of current collective bargaining agreement, two years before expiration.
October 23, 2024 // The WNBA players union has decided to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, two years before its expiration. The league and players union had the option to do so before Nov. 1. The early opt-out marks a crucial juncture for the league. The WNBA signed a historic 11-year media rights deal worth $200 million a year.
UVM graduate students take initial steps to form union
September 19, 2024 // The GSU represents more than 600 graduate student workers at UVM. They are following in the footsteps of other groups unionizing on campus, including faculty and staff. The University of Vermont estimates that at least 1 in 5 graduate students are food insecure.