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Despite ruling, Target unionization is long shot
22 May 2012, 4:24 pm
A federal judge's decision Monday to overturn a union election at a Target in Valley Stream, Long Island, paves the way for a new vote, but the retail giant is still a long way from having to deal with its first unionized store. In a 40-page ruling, Administrative Law Judge Steven Davis wrote that Target had illegally interrogated workers about their union activity, threatened them with ...
Technically legal, Brazil’s sex workers left out of unionization push
20 May 2012, 6:04 am
RIO DE JANEIRO — While other industries have unionized and steadily built up worker protections, Brazil’s sex workers have been unable to follow suit as they have in other countries where the sex trade has been legalized, plagued by social stigma and strict laws around prostitution. read more
OSU objections to grad unionization are ludicrous
16 May 2012, 11:39 pm
By: Dennis Dugan You know what? The same is true of represented graduate assistants. And that holds true for both the academic and non-academic work — that OSU would dare suggest otherwise is a blatant insult to the work graduate employees of all kinds are already doin...
unionization effort at Duquesne takes next step
14 May 2012, 4:09 pm
Adjunct professors from Duquesne University are petitioning the National Labor Relations Board this afternoon to hold an election to unionize. The move comes just a few hours after the Adjunct Association of the United Steelworkers Union unsuccessfully asked the school to voluntarily recognize the union, according to Robin Soward, a member of the Duquesne Adjunct Faculty Association's volunteer ...
Hearing planned in lawsuit against Conn. governor
7 May 2012, 9:55 am
Opponents to
unionization of certain daycare and personal care workers are going to court after Connecticut lawmakers sent legislation to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy allowing the employees to collectively bargain over wages and benefits.
Hearing planned in lawsuit against Malloy
7 May 2012, 9:07 am
Opponents to
unionization of certain daycare and personal care workers are going to court after Connecticut lawmakers sent legislation to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy allowing the employees to collectively bargain over wages and benefits.
Senators Clash For Hours Over unionization Bill
3 May 2012, 8:26 pm
Senate Republicans and Democrats clashed Thursday night over a controversial bill that allows the
unionization of two groups of low-income workers in a case that has prompted two legislators to sue the state.
Senators Battle, But Pass unionization Bill
3 May 2012, 8:24 pm
A controversial bill that allows low-wage workers who care for children and the elderly and disabled to join unions passed the state Senate late Thursday on a 22-14 party-line vote.
Court upholds Missouri home-care union election
2 May 2012, 12:44 pm
A Missouri appeals court has upheld the
unionization vote of thousands of workers who provide in-home care for disabled residents.The Missouri Home Care Union said Wednesday that the ruling is the culmination ...
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Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Joins Neighboring … - YAHOO!
18 May 2012, 2:32 pm
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale joined other State and Local AFL-CIO leaders in supporting the proposal by three affiliated labor unions to achieve labor peace and a fair process for
unionization at the new Revel Casino in Atlantic City.
Womens' Lawsuit Aims to End Forced unionization - Big Hollywood
14 May 2012, 4:24 pm
MINNEAPOLIS--To some, the actions of the Connecticut legislature that enabled a child care providers union in Connecticut, might appear to add momentum to SEIU and AFCSME’s national campaign to conscript family child care business owners into ...
Hearing planned in lawsuit against Conn. governor - New Jersey Herald
7 May 2012, 11:25 am
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Opponents to
unionization of certain daycare and personal care workers are going to court after Connecticut lawmakers sent legislation to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy allowing the employees to collectively bargain over wages and benefits.
