Posts tagged staffing
Hochul ripped by NYC transit union over staffing issues
October 27, 2026 // A New York City transit union is attacking Gov. Kathy Hochul in a new pre-election ad campaign as "politically toxic" for vetoing a bill that sought to increase staffing on subway cars.
Sundance moves HQ amid hotel labor dispute
October 23, 2026 // Unite Here, the union backing the workers, wants Sundance to use its clout to help settle the dispute before the festival. "We don't want anyone to show up and be surprised," hotel houseman Ray Guadalupe said in a statement. "We believe people coming to Sundance want to do the right thing. Will Sundance cross our picket line?" In a subsequent statement, union representative Allyssa Pollard said Sundance has a responsibility to support workers in its new hometown, including by pressing the hotel's ownership.
US Flight Attendants Told to Ditch Their Starbucks Fix in New Union Boycott
October 21, 2026 // Sara Nelson launched the boycott on October 16, 2026, urging airline crew members to support Starbucks workers seeking better pay, fair schedules and a first union contract.
Henry Ford Genesys nurses approve contract after 411-day strike
October 19, 2026 // The hospital said it has already begun implementing elements of a revamped staffing model, including giving frontline nurses greater say in decisions involving patient care, nursing practices, safety and their work environment. The contract ratification comes just days after the nurses submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board, seeking an election on removing Teamsters Local 332 as their bargaining representative.
IBEW members overwhelmingly approve 5-year contract, ending Duquesne Light strike
October 14, 2026 // Members of the IBEW Local 29 voted 526-184 to accept the terms of the tentative deal that was agreed upon last week.
Hospice East Bay workers begin 7-day strike amid contract dispute
October 6, 2026 // Workers also say Hospice East Bay has already laid off some employees and plans to lay off more. The union says the cuts would leave just two bereavement counselors for roughly 1,200 patients and their immediate family members.
Nearly 1K Duquesne Light Company union workers go on strike
October 3, 2026 // Tension occurred at facility gates as trucks from Indiana arrived at the property. Duquesne Light brought in out-of-state, non-union workers to fill operational gaps left by striking personnel.
Autism Therapy’s Latest Labor Challenge — Unionization
August 27, 2026 // Should unionization in states with a more progressive bent, such as California, New York, New Jersey or Oregon, take off to a meaningful degree; this would create “no-fly zones” for dealmaking. Already, the M&A pro said that these organizations are increasingly unattractive because of their strict and complicated regulatory systems. At the site level, increased wages from union activity may put specific locations in jeopardy if a company is not able to command commensurate increases in reimbursement from health plans. Strikes may also threaten the clinic’s viability. “By the time they end up negotiating a contract with the union, the center’s already dead,” the M&A pro said. “The center just died on the vine, and there was nothing left for them to argue over.”
Chicago Teachers Union sues Illinois Policy Institute, citing ‘toxic’ branding, ‘defamatory’ audit claims
August 19, 2026 // Debates about the transparency of the CTU’s finances date back to 2024 and stem from one member’s complaint that the union is withholding financial information from members. CTU officials in January provided WBEZ/Sun-Times with a sign-in sheet that showed one of that suit’s plaintiffs had viewed the union’s audit reports, which don’t include information about the CTU’s foundation. The CTU has insisted that its constitution does not require the release of the full audits that also include the foundation’s finances. The new lawsuit claims the finalization of the audit reports were delayed for “innocuous reasons,” including that the finalization for fiscal year 2020 through 2023 were delayed due to complications from the pandemic and staffing turnover, as well as the impact of a lawsuit to protect pension benefits. The suit says the reports have been available to CTU members for review.
Sacramento police union delivers ‘last, best and final’ offer to city amid drawn out contract negotiations
August 17, 2026 // The Sacramento Police Officers Association delivered its “last, best and final” offer to city in ongoing labor contract negotiations. The union says the Sacramento Police Department is under-staffed and officers are under-paid. State law prohibits police officers from going on strike, but as a final measure – if the city doesn’t accept the union’s final offer - they can enter into something called binding arbitration, an expensive and drawn-out process.