By Andrew Harrer – Organized labor has embarked on a project to develop legislation that would expand collective bargaining rights of private-sector workers, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said. During and after a meeting with Wall Street Journal reporters and editors…
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PA. House Education Committee Vote Aims To Curtail Teacher Seniority
By Kevin McCorry – In a bipartisan 16-8 vote, the Pennsylvania House Education Committee has greenlighted a bill that would eliminate state-mandated seniority protections for teachers. HB 1722, sponsored by state Rep. Tim Krieger, R-Westmoreland, would require districts to base…
TAKE ACTION – Supreme Court May Gut Care Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights
By Jobs With Justice – The Supreme Court could issue a decision as early as Monday that could repeal collective bargaining rights for home-care workers. Learn the potential impact the ruling could have on care workers, care consumers and working…
One year later, memorial to victims of Philly building collapse moving forward
– Today, June 5, 2014, marks the first anniversary of the building collapse that killed six in Center City Philadelphia nears, efforts continue to construct a memorial park at the site where the Salvation Army thrift store stood. The process…
German union official on VW U.S. organizing: ‘We will not be beaten’
By David Shepardson and Karl Henkel – The head of Volkswagen AG’s global works council said the union still wants a German-style works council for workers at VW’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., vowing to step up the fight despite…
