Posts tagged collectively bargain

    News Article ● Unionization

    Most Colorado county workers win right to unionize under new state law

    May 31, 2022 //

    ALEXANDER BURNESS arbitration benefits Broomfield collectively bargain Colorado counties county commissioners Daneya Esgar Democrats Denver Denver Post government employees Heather Burke home-rule Jared Polis Labor Leaders opt-out pay Pitkin Pro-union Republican SB22-230 school districts special districts Steve Fenberg universities Weld work conditions

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unionization

    Authorizing congressional unions won’t end Democrats’ labor troubles

    May 17, 2022 // Earlier this year, after the Democrat-controlled Washington state Legislature quietly killed a pair of bills extending collective bargaining privileges to legislative aides, about 100 Democrat staffers staged an unprecedented sickout. Facing a PR nightmare, panicked Democrat leadership quickly reintroduced and passed legislation allowing staff to unionize and bargain, but not until 2024, after a new “Office of State Legislative Labor Relations” spends millions of taxpayer dollars trying to figure out how to make it work in practice.

    BuzzFeed CAA collective bargaining collectively bargain Competitive Enterprise Institute Congress Congressional Accountability Act Congressional Democrats Congressional Progressive Caucus Contract with America Democrats Freedom Foundation H.R. 1096 House of Representatives Maxford Nelsen most pro-union president Newt Gingrich Office of Congressional Workplace Rights Office of State Legislative Labor Relations Pramila Jayapal private sector Public Sector Rep. Andy Levin Republican Republican Congress Sean Higgins

    News Article ● Labor Strike Unionization

    IU graduate student workers strike through finals; all-faculty meeting scheduled

    May 6, 2022 // So far, finals week disruptions have been minimal. Carney said there are plans in place for faculty, even department chairs, to help with grading if needed.

    alumni assessing student performance Bloomington Brown University collectively bargain community members elimination of mandatory fees faculty field of study finals finals week grading graduate student higher pay Indiana IU IU spokesperson Chuck Carney non-reappointment Ph.D. student Cole Nelson picket Princeton Provost Strike testing The Guardian undergraduates wages work stoppage

    News Article Research ● PRO Act Unionization Unions

    The Future of Unions (Gallup Polling)

    May 2, 2022 // In short, views of unions do not significantly divide the rich versus the poor, the highly educated versus the less well educated or women versus men. Views of unions are largely a factor of the individual's underlying political and ideological orientation.

    Apple Apple store Atlanta Bureau of Labor and Statistics collectively bargain Democratic political base Democrats Demographic Variables education ethnic groups FRANK NEWPORT full-time workers gallup gender Georgia Great Discontent Great Resignation Highly Partisan House Howard Schultz income Labor labor actions labor union influence labor unions leaned Republican membership MIT professors most pro-union president New York New York Times New York Times tech workers organized labor part-time party identification pew research President Joe Biden PRO Act Pro-union Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Protecting the Right to Organize Act race racial groups Republican political base Republicans Senate skew Democratic Starbucks Staten Island tech workers Trump Administration Union union election Unionization unionizing efforts watching for opportunities

    Blog ● Unionization

    What the Amazon union do-over in Alabama means for the future of retail

    February 16, 2022 // U.S. consumers, especially younger ones, harbor new expectations about the workplace that businesses may not be able to ignore.

    $15 per hour Alabama Amazon Amazon Union benefits Bessemer Black Lives Matter breaks collectively bargain Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations Covid Daniel Cornfield Daphne Howland Darryl Richardson e-commerce facilities essential workers Fast Food federal employees Great Resignation Jeff Bezos Kate Bronfenbrenner Kent Wong Labor shortage Los Angeles mailbox Me Too movements minimum wage job National Labor Relations Board New York City pay private-sector workers pro-labor activity Pro-union REI Retail Retail Dive RWDSU safety standards SoHo Starbucks Workers United training Unionization University of California Vanderbilt University vote White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment worker resistance and worker protests

    News Article ● Unionization

    Four Michigan Starbucks locations file petitions to organize unions

    January 28, 2022 //

    Ann Arbor Buffalo Clinton Township collectively bargain Grand Blanc Michigan Monica Lea National Labor Relations Board New York petition Starbucks union election Unionization

    News Article ● Unionization

    Polis throws cold water on public unions bill

    January 21, 2022 // Colorado: A bill to allow public employees to engage in collective bargaining has run into its biggest hurdle: lack of support from Gov. Jared Polis

    cities classified employees CML collective bargaining collectively bargain Colorado Colorado Municipal League Colorado Public Radio Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers communicate with unions counties fire districts General Assembly healthcare home-rule cities hours House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar Jared Polis Kevin Bommer library MARIANNE GOODLAND Minimum wage Office of the Colorado State Public Defender participate in the political process public colleges public union bill school Sen. Steve Fenberg state workers teachers union representation unionize universities