Posts tagged state Legislature
Analysis: 93% of Idaho teachers union political spending benefited Democrats in 2024
February 19, 2025 // In short, the IEA may endorse GOP candidates that it finds ideologically compatible if those candidates are going to win anyway but, in competitive races where its support might make a difference, the IEA consistently backs Democrats while simultaneously throwing moral support behind the Democrat candidate in any race involving a Republican it doesn’t think it can work with.
Key labor bills move forward in Louisiana
May 17, 2024 // Passed the House and sent to the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations: HB 956 aims to ensure the integrity of the voting process within labor organizations, potentially impacting how unions conduct internal elections. HB 523 would require a secret ballot election every two years to certify the collective bargaining representative. Passed the House and failed in the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations: HB 571 focuses on restricting certain designated labor organization activities within employment contracts. It aims to curtail practices such as paid release time for public employees to engage in union activities. HB 980 (previously 712) is focused on the resignation process from labor organizations for teachers and other school employees, along with regulations concerning the collection of membership dues for political activities.
California fast food workers to get $20 minimum wage under new deal between labor and the industry
September 12, 2023 // Before the law could take effect, the fast food industry gathered enough signatures to qualify a referendum on the law in the November 2024 election. That meant the law would be on hold until voters could decide whether to overturn it. Furious, labor unions sponsored legislation this year that would have made fast food companies like McDonald’s liable for any misdeeds of their mostly independent franchise operators in the state. Democratic lawmakers also restored funding to the Industrial Welfare Commission, a long-dormant state agency that has the power to set wage and workplace standards for multiple industries.