In a move that could send shock waves throughout the leadership of every major Hollywood union and guild, the U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Scott Roth, executive director of the Art Director
Myles Calvey: "It's clearly union busting. That's all it is now." The IBEW's Myles Calvey on the Verizon strike, now in its third week. Verizon has given the 39,000 CWA and IBEW strikers what the company says is its final offer on a new labor contract. The unions will come back this week with their own proposal. Read More...
A Detroit teacher "sickout" Monday closed 94 of the city's 97 public schools. The Detroit Federation of Teachers' Ivy Bailey says the 1500 teachers learned they might not be paid after June 30th. The teachers rallied Monday at a school administration building. Read More...
Fast food workers rallied in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park Monday demanding a $15 an hour living wage ordinance. Workers rallied and planned a march to the Village Hall meeting to request the ordinance. Clergy and other supporters joined the fast food workers, who want $15 an hour and union rights. Read More...
A diverse group of creative industry companies, advocacy groups, labor unions, associations, programmers, and individual creators are raising concerns about the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to regulate the set top box market – and its potential impact on copyright and content creators’ ability to be compensated for their work.
Today is Workers Memorial Day, a day we come together to remember working people who died and suffered on the job because of hazardous working conditions. In 2014, 4,821 people died on the job, millions more suffered serious injuries from their work, and thousands more working people become ill from deadly occupational diseases. These deaths are preventable.
At least 45,000 workers have won class-action lawsuit rights in a National Labor Relations Board case against Menard’s. The midwest-based home improvement supply store chain owned by Wisconsin anti-union billionaire John Menard is settling the case with the NLRB rather than trying to fight the charges that his company is violating labor law. OPEIU Local 153 attorney Seth Goldstein filed the charges along with attorney Marissa McDermott.
Local and State AFL-CIO Federations continue to stand with the 39,000 Verizon workers who are striking for a fair contract.
Ford Motor Company is investing $1.6 billion to upgrade two of its manufacturing facilities in Michigan and Ohio, and creating or retaining 650 hourly jobs in the United States. The $1.4 billion investment in Livonia Transmission Plant, represented by UAW local 182, and $200 million investment in Ohio Assembly Plant, represented by UAW.
Just two years ago, Volkswagen was actively supporting the United Auto Workers in its push to