Latest News - October 2010

October 28, 2010
NLRB Steps Toward Grad Unions
Source: Inside Higher Ed
By: Scott Jaschik

October 27, 2010
Labor Helps Key Senate Dems, but Abandons most House Blue Dogs
Source: The Hill
By: Alexander Bolton

October 27, 2010
Continental Flight Attendants Reject Labor Deal
Source: Bloomber Businessweek
By: Associated Press

October 27, 2010
Union Opposition Quashes Councilman’s Proposal on DWP Pension
Source: Los Angeles Times
By: David Zahniser

October 26, 2010
With Senate Control in Play, Labor Unions Look Past Card-Check Bill
Source: The Hill
By: Kevin Bogardus

October 26, 2010
Jimmy John Workers Still Fighting Despite Vote Setback
Source: People’s World
By: David Bester

October 26, 2010
Bennet Opposed to Proposed Union Bill
Source: The Denver Daily News
By: Peter Marcus

October 23, 2010
Union’s Bid to Organize Sandwich Shops Rejected
Source: Bloomberg
By: Holly Rosenkratz and Flynn McRoberts

October 22, 2010
Public-Sector Union AFSCME Now No. 1 Spender in 2010 Election Cycle
Source: CBS News
By: Lucy Madison

October 21, 2010
Card Checkmate
Source: The Wall Street Journal

October 20, 2010
Changes in Federal Labor Law Coming
Source: Mlive.com
By: Keith Eastland

October 20, 2010
Union Plans to Try to Block Release of Teacher Ratings
Source: New York Times
By: Sharon Otterman

October 19, 2010
Hilton Hotel Strike Ends, But Convention in Doubt
Source: ABC News
By: Associated Press

October 14, 2010
In Waterfront Hearings, Accounts of a Union’s Kickbacks and a Mafia Tie
Source: The New York Times
By: Richard Perez-Pena

October 12, 2010
Three SEIU locals merge
Source: Sacramento Business Journal
By: Kathy Robertson

October 11, 2010
Shippers Concerned Over Labor Tactics After Strike Closes East Coast Ports
Source: PR Newswire
By: The Journal Of Commerce

October 08, 2010
Big Union Wins Vote Against a Rival in California
Source: The New York Times
By: Steven Greenhouse

October 07, 2010
Postal Union Election Delayed After Ballots Lost in the Mail
Source: FoxNews

October 06, 2010
Washington Hospital Nurses’ Labor Dispute Reflects Tensions Across the US
Source: The Washington Post
By: Lena H. Sun

October 05, 2010
NLRB Asks Federal Court to Award Raises And Full Retro Pay to NUHW Members at Kaiser
Source: Kansascity.com
By: NUHW

October 05, 2010
First Fast Food Workers Union Planned
Source: TIME
By: Allie Townsend