Posts tagged picketing
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden files injunction to end ‘unlawful’ picketing amid ongoing strike
September 22, 2026 // The dispute between Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and union workers is escalating as the Garden seeks a temporary injunction against picketers who have been on strike for more than two weeks. According to court documents, the Garden is asking a judge to prohibit picketers from engaging in what it describes as unlawful conduct. The motion alleges some picketers have blocked its entrance, used abusive language toward employees crossing the picket line, trespassed on its property and engaged in conduct that endangered public safety
Union picketing continues outside Hometown Harvest Foods amid labor dispute
August 23, 2026 // Former employees and union members continue picketing outside Hometown Harvest Foods after new ownership took over, wanting a conversation with the store's owner about the workers who were let go.
Union declares impasse on Batavia Downs contract negotiations
August 4, 2026 // The United Public Service Employees Union Local 1222 declared an impasse on contract negotiations with Batavia Downs, with over 150 members picketing outside of the casino Friday. According to Western Regional Off Track Betting Human Resources Vice President Danielle Fleming, the dispute will move to mediation with an administrative law judge in September.
‘Demanding a voice’: Tri-State workers go on strike, want union recognition
May 12, 2026 // Workers at Batesville Products plan to begin a strike Monday morning after unanimously voting to demand union recognition, according to Teamsters Local 135. The group — including machinists, polishers, and shipping and receiving employees — is organizing with the union amid concerns over workplace conditions, long hours, pay and benefits. Workers say many have been required to work 60-hour weeks for months with little improvement in conditions. Employees requested voluntary recognition from the company April 28, but the request was denied. They then filed for a representation election with the National Labor Relations Board.
‘Blue Power’ and the Rise of Police Union Politics
April 18, 2026 // "Everybody else can indulge in politics—every black group, every political party group, every church group," groused Carl Parsell, then president of the Detroit Police Officers Association, in 1969. "Why are police officers so different?" The question goes to the heart of Stuart Schrader's Blue Power, a new book charting how police unions accreted and cemented power in the decades following Parsell's query. It's a ripe subject for review: Police officers' savvy use of public sector unions and lobbying to largely immunize themselves from oversight is one of the greatest political coups in recent American history. In under four decades, police unions evolved from beer-drinking clubs to organized bargaining units to potent political forces at the local, state, and national levels.
Mayor Lurie tells S.F. departments to plan for 500 job cuts as labor battles intensify
March 7, 2026 // Mayor Daniel Lurie was already in a tough spot with San Francisco labor unions Monday when his administration delivered a sobering message: City Hall needs to eliminate hundreds of jobs. At least 500 positions are on the chopping block as the city seeks to reduce its spending on salary and benefits by $100 million, according to Lurie’s budget director Sophia Kittler. She told departments in an email that San Francisco “cannot afford to sustain current spending on personnel costs” as it works to eliminate the recurring deficits that have plagued the city since the pandemic.
Beer distributor strike affects Omaha bar deliveries
February 17, 2026 // Kurcz said the bar stopped purchasing from the distributor when the strike began and is running out of existing stock. “Basically running out of the stock of what we did have and kind of having to transition more to just other products that aren’t carried by Premier and whatnot,” Kurcz said.
Utah’s oldest gay bar plans to reopen soon, after recognizing employees’ union
November 29, 2025 // Owner Mary Peterson announced in a release Tuesday that she had decided to voluntarily recognize her employees’ union, SunTrapp Workers United (SWU). Peterson closed The SunTrapp’s doors on Oct. 31. At the time, she said financial strain from picketing and striking workers had grown too heavy, and she could no longer afford to keep the place open.
Right to Work Foundation Urges Ninth Circuit to Reject CA Law Granting Union Bosses Massive Power Over Cannabis Industry Workers
October 9, 2025 // The Foundation’s amicus brief argues in particular that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) preempts California’s “labor peace agreement” statutes. The NLRA is the federal law that governs most private sector labor relations. The four conditions mandated for cannabis companies under California law, “an agreement with a…union, a ban on disrupting union organizing, a ban on union members picketing, boycotting, or striking, and a clause granting union organizers access to employees at work” all concern activity that the U.S. Congress intended the NLRA to deal with – not state law.
Will Sussman: Columbia Students Should Decertify Their Union
August 5, 2025 // Columbia students are fed up with their union’s focus on radicalism over bread-and-butter issues. “As a Jewish Israeli student at Columbia, the union has done absolutely nothing for me,” said Alon Levin, a graduate student in electrical engineering. “I have heard more blatantly racist and discriminatory language from them than anything that would remotely resemble aiding me in, say, addressing my cost of living or my health insurance concerns.” The problem with graduate student unions is not limited to Columbia, as I learned at MIT.