The Associated Press reports, Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike: President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the pivotal midterm elections. Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the … Read more
In the second long anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision today, the six conservative Justices on the Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid held that California’s access regulation, which gives union organizers the right to enter the property of agricultural employers for a certain amount of time, constitutes a per … Read more
The AFL-CIO is bringing pressure to bear on Arizona’s senators to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Huffington Post reports, Organized Labor Puts Heat On Democratic Holdouts To Support PRO Act: The AFL-CIO labor federation says it’s spending seven figures on television and radio ads aimed at bolstering Senate support for the … Read more
Republicans are attacking your rights at multiple levels — voting rights, reproductive rights, the right to protest, the right to sue a business, the right to citizens initiative, and the right to unionize. On Tuesday, the first bill up for debate was SB1268, the anti-union ALEC bill. In committee, we were led to believe that … Read more
MSNBC’s Joy Reid sarcastically refers to prima donna senator Joe Manchin as “Prime Minister Manchin” and “the prince of Appalachia.” Maybe all the negative attention this prima donna senator has been getting is paying off. The Hill reports, Manchin throws support behind union-backed PRO Act: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday threw his support behind the … Read more