Posts tagged unionize
Chicago Teachers Union undermines yet another charter school
October 10, 2025 // There are currently 559 students enrolled in ChiArts, according to the district’s enrollment report for fall 2025. Four-in-five students are Black or Hispanic. Last year, the Acero Schools charter network announced it was closing seven of its 15 schools. As with ChiArts, CTU made a show of claiming it supported the parents and students affected by the closing of the seven Acero schools after its actions to hurt the school staffing, flexibility and ability to plan. Ultimately, CPS board members – appointed by CTU crony Mayor Brandon Johnson – voted to transition five of the Acero schools into district-run schools by the 2026-2027 school year. The absorbed schools will no longer be charters.
VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION IN POLICE COMMANDERS’ BID TO UNIONIZE
October 8, 2025 // Today, Mayor Ed Gainey and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s 12 Commanders are pleased to announce that the Administration has agreed to voluntarily recognize the commanders in their effort to form a union. The Commanders unanimously opted to form a union with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize
October 7, 2025 // California is the second state where Uber and Lyft drivers can unionize as independent contractors. Massachusetts voters passed a ballot referendum in November allowing unionization, while drivers in Illinois and Minnesota are pushing for similar rights.
Striking Genesys nurses launch effort to unionize other Henry Ford hospitals
October 3, 2025 // The strike at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, which began Sept. 1, centers on disputes over nurse-to-patient ratios, wages, and health insurance costs. Striking nurses claim there are unsafe staffing levels at the hospital, with some nurses caring for up to 11 patients at once. Henry Ford Health cites financial losses at Genesys and describes the unionization efforts as a recruitment tactic.
INDIANAPOLIS: Mayor’s Action Center employees unionize
October 2, 2025 // Teamsters Local Union No. 135 welcomed the call center employees into their union earlier this month, following the Indianapolis City-County Council’s unanimous 25-0 vote in support of the Mayor’s Action Center workers organizing as Teamsters.
California to weigh in on private labor disputes if NLRB can’t
October 2, 2025 // AB 288 expands the state Public Employment Relations Board's powers over private sector labor disputes like unfair labor practice charges and enforcing collective bargaining agreements. Other blue states, including New York, are trying to expand their state labor agencies' powers over issues that would normally be decided under the National Labor Relations Act, citing Trump's antipathy to organized labor.
Trader Joe’s Bags A Victory At The Ninth Circuit
October 2, 2025 // Trader Joe’s had also asserted a dilution by blurring claim against the union, a claim the district court also dismissed on the basis that Trader Joe’s United’s use of the Trader Joe’s mark constituted nominative fair use. But unfortunately for the union, it had never raised this issue in its briefing before the district court. As such, Trader Joe’s never had the opportunity to test this theory and the Ninth Circuit held that the district court again erred in dismissing the dilution claim.
Owner of iconic Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ bar says it’s ‘too small’ to unionize as workers announce intent
September 30, 2025 // Workers delivered a letter to SunTrapp management Friday that stated a majority of the staff have signed union authorization cards to be represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7765, which also represents workers at the University of Utah and Utah State University, the release said.
The Castro’s central Starbucks — ‘Bearbucks’ — shutters abruptly
September 27, 2025 // Affectionately known as “Bearbucks” — owing to the prevalence of LGBTQ+ customers — that location was the first Starbucks in the city to unionize, during a nationwide push in 2022. At the time, workers cited difficulties at the cafe during and after the pandemic, including a four-month closure for plumbing issues. Citing declining sales, the company has shuttered at least six cafes in San Francisco in the past year, most of them downtown.
Proposal to allow Frederick city employees to unionize tabled
September 25, 2025 // Shortly before the Frederick City Council voted on Thursday to table an ordinance allowing employees to collectively bargain, Council Member Ben MacShane said, “It really feels like we don’t know what we’re talking about.” Council members spent a large portion of Thursday’s meeting discussing provisions like the number of unions allowed and whether the ordinance should stipulate the timeline of a unionization election.