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    Op-ed ● Unionization

    Opinion: States should protect caregivers’ Medicaid funds from union skims

    June 27, 2022 // Yet, while a number of states including Michigan have taken action to prohibit the dues skim, a May rule by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reversed a Trump administration effort to stop the skim nationally. A separate 9th Circuit decision last week also continues to allow unions to trap home care providers into paying them. Robert and Patricia Haynes, cerebral palsy, Gov. Rick Snyder, Harris v. Quinn, Cindy Ochoa, most pro-union president ever,

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    News Article ● Labor Unions

    Railroad talks stall, so Biden likely to pick review board

    June 20, 2022 // Railroad contract talks remain deadlocked after more than two years of negotiations, so President Joe Biden will likely soon have to appoint a board to help settle the dispute. Josh Funk, rail crews, Dennis Pierce, UP, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern,

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    News Article ● Strike Unions

    Hundreds of Howard University hospital workers plan to strike over low wages

    April 6, 2022 // Hundreds of workers at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., say they are planning a one-day strike next week over complaints of low wages.

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    News Article ● Unions

    This new union boss could start the biggest strike in decades

    March 24, 2022 // O'Brien, a self-described "militant," is vowing to take a much harsher line with employers than his predecessor did. And that could lead to a strike at the nation's largest union employer when the Teamsters' UPS (UPS) contract expires on July 31 2023.

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    News Article ● Strike Unions

    Mount Diablo Unified teachers threaten to strike

    March 20, 2022 // District has offered 7% raise over three years; union wants almost twice that

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    Blog Research ● Unions

    Willy Street Co-Op Worker Negotiations Come To A Close

    February 28, 2022 // Yesterday, the union representing workers at Willy Street Co-Op, the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, the UE, Local 1186, reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.

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    News Article ● Labor Strike

    Judge blocks BNSF’s 2 biggest unions from going on strike

    February 23, 2022 // Judge Mark Pittman determined the issue is a minor dispute under their contracts, so it must be settled through negotiations or arbitration. He said a strike would arguably hurt “every single American” because of the damage it could do to the economy and all the businesses that rely on BNSF to deliver their products

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    News Article ● Strike Unions

    Union workers say they’re without pay amid contract negotiations

    February 22, 2022 // Nearly 300 union employees at Collins Aerospace in Troy say they are without pay or insurance after the union rejected a proposed contract on Saturday.

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    News Article ● Strike

    Golden Gate Transit bus operators vote to authorize strike

    January 24, 2022 //

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    STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES LOOK BEYOND AN EXPECTED UNION WIN

    December 1, 2021 // She and other members of the Starbucks Workers Union’s organizing committee indicated that they’re already fielding queries about organizing from other Starbucks units, particularly a store in Mesa, Ariz., that’s already filed a federal request to hold a vote on unionizing.

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