Posts tagged employee retention
As Arizona faces education retention crisis, Tucson charter school teachers fight to unionize
January 25, 2026 // Teachers at the CITY schools, which include three campuses in downtown Tucson, filed a petition to unionize in December. Their school board rejected it and hired a high-profile law firm to challenge the effort. Fourteen percent of Arizona teachers left their jobs last year, with higher numbers for charter schools, according to state data. Research shows unions generally raise salaries and make teachers more likely to stay in the classroom.
5,800 Sharp HealthCare workers to strike in California
November 17, 2025 // “While it’s unfortunate that the union leaders have rejected our generous economic proposal, our highest priority is making sure our patients continue to receive outstanding care should a strike actually occur,” Rita Essaian, DM, MHA, senior vice president and chief people officer at Sharp, said in a statement. “If a strike takes place, it’s important for San Diegans to know that we will ensure adequate staffing levels at all times with Sharp staff and the specially trained traveling nurses.”
Frederick County Public Libraries employees seek to unionize
November 12, 2025 // The push to unionize stems from employees’ desire to participate in the FCPL decision-making process, according to a press release from AFSCME, which is the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees.
Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA workers
March 10, 2025 // In its announcement Friday, the TSA said it found that nearly 200 employees were working on union matters full-time while collecting a government salary — claims disputed by the union. Under federal law, employees serving as union representatives are entitled to devote part of their work time to union matters in a manner that is “reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest.” Trump implemented a similar reporting requirement during his first term, but it appears to have stopped during President Joe Biden’s time in office.
Fox Chase nurses who answer patient phone calls want to join the center’s new nurses union
August 3, 2023 // The nurses at the Temple-owner cancer center unionized in June. Twenty-one nurses who answer patient calls were left out of the bargaining unit.
Creature Comforts Employees Organize Independent Union
January 23, 2023 // After meeting with Broderick Flanigan, Joseph Carter, Enrique Reyna and others at the workers’ center, an innovative strategy was devised to create BUG as an independent union not under the umbrella of a pre-existing national union. Historically, most unions have formed under the aegis of a national union such as the Teamsters, the United Auto Workers and the like. But BUG opted for the novel approach seen in the last couple years with Amazon and Starbucks workers who have led the way in establishing new, independent unions. BUG’s approach captures Athens’ independent spirit, following in the footsteps of the independent artists and record labels that put the city on the map.