Posts tagged IBEW

    News Article ● Strike

    WTTW technicians on strike against Chicago public TV station vow ‘to be out here as long as it takes’

    March 22, 2022 // Two dozen striking WTTW technicians came out from behind the cameras and held a union rally in front of the station’s North Side studios Monday seeking support in their quest for job guarantees and a new labor contract.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization

    Should Legislative Aides Unionize?

    March 22, 2022 // The constituents who were not being served by their Washington State Democratic lawmakers while the staff staged a work stoppage paid a price even before unionization could take effect at the state capitol. Imagine if a strike lasted more than a day or two, while legislative staffers carried out a union’s bidding rather than the work they were hired to do by the elected official and the American voter. And therein lies another issue entirely: Unions do not answer to the voters.

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    FREEDOM FOUNDATION PUTS CALIFORNIA UNIONS ON THE DEFENSIVE

    March 18, 2022 // Freedom Foundation attorneys representing public-sector workers free of charge will argue three cases in federal court in the Central District of California. These cases represent not only novel legal issues on the cutting edge of post-Janus litigation, but disturbing facts that should give every freedom-loving Californian pause

    Bourque Bourque v. EAA California Camille Bourque Central District of California Chino Institution for Men Christopher Deering constitutional crisis Deering v. IBEW 18 did not consent Dr. Robert Espinoza dues EAA Espinoza v. UAPD et al federal court in the Central District of California First Amendment Freedom Foundation IBEW Joint Safety and Training Institute litigation Los Angeles Los Angeles Department of Water and Power membership opt-out partisan political races Peter Morejon Physician police department Political Action Program post-Janus litigation Public Sector Workers Robert Espinoza signed writing canceling authorization suspected personal benefit trustees Timothy R. Snowball UAPD unions

    News Article ● Unionization

    With campaign workers unionizing more often, former staffers recall effort on Pete Buttigieg campaign

    March 9, 2022 // Cedar Rapids-based International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer Jesse Case, who is currently helping to organize members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the labor movement is pressuring candidates to improve the lives of their workers. Otherwise, he said, those candidates risk losing the union vote.

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    News Article ● Labor

    Biden in Wilmington for labor talks

    March 7, 2022 //

    AFA AFGE AFL-CIO AFT ALPA Amalgamated Transit Union American Federal and Government Employees American Federation of Labor American Federation of Teachers Anthony Shelton Association of Flight Attendants-CWA ATU Augie Tellez BAC Bakery Confectionery and Tobacco Workers BCTGM Biden Bonnie Castillo Bricklayers Captain Joe DePete Chris Shelton Communications Workers of America CWA Delaware Donald Marcus Ed Kelly electrical workers Eric Dean Everett Kelley Executive Director Fred Redmond Fred Rolando Gabrielle Carteris Greg Regan Gwen Mills IAFF IAM IBEW IBT ILWU International Longshoremen Workers Union International Plate Printers Die Stampers and Engravers Union International Union of Operating Engineers Ironworkers. IW IUOE IUPAT James Callahan James Hart James Slevin Jerome Lafragola Jimmy Hoffa Jimmy Williams Jr. Joe Sellers John Costa labor union leaders Liz Shuler Lonnie Stephenson Marine Engineers Beneficial Association Marty Walsh Masters Mates MEBA Metal Trades Union MM&P Mrs. Biden NACTA NALC National Air Traffic Controllers National Association of Letter Carriers National Nurses Union NNU North America’s Building Trades Unions North American Building Trades Unions Office and Professional Employees OPEIU Painters and Allies Trades President President Biden Randi Weingarten Ray Curry Richard Lanigan Richard Santa Robert Martinez Robert Suplee Roland Rexha RWDSU SAG-AFTRA Sara Nelson Seafarers International Union Sean McGarvey Secretary-Treasurer Sheetmetal SIU SMART Stage Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Stuart Appelbaum Teamsters Teresa Romero Tim Driscoll Transpiration Trades Department Transportation Workers Union TTD TWU UAW UE UFW Unite Here United Auto Workers United Farm Workers Utility Workers William “Willie” Adams Wilmington

    The Women Leading Today’s Historic Labor Movement

    January 3, 2022 //

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Months after union workers won at Colectivo, they’re still on hold

    December 14, 2021 // Company appeals certification, while organizers continue reaching out to coworkers

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