Posts tagged Union
Seamark at Encore Boston to close, less than a month after workers unionize
March 12, 2026 // Seamark Seafood & Cocktails, the ritzy seafood restaurant inside the Encore Boston Harbor casino and hotel, is closing, laying off 56 workers who voted to unionize less than a month ago. The eatery from Carver Road Hospitality is shutting down for good on March 29, nearly two years after it opened. Its reason for closing, according to is because of “economic challenges.”
Modeling the Impact of Sectoral Bargaining for U.S. Workers
March 5, 2026 // New statistical modeling suggests that sectoral bargaining could more than double collective bargaining coverage in the United States and generate big gains in union density.
IUE-CWA Union Bigwig Joe Scott Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
March 4, 2026 // On January 21, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Joe Scott, former Treasurer of International Union of Electrical Workers – Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA) Local 81154 (located in Gardner, Mass.), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office.
Op-ed: ‘The issue is the revolution’: Who is running your city’s teachers union?
March 4, 2026 // Under the banner of “social justice unionism,” teachers’ unions are increasingly treating classrooms, teachers, and even students as instruments in a wider ideological project — one organized, replicated, and funded across the nation. This shift helps explain why contemporary political controversies are now being filtered into elementary, middle and high schools. As one activist leader put it during the NEA Educators for Palestine webinar, the anti-ICE movement is “the spark that could ignite the fire under Labor.” As the saying goes, “The issue is never the issue — the issue is the revolution.”
Editorial: Hochul ‘anti-fraud’ scheme backfires into a taxpayer gift to a monster union
March 3, 2026 // After we and others flagged how loose eligibility rules and other issues had led to a 1,200% spike in CDPAP enrollment, soaring fraud and outlays of $11 billion, the gov used public outrage to pass a reform that she vowed would rein in the program. Yet her “solution” was simply to hire a single company, Public Partnerships, to centralize payments to these aides — which now lets them legally count as PPL employees, and so qualified to unionize.
Another Pennsylvania medical cannabis dispensary goes on strike
March 1, 2026 // Workers at a Sunnyside cannabis store, the retail chain operated by Chicago-based MSO Cresco Labs, are on strike after contract negotiations failed, said the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which organizes the location.
Teamsters union sues UPS to block delivery driver buyouts
February 12, 2026 // UPS said it has been engaged with the Teamsters on a voluntary separation plan since early January and didn’t spring any surprise on the union last week. “We are aware of the Teamsters’ response to the voluntary separation program we planned to offer our U.S. full-time drivers and are working to resolve the matter through the legal process. This does not affect our operations, and we will continue to provide the reliable service our customers expect from UPS,” said Genny Bowman, vice president of communications, in a statement to FreightWaves.
California union pushes work-from-home bill as Newsom calls state employees back to the office
February 10, 2026 // The legislative proposal by the California union known as PECG would require state agencies to offer telework options “to the fullest extent possible” and mandate they disclose how much money they save by allowing remote work.
Dodger Stadium tour guides failed to unionize. Here’s why they’re getting raises anyway
February 5, 2026 // The Dodgers and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees reached an agreement in October, but ratification of the pact by the union failed by one vote. A second vote also narrowly failed. Then in January the tour guides voted to decertify the union, meaning the pay raise and increased stadium security on non-game days IATSE and the Dodgers had agreed upon were off the table. Not for long. The Dodgers bumped up the guides’ pay from $17.87 to $24 an hour — the same increase they would have gotten under the scrapped union contract.
APWU President LaTanya Gadson Faces Serious Criminal Enforcement Actions,
February 4, 2026 // On December 17, 2025, in the United States District Court for South Carolina, Columbia Division, LaTanya Gadson, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 795 (located in Sumter, S.C.), was charged with one count of embezzlement of union funds of at least $11,474 and one count of falsification of records, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 29 U.S.C 439(c), respectively. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Atlanta-Nashville District Office.