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COLUMBUS: Several suburban libraries began unionizing after COVID. Are they better off 4 years later?
September 17, 2025 // According to the State Employment Relations Board’s 2025 Annual Report, there have been 203 unfair labor practice charges filed statewide. "Out of those 203 charges, the board found probable cause in eight matters," said Mona Reed, the board's executive director.
The Buckeye Institute Wins Settlement in Education Union Dues Case
August 25, 2025 // The Buckeye Institute won another legal victory, this time for Beth Queen, a science teacher in Poland, Ohio, and Buckeye’s client in Queen v. NEA. Immediately after The Buckeye Institute filed the case, the Ohio Education Association agreed to settle the dispute to Ms. Queen’s satisfaction. “With this settlement, the OEA properly recognized Ms. Queen’s claims and avoided costly and protracted litigation for all involved,” said Jay R. Carson, senior litigator at The Buckeye Institute and an attorney representing Ms. Queen.
Can JPMorgan be unionized? Employees turn to their peers at Wells Fargo for advice.
June 9, 2025 // Recently, JPMorgan’s organizers hosted a virtual conference with a unionizer who was associated with Wells Fargo’s effort to “share lessons discovered,” according to an e-mail shown members previously today. The Wells Fargo drive, which is likewise supported by a union called the Committee for Better Banks, has actually extended on for 2 years with little success. ” Develop trust before going public.” ” Usage natural work environment discussions (e.g. breaks, lunch, text discussions) to check the waters and construct self-confidence.” ” Talk beyond deal with coworkers to evaluate their belief.” ” Keep management in the dark about the procedure.” ” Press back versus unlawful management activity. Supervisors might not * SPIT: Surveil, Guarantee, Interfere, or Threaten with regard to unionizing activity or results– however they might not understand this.” ” Reframe the threats to increase self-confidence: The status quo is the genuine risk. Would they fire the entire department?”
Cummins workers remain on strike in Oshkosh after union rejects company’s labor package
May 21, 2025 // Cummins workers in Oshkosh continue their strike after rejecting a company offer. UAW Local 291 members voted against the offer, which would have seen them return to work May 27. Negotiations between Cummins and the union are scheduled to resume May 28-29. The strike began March 18 over concerns about a labor contract that expired in January.
Sherrod Brown, weighing his political future, launches pro-worker organization
March 26, 2025 // But Brown said the institute is not political or partisan. Its first national poll did not mention his name but rather explored how politicians talk about the economy. The political dialogue is “fundamentally flawed” and “doesn't reflect the reality of workers' lives,” he said. Brown, 72, is weighing whether he'll run for office ever again, he said, after losing his bid for a fourth term to Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno last year. Before that, the Ohio Democrat had spent three decades in Congress and consistently won statewide elections even as the former bellwether state turned reliably Republican in the era of Donald Trump.
Biden Administration Unveils Historic Rules for High-Paying Clean Energy Jobs The White House
June 19, 2024 // Clean energy projects that meet the requirements of these final rules will receive a fivefold increase for clean energy tax credits for deployment of wind, solar, nuclear, hydrogen, and other clean energy technologies, as well as for projects receiving allocations under the Section 48C Advanced Energy Projects credit., providing a significant incentive for project developers to pay prevailing wages to workers for construction, alteration, and repair of clean energy projects and to hire registered apprentices to earn while they learn by working on those projects. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su also published a blog highlighting the use of Project Labor Agreements as a best practice for large construction projects and a tool to help project developers comply with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. Project Labor Agreements, or pre-hire collective bargaining agreements that set the terms and conditions for employment on a construction project, help workers and developers alike by providing strong worker and wage protections while ensuring a reliable supply of skilled workers to help deliver projects on time and on budget.
The Buckeye Institute: Courts Shouldn’t Simply Defer to NLRB’s Interpretation of Facts
March 4, 2024 // “When the National Labor Relations Board sues a private company, the government should not get special treatment on its request for a preliminary injunction,” said David C. Tryon, director of litigation at The Buckeye Institute. “When it granted the government’s request for a preliminary injunction, the Sixth Circuit got it wrong. The proper standard—according to centuries of court practice—is to employ equity and consider the harms to both the company and its employees.”
The Buckeye Institute Wins Victory for Public Employees Against Government Unions
June 9, 2023 // The Buckeye Institute secured victories for five of its clients in Darling v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), with AFSCME and the Ohio Education Association acknowledging that money was illegally taken out of workers’ paychecks and given to government unions. “This is a significant victory for The Buckeye Institute’s clients and a vindication of their First Amendment rights,” said Jay R. Carson, senior litigator at The Buckeye Institute and the lead attorney representing the plaintiffs in this case. “In returning money that was illegally taken from Buckeye’s clients, the unions acknowledge that public employees have the right to quit government unions whenever they want and that when workers end their union membership, unions must immediately stop seizing workers’ wages.”
Why Teachers Are Going on Strike This Fall—and What Could Come Next
September 21, 2022 //
Report: Kroger eyes possibility of Ohio employee strike
September 19, 2022 // "It's business as usual at Kroger. A strike authorization doesn't mean a strike. Associates should continue to report to work as scheduled." WBNS also quoted the Kroger statement as saying: "The fully recommended agreement on our last best and final offer showed our commitment to the whole person, providing wage increases, high-quality, affordable health care, and a pension benefit for retirement.