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Penn graduate student workers could strike next month
January 14, 2026 // Penn, the largest employer in Philadelphia, has seen a wave of student-worker organizing in recent years, including resident assistants, graduate students, postdocs and research associates, as well as training physicians in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The region has also seen a couple other university strikes in recent years. In 2023 graduate workers at Temple University walked off the job for 42 days amid contract negotiations, and in a separate action at Rutgers University, educators, researchers, and clinicians went on strike for a week.
COLORADO: Auto association lays out 2025 legislative concerns, including unionization
January 8, 2025 // The association advocates on behalf of the automotive retail industry throughout the state, including its 260 member dealerships. In the 2025 legislative session, which begins on Wednesday, Jan. 8, the association will be closely monitoring efforts by the Colorado General Assembly to reform the unionization process. While the state currently has a two-step election process to form a union, proposed legislation will remove the second step. This will make it easier for workers to unionize.
CTU president suggests new teacher contract could cost taxpayers $50 billion
March 7, 2024 // The Chicago Teachers Union is preparing for collective bargaining talks with the city, and the union's president suggested the new terms would cost taxpayers $50 billion. “We are asking you to give us an opportunity to tell our story. It will cost $50 billion, and three cent,” CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said Tuesday at the City Club of Chicago this week, setting the stage for upcoming negotiations with the city. "And so what? That's audacity."