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Cambridge Health Alliance Clinicians File for Unionization With Mass. Labor Relations
December 2, 2024 // The filing comes as healthcare workers at other local institutions are pushing to unionize. If successful, SHARE CHA would join another union of physicians and fellows at Cambridge Hospital — a member of CHA — who recently won their first contract after six months of negotiations. Recently, almost 300 physicians at Mass General Brigham also filed a petition to unionize with the NLRB. Rising costs have increased corporatization of medicine, forcing doctors to see more and more patients to turn a greater profit.
Journalists and news staff at Anchorage Daily News aim to unionize
September 12, 2024 // Owner Ryan Binkley, who purchased the newspaper out of bankruptcy in 2017, and Editor David Hulen, who has worked as a reporter and editor with the paper for more than three decades, did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday afternoon. Megan Pacer, a digital audience producer for the paper, said ADN employees love their jobs, but want a “supportive and sustainable” work environment.
Michigan RAs overwhelmingly vote in favor of unionizing
September 12, 2024 // The RAO had posted multiple messages on its Instagram account going back to December, urging residence assistants at the university to unionize. In one post found on the group’s account, the RAO cited specific reasons that students must unionize as a result of poor “communication” with university housing leadership, receive “40% of the campus minimum wage”, and RAs’ “lack formal harassment protections.”
A California court just granted an ag giant a win. It could jeopardize new farm union law
July 23, 2024 // Growers’ associations have spent millions running advertisements on Spanish radio networks and other platforms discouraging farmworkers from unionizing, the Sacramento Bee has reported. The industry has also objected to what they say is confusion in how the new law works; the labor board this month was still scheduling hearings on formal regulations to implement the law. Four of the five employers have objected to the new unions, which prompts the board to investigate and hold administrative hearings.
NEW YORK: Lawsuit Calls For Changes In Farm Labor Act
April 1, 2024 // Viau said that there was some progress under the Farm Labor Fair Labor Practices Act. Before, farmers were not allowed to discuss unions at all with their employees, which they now can do. Additionally, Viau said there were some pros and cons to the hearing, specifically that the judge did not give an injunction but agreed that farmworkers deserved these basic rights. Viau said that they will try to convince the legislature through additional steps to continue to try and advocate for these protections. Brian Reeves, president of the NYS Vegetable Growers Association who was also a plaintiff at the hearing, said that nationally unions are not required on farms, but with the cards that farmworkers can sign, if the majority of workers sign the cards and the NY Public Employee Relations Board rules that there is no problem a union will be formed. If workers decide later that they do not want to be in a union anymore, there’s currently nothing they can do.
Ohio University officials won’t yet commit to remaining neutral on efforts to form a faculty union
March 15, 2024 // In his reply, the university’s senior associate general counsel, Michael Courtney, wrote that the university was not given enough information and was not provided with enough time to evaluate the requests. “In order to appropriately ensure all voices of the University faculty employees are heard, it is imperative for University leadership to seek and require proof of majority support,” Courtney wrote. In the meantime, Courtney wrote, “Ohio University will pledge that it will comply with regulations” in state law that govern the unionizing process. UAOU sent out a statement to members the day after Courtney’s letter was sent, in which the organization noted that while the university did not agree to UAOU’s requests, it did agree to follow the law.
UAW says 30% of workers at Toyota Missouri factory seek to join union
March 7, 2024 // The company "has no way to verify or determine the accuracy of the statements made by the UAW," a spokesperson said Wednesday. "We do not believe a third party at our manufacturing facilities would enhance the results, stability or team member experience that we have achieved together. We are confident that with all of the facts, our team members would not choose union representation." Expand article logo Continue reading It was not clear when the UAW might seek a vote but it has said previously it wants to see support from 70% of a plant's workforce before pushing for a vote of employees on whether to join the union.
Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize
February 20, 2024 // Labor organizers announced the campaign Tuesday, saying performers want better safety conditions and scheduling policies to help them keep the magic alive for visitors. While most of the more than 35,000 workers at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California already have labor unions, about 1,700 performers in parades, character actors and support staff do not.
Unionization booms in 2023, but is far from 1950s peak
November 2, 2023 // "A very limited number of workers in California are unionized. Currently, it's about 16 to 17 percent," Bernick said, adding that the majority of unionized workers are in the public sector. A lack of jobseekers, a strong economy and the state mandating higher pay for many classes of workers, have helped wage gains in recent years, Bernick said. So, 2023 could turn out to be something less than a grand slam. "I've seen a number of events that have been pointed to as seminal changes in unionization in California, and they've actually had very limited impact," Bernick said. But the public, by and large, supports the organizing efforts.
Student workers at Cal Poly Humboldt, other Cal State schools, get the OK to hold a union vote
October 4, 2023 // California State University student workers are one step closer to unionizing after announcing Tuesday that the California Public Employment Relations Board has deemed there is enough student support to trigger a union vote. After vetting thousands of union cards submitted by student assistants, the board notified the CSU Employees Union on Sept. 27 they met the threshold following a wave of organizingthis past year. Over 19,300 student assistants will soon vote on forming one of the largest student worker unions in U.S. history. Their ranks would more than double the size of the employees union, which already represents 16,000 support staff across the 23 campuses.