Latest News - July 2015

July 31, 2015
AFGE Tells VA Secretary Which VA Executives Managers to Fire: Huh?
Source: FEDSMITH.COM
By: BOB GILSON

July 30, 2015
UC Berkeley researchers miss the mark on minimum wage increases
Source: SACBEE.COM
By: MICHAEL SALTSMAN

July 29, 2015
Los Angeles union wants to be exempt from $15 minimum wage it fought for
Source: THEGUARDIAN.COM
By: JANA KASPERKEVIC

July 29, 2015
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Forced Public Employee Unionism
Source: NLPC.ORG
By: CARL HOROWITZ

July 29, 2015
Right-to-work law applies to state employees, Michigan Supreme Court rules
Source: MLIVE.COM
By: JONATHAN OOSTING

July 27, 2015
Why union leaders want L.A. to give them a minimum wage loophole
Source: LATIMES.COM
By: PETER JAMISON

July 26, 2015
Lawsuit against district, teachers' union dismissed
Source: PHILLY.COM
By: ROBERY MORAN

July 26, 2015
Effects of NLRB's Adoption of "Quickie Election" Rules
Source: NATLAWREVIEW.COM
By: HENRY W. SLEDZ JR.

July 24, 2015
Shocker: Seattle Feels the Pinch of Self-Inflicted Minimum Wage Law
Source: TOWNHALL.COM
By: DANIEL DAVIS

July 23, 2015
Teachers union knocks religious freedom
Source: DETROITNEWS.COM
By: INGRID JACQUES

July 22, 2015
In labor victory, fast food workers in New York will get a $15 minimum wage
Source: WASHINGTONPOST.COM
By: LYDIA DEPILLIS

July 22, 2015
Teachers union caught breaking campaign finance laws, gets off easy
Source: WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM
By: JASON RUSSELL

July 22, 2015
Bill to exempt Indian tribes from NLRA moves to House
Source: REUTERS.COM
By: DANIEL WIESSNER

July 21, 2015
Gov. Cuomo's one-sided Wage Board will cost NYC jobs
Source: NEW YORK POST
By: HEATHER C. BRICETTI

July 11, 2015
Clinton wins major labor endorsement
Source: THEHILL.COM
By: ALEXANDER BOLTON

July 10, 2015
Citi Bike workers become first in nation to take a labor ride
Source: BIZJOURNALS.COM

July 10, 2015
Conservatives prepare for attack on trade union political funds
Source: FT.COM
By: Jim Pickard and Elizabeth Rigby

July 9, 2015
Verizon braces for potential labor strike as CWA, IBEW union negotiations continue
Source: FIERCETELECOM.COM
By: SEAN BUCKLEY

July 9, 2015
State budget shakes unions
Source: BOSTONGLOBE.COM
By: David Scharfenberg

July 9, 2015
NLRB Signals It Is About to Make It Much Easier For Unions to Organize Temps and Contingent Workers – Temps and Regular Employees To Be Included in Same Bargaining Unit
Source: NATLAWREVIEW.COM
By: STEVEN M. SWIRSKY

July 6, 2015
Union financial transparency comes to Canada
Source: NETRIGHTDAILY.COM
By: NATHAN MEHRENS

July 6, 2015
Judge orders city carpenters union back to work
Source: NYPOST.COM
By: MICHAEL GARTLAND

July 5, 2015
Vegas discrimination lawsuit could be headed to arbitration
Source: REVIEWJOURNAL.COM
By: JAMES DEHAVEN

July 5, 2015
California advocates still pushing to unionize child care providers
Source: SACBEE.COM
By: ANDREW HOLZMAN

July 1, 2015
Union leaders indicted in health care kickback scheme
Source: CAPITALNEWYORK.COM
By: COLBY HAMILTON

June 26, 2015
Labor leaders call for unions to endorse Sanders
Source: GLOBEGAZETTE.COM
By: JAMES Q. LYNCH

June 25, 2015
Labor council backs Toledo mayor in race
AFL-CIO's campaign helped oust Bell, elect Collins in 2013
Source: TOLEDOBLADE.COM
By: TOM TROY

June 24, 2015
Labor Joins Protest Against 16th and Mission Developer
Source: SFWEEKLY.COM
By: JULIE CARRIE WONG

June 24, 2015
Legislation on ports, labor gains momentum
Source: JOC.COM
By: BILL MONGELLUZZO