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Hersheypark May Not Open for Summer 2026 Season, New Report Reveals
May 11, 2026 // On Thursday, May 7, at 4:00 p.m., over 200 union maintenance employees at Hersheypark, The Hotel Hershey, and Giant Center rejected what Hershey Entertainment & Resorts called its “last, best, and final” contract offer. This was the third offer from the Pennsylvania theme park after negotiations that began earlier this year. In mid-March, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts and the union agreed to extend the former contract for 60 days to allow for continued negotiations. Over a three-day period this week, union maintenance employees will vote on whether to strike in response to the rejected final contract offer.
‘Fracture’ in Chicago’s labor world complicates Mayor Brandon Johnson’s third budget fight
November 25, 2025 // That’s the signature hue of the Service Employees International Union, whose local affiliates were Johnson’s second-biggest labor backer in his 2023 election. Instead, the self-styled “most pro-worker mayor” in Chicago’s history has only seen one union vociferously cheer his $16.6 billion proposal, despite his hard line against layoffs: the red-shirted Chicago Teachers Union. It’s a sign of the times after a “fissure” between the once-close SEIU and CTU has grown into a full-blown “fracture,” said Ald. Desmon Yancy, a freshman progressive who previously served in SEIU leadership.
Commentary: Call for End to Israel Aid Is More Proof Organized Labor Is Progressivism and Progressivism Is Organized Labor
July 24, 2024 // The UAW called for a cease-fire in Gaza in December of last year, with some UAW locals calling for one mere days after the Hamas attack on October 7. The UAW, in particular, has a large contingent of higher-education workers in its ranks, with college campuses being hotbeds of anti-Israel activism. The UAW represents about the same number of workers at the University of California system as it does at General Motors. The UAW Arab Caucus, which also supports the BDS movement, called for the union to change its stance from calling for a cease-fire only to also calling for a halt to all U.S. military aid back in February.
NLRB considering overhaul of test for approving smaller unions
December 7, 2021 // The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday called for input on whether it should revive an Obama-era standard making it easier for unions to organize small groups of employees within a workplace, which had been sharply criticized by trade groups.