Posts tagged job security
Deal Or No Deal?
April 8, 2026 // Workers at the Moda Center, with the exception of a handful of engineers, are not unionized. That, Davison said, is atypical—particularly in states like Oregon without right-to-work laws. The Teamsters have union contracts at Lumen Field and Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Oracle Park in San Francisco, and Ball Arena in Denver, while other unions, like the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, have a number of stadium contracts as well. But neither of those unions have a foothold at the Moda Center.
ProPublica’s unionized staff vote to authorize strike: ‘We are ready to walk off the job’
March 22, 2026 // The unionized staff at ProPublica voted to authorize a strike Thursday evening, declaring they were "ready to walk off the job" in order to send a message to management.
UC-wide strike averted after tentative agreement with UAW
March 16, 2026 // A UC systemwide strike will likely be averted after UAW and the University of California reached a tentative agreement Friday after seven months of negotiations. UAW 4811, the union that represents 48,000 student employees, postdocs and academic researchers across the UC system, announced the tentative agreement in an email Friday night.
Johns Hopkins University research staff begin unionization effort
February 6, 2026 // Unionizing is becoming more common on college campuses. Hopkins’ graduate worker union, Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE 197), and postdoctoral researchers’ union, PRO-UAW, both won recognition in recent years. Graduate workers at the state’s flagship research school, the University of Maryland, College Park, are similarly seeking recognition from the school.
Academic showdown: NYU professors launch strike authorization vote
February 4, 2026 // Contract Faculty United-UAW (CFU-UAW) said it would open the strike voting on Feb. 9, with balloting continuing through Feb. 20. The union represents close to 950 full-time non-tenure track professors and librarians across 12 New York University (NYU) schools, accounting for roughly half of the higher-education facility’s full-time faculty.
Transit union boss threatens to spend millions fighting ‘ignorant’ Hochul on MTA crew sizes
February 2, 2026 // The head of the powerful Transit Workers Union blasted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as “ignorant” as he threatened to spend millions “exposing” her as a spineless shill — and bring her the ugliest contract fight since the strike in 2005, when more than 30,000 workers walked off the job. TWU president John Samuelsen railed against Hochul on Friday, as they gear up to renegotiate their contract with the MTA, which is up in May. As governor, Hochul oversees the transport agency.
Why SAG-AFTRA’s 2026 Contract Talks Matter for Los Angeles and the Business of Hollywood
January 29, 2026 // Artificial intelligence looms as perhaps the most complex issue on the table. Advances in voice replication, digital doubles and performance synthesis have raised concerns that actors’ likenesses could be reused without meaningful consent or compensation. Astin characterized AI as an immediate labor issue rather than a speculative one, particularly in a market like Los Angeles, where background performers, day players and voice actors form a large part of the workforce.
Unions representing 40k academic, research UC employees announce strike vote
January 13, 2026 // Unions representing about 40,000 academic and research employees across the UC announced Monday that they plan to hold an authorization vote Feb. 5 to 13 for an unfair labor practice strike. United Auto Workers Local 4811, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Academic Professionals-UAW announced the vote in a joint Instagram post. A website for the three unions said demands for their workers include job security, opportunities for career advancement and protections for international workers.
SRM Glasgow drivers vote to unionize, join Teamsters Local 89
January 7, 2026 // Teamsters Local 89 has misrepresented both the facts and SRM Concrete’s record and has been dishonest with employees regarding the Company’s intentions and practices. Allegations of intimidation, retaliation, or unlawful conduct by SRM Concrete are categorically false and will be addressed, and disproven, through the appropriate legal channels. Unfortunately, the Teamsters objected to the Company’s lawful efforts to provide employees with accurate information, attempting to prevent employees from learning the facts.
BALTIMORE: Moore administration settles contracts with state unions — except AFSCME
January 6, 2026 // According to a Monday news release from AFSCME, the contract proposal the Moore administration offered did not include wage increases aligned with inflation, nor did it fully correct wage scales for unionized workers that lag behind other state employees. Last month, a Moore administration official told The Daily Record that in his nearly three-year tenure, the average salary for AFSCME-represented workers has increased by 12.47%, while inflation increased by 8%.