Latest News - February 2015

February 27, 2015
Apple bus drivers vote to join Teamsters 140-38 as labor claims another Silicon Valley victory
Source: BIZ JOURNAL
By: Leslie Griffy

February 25, 2015
Labor activists cancel faculty unionization vote at CalArts
Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES
By: LARRY GORDON

February 25, 2015
Arbitrator sides with county in labor dispute with corrections employees
Source: BRAINERD DISPATCH
By: Chelsey Perkins

February 23, 2015
Canadian National Railway, Unifor Union Reach Tentative Labor Deal
Source: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
By: PAUL VIEIRA

February 22, 2015
Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin
Source: THE WASHINGTON POST
By: Robert Samuels

February 22, 2015
Strike at U.S. Refineries Widens
Source: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
By: ERIN AILWORTH

February 21, 2015
West Coast ports to begin tackling backlog after labor deal
Source: REUTERS
By: STEVE GORMAN

February 20, 2015
Budgeters look for $10 million in labor cuts
Source: RUTLAND HERALD
By: Neal P. Goswami

February 20, 2015
West Coast Dockworkers Reach Tentative Contract After Labor Strife Snarled Trade With Asia
Source: ABC NEWS

February 19, 2015
Wal-Mart's Raises Reflect Tighter Jobs Market
Source: WALL STREET JOURNAL
By: ERIC MORATH

February 19, 2015
Union rejects contract offer from oil cos in U.S. refinery strike
Source: REUTERS
By: BOB RIHA, JR

February 19, 2015
UPDATE 1-CN Rail-Unifor contract talks at impasse, strike vote likely
Source: REUTERS
By: EUAN ROCHA

February 19, 2015
As port dispute drags on, labor secretary urges 'immediate agreement'
Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES
By: ERIC GARCETTI

February 18, 2015
Judge OKs deal that ends government oversight of Teamsters
Source: USA TODAY

February 17, 2015
Teamsters decry anti-union propaganda targeting drivers
Source: USA TODAY
By: MIKE SNIDER

February 15, 2015
Managers bunk down at U.S. refineries as strike enters third week
Source: REUTERS
By: JARRETT RENSHAW

February 15, 2015
City reaches impasse with utility workers union negotiations
Source: JOURNAL-NEWS.COM
By: Vivienne Machi

February 13, 2015
Farmers hit hard by labor strife at West Coast ports
Source: REUTERS
By: STEVE GORMAN

February 13, 2015
21st century labor markets looking more like 19th century
Source: SFGATE
By: Robert Reich

February 12, 2015
Ports across West Coast shut down amid labor dispute
Source: CSMONITOR.COM
By: Cristina Maza

February 8, 2015
Oil worker union strike grows larger
Source: CNN MONEY
By: Gregory Wallace

February 5, 2015
Productivity 'Crippled' As Labor Contract Talks Drag Into 9th Month Over Oakland, Other West Coast Ports
Source: CBS SAN FRANCISCO

February 3, 2015
Senate committee passes bill repealing prevailing wage over labor's objections
Source: METRO NEWS
By: Hoppy Kercheval

February 3, 2015
Union files labor charges at Taj Mahal; Revel in turmoil
Source: COURIER-POST
By: WAYNE PARRY

February 3, 2015
This study explains why American labor unions are even more doomed than they look
Source: VOX.COM
By: Matthew Yglesias

February 2, 2015
SW Ambulance union may strike if final negotiations fail
Source: TUCSON.COM
By: Yoohyun Jung

February 2, 2015
NLRB panel says Space Needle violated labor laws
Source: THE SEATTLE TIMES
By: Janet I. Tu

February 2, 2015
Obama Budget Boosts Labor Department Funding
Source: WALL STREET JOURNAL
By: MELANIE TROTTMAN

February 1, 2015
Deadline passes in U.S. refinery workers contract talks
Source: REUTERS
By: ERWIN SEBA