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Teachers Unions Back School Funding Measures, Governor Candidates in Midterms
November 2, 2026 // Locals from New York to California are focusing on statewide races, while national union targets Senate seats in battleground states.
Teachers unions back school funding measures, governor candidates in midterms
October 30, 2026 // As the American Federation of Teachers finishes an election tour in battleground areas, many local affiliates’ biggest bets are on state ballots, including school funding measures and governor’s races. Both the AFT and the National Education Association have homed in on specific states for the midterms. The NEA and its state affiliate, the California Teachers Association, contributed a total of nearly $45 million to campaign for Proposition 3, a measure that would make a higher income tax rate for top earners permanent. The surcharge, which has funded billions for schools since 2012, would otherwise expire in 2031.
Hospice East Bay workers begin 7-day strike amid contract dispute
October 6, 2026 // Workers also say Hospice East Bay has already laid off some employees and plans to lay off more. The union says the cuts would leave just two bereavement counselors for roughly 1,200 patients and their immediate family members.
Duval teachers union faces fight for survival after missing 60% membership threshold
September 17, 2026 // The union recruited more than 640 new members between July 30 and September 9 in an effort to reach the threshold. Despite that push, the union did not secure enough members to avoid an election. Now, union leaders are focused on making sure enough employees participate in the vote to preserve DTU as the collective bargaining agent for Duval County Public Schools employees. Sep 16 Duval teachers union faces fight for survival after missing 60% membership threshold.
ALEC Releases 4th Edition of “States That Work” Labor Policy Rankings
September 14, 2026 // “States That Work shows that the states giving workers the greatest freedom to earn a living are also creating an environment where businesses and families can thrive,” said report author and ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Director Alan Jernigan. “From protecting Right to Work to removing unnecessary licensing barriers, states have a clear roadmap for expanding opportunity without growing government.”
Miami unions knocked on 32,000 doors. This is what Hispanic voters told them
September 14, 2026 // After knocking on more than 30,000 doors this spring, the unions also found widespread dissatisfaction with immigration enforcement. Unite Here Local 355 and SIEU 32BJ, representing workers from hospitality to maintenance, launched teams throughout Miami between March 21 and June 27. Canvassers completed over 2,381 surveys from Latino working-class voters and found residents are considering leaving Miami due to high debt, declining economic conditions and the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.
Report: The Battle for Worker Freedom: Grading State Public Sector Labor Laws
September 10, 2026 // Union executives are prioritizing recruitment. The fastest-growing category of public sector labor legislation expands collective bargaining into new workplaces. On the strength of these new laws, union executives are slowly replacing their membership losses since 2018. From 2018 to 2025, the country’s four largest government unions report a net decline in membership of 87,919, or 1.3 percent. However, they also report a collective gain of 232,502 members, or 3.5 percent since 2024. This report awards full letter-grade increases to Idaho (now A) and Louisiana (now B) due to their adoption of pro-worker labor reforms this past legislative session. However, the drops in grades—Nebraska (D), Nevada (D), and Rhode Island (F)—are the result of these states prioritizing union executives over workers and enacting laws helping unions recruit, politick, organize, and strike. Thirteen states now have an “A” or “A+” grade—up from twelve in the previous edition of this report—while six states earned an “F”—up from five over the same time period. Overall, the research finds 25 states fall below a “C.”
Labor Day: Americans Flee Forced-Unionism States and Move to Right-to-Work States
September 6, 2026 // Among the top ten growth states in the U-Haul index, nine have a Right-to-Work law that protects workers from being forced to pay dues to union bosses as a condition of employment. -Among the bottom ten states in the U-Haul index, NONE has a Right-to-Work law. All are forced unionism states. -Of the 25 top ranked cities in the U-Haul Growth Index, 24 are located in Right-to-Work states.
Victory for Louisiana workers and First Amendment rights
September 1, 2026 // In 2018, the Supreme Court settled a fundamental question of constitutional law in Janus v. AFSCME. The Court held, with clarity and conviction, that public employees cannot be compelled to pay union dues as a condition of their employment. This ruling was a massive victory for the First Amendment, affirming that no public servant should be forced to subsidize a private organization’s political agenda against their own will.
Florida Teachers Are Walking Away From Their Union. New AFFT Report Shows Where the Money Goes
August 21, 2026 // AFFT’s latest “Where Do Your Dues Go?” project examines FY 2025 financial filings from five union organizations with Florida operations: the Florida Education Association, AFSCME Florida, SEIU Florida State Council, United Teachers of Dade and 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.