Latest News - March 2011

March 31, 2011
Subcommittee Examines Union Transparency and Accountability
Source: Press Release: Education and The Workforce Committee
By: Brian Newell

March 31, 2011
State Senate passes ag labor 'card check' bill
Source: The Business Journal
By: Gabriel Dillard

March 29, 2011
NLRB: Secret Recording of Workplace Meeting Is Held to Be Protected Activity
Source: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
By: Gregory A. Hendershott and Modessa Jacobs

March 29, 2011
Ohio House committee passes public union curbs
Source: Reuters
By: Jo Ingles

March 28, 2011
Oklahoma Senate panel OKs collective bargaining repeal
Source: NewsOK, The Oklahoman
By: John Estus

March 28, 2011
State stops collecting union dues, starts charging more for health care
Dispute still swirls around whether law is in force
Source: JS Online Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
By: Patrick Marley

March 26, 2011
Palm Coast woman sentenced to prison for embezzling $1.3M
Source: The Daytona Beach News-Journal
By: Andrew Gant

March 25, 2011
UFCW 8-Golden State Begins Informational Picketing at Fresh & Easy in Modesto
Source: Yahoo Finance
By: Press release, media contact: UFCW 8-Golden State, Jacques Loveall, President

March 23, 2011
NNU/MNA Places National Agenda Ahead of Tufts Medical Center Nurses and Local Community
Source: Tufts Medical Center
By: Media Contact Julie Jette | (617) 636-3265 | jjette@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

March 22, 2011
USW Agrees to Concessions at Sparrows Point, Wheeling & Warren Steel Mills
Source: Steel Market Update
By: Sophia Fain

March 20, 2011
Labor showdown likely between U.S. automakers and UAW
Source: courier-journal.com
By: Brent Snavely

March 17, 2011
Sodexo USA Files RICO Lawsuit Against SEIU
Source: PR NewsWire

March 15, 2011
Hoffa Commits Full Resources of Union to Win Continental-United Campaign
Source: PR Newswire
By: International Brotherhood of Teamsters

March 15, 2011
10 Recent Nursing Strikes, Lawsuits and Unionizations at U.S. Hospitals
Source: Becker’s Hospital Review
By: Rachel Fields

March 15, 2011
As Hospitals Go ‘Lean’ and Squeeze Workers, Unions See Potential for Organizing
Source: Labor Notes
By: Kim Moody

March 3, 2011
Hyatt Asks National Labor Relations Board to Allow Hotel Employees in California and Indiana to Vote on Union Representation
Source: TradersHuddle.com
By: CHICAGO-( Business Wire)

March 2, 2011
Both sides prepare for strike at mill
Healthcare, pensions, pay in dispute
Source: The Virginia Gazette
By: Robin Lawson