Posts tagged unionize
Unionization Push for New York Caregivers Faces Early Challenge at Labor Board
October 5, 2026 // A bid to organize roughly 190,000 workers in New York's consumer-directed home care program is already drawing opposition, with critics arguing the state's sole fiscal intermediary is not the caregivers' true employer.
Tulane University employees file petition to unionize for better pay and working conditions
October 5, 2026 // Staff members at Tulane University told leadership Wednesday that they plan to form a union as they push for better pay and working conditions, following recent unionization efforts by Tulane faculty and librarians. University officials declined to voluntarily recognize the union after several staffers hand delivered a letter to Tulane President Michael Fitts Wednesday afternoon informing him of their intent to unionize. In response, the group filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, kicking off the process of holding a union election.
Ballot Question 2 asks: Should public defenders have the right to unionize?
September 29, 2026 // Question 2 would allow employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, or CPCS, to participate in collective bargaining. If they negotiate a contract, CPCS would then be required to request the funding needed for that agreement from the governor within 30 days. The Yes On 2 campaign was organized to help grant public defenders the right to join a union. The campaign’s central argument states: CPCS employees should have the same opportunity to organize and negotiate collectively that many others have.
Committee on the Education and Workforce Grapples with Unions and Lawmakers Being Out of Touch
September 29, 2026 // Chougule also pointed to the lack of support by unions and certain representatives on the Employment and the Workforce Committee, for the Employee Rights Act. The Act would require unions to obtain opt-in permission from a member before using his or her dues and fees on political activity or policy advocacy—a provision which enjoys 81% support from union households.
National Right to Work Foundation Asks NLRB to Halt SEIU Scheme to Impose Union on 190,000 New York In-Home Medicaid Caregivers
September 28, 2026 // Motion: Briefing needed as SEIU and PPL work together to impose unionization; PPL facing DOJ fraud lawsuit and isn’t actually caregivers’ ‘employer’
First Starbucks in Oregon to unionize is being shuttered
September 27, 2026 // A Starbucks representative told KLCC that the Willamette Street store will close on Saturday, Sept. 26. She said the closure wasn’t retaliatory for unionizing, but was instead based on “an objective evaluation” of customer experience and financial performance as outlined in a letter sent by Mike Grams, Starbucks’ chief operating officer. “We’re accelerating our pace toward completing 1,500 coffeehouse uplifts, and Green Apron Service has become our defining standard,” Gram’s letter states. “Our Back to Starbucks strategy is working
What happened to North Hollywood’s Star Garden, the nation’s only unionized strip club
September 24, 2026 // Since the NLRB complaint was filed in 2024, the club has not resumed normal operations with its 17 unionized dancers on an indefinite strike. Without a hearing, it’s uncertain if a union will operate anytime soon in a strip club industry valued at $7.7 billion. The Star Garden owners, Yevgenya “Jenny” Kazaryan and Stepan “Steve” Kazaryan, and their attorneys could not be reached by LA Public Press for comment. Stepan Kazaryan is also the registered owner of Dreams strip club in Wilmington. Other business filings show he owns Pink Diamonds Club in North Hollywood and Burlesque Enterprise Inc.
Opinion Dave Regan’s alleged bullying should put an end to ‘billionaire tax’
September 21, 2026 // For years, Regan has bossed his way around California, drawing on his training in New York state and his experience in the Rust Belt. He arrived in California and immediately saw the state’s ballot initiative process as the soft underbelly of democracy. In election after election, he has organized initiatives on his pet priorities. He doesn’t always win them. But he has turned ballot initiatives into weapons to increase the political power of his union — regardless of the consequences.
More San Diego Zoo staff members unionize with Teamsters
September 21, 2026 // Local 481 represents around 1,800 workers at the Zoo Wildlife Alliance, ranging from retail and concessions to wildlife care specialists and horticulturalists, according to a union statement. In June, SDZWA veterinarian technicians joined Teamsters Local 481.
Nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Chicago’s south suburbs strike against Prime Healthcare
September 16, 2026 // A Prime Healthcare spokesperson also said the strike and pickets on Tuesday will not disrupt patient care. Nurses at hospitals in Nevada and California were also set to hold sympathy strikes to support the one happening in Olympia Fields. In total, nearly 3,000 hospital workers were on strike or picketing Tuesday.