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Amazon workers in Staten Island announce plans to unionize
Employees at the Staten Island facility spoke about what they called problematic workplace conditions at a press conference in front of New York City Hall.
2 months ago -
Capital Gazette, Maryland community papers move to unionize
Journalists at Baltimore Sun Media Group community newspapers are asking parent company Tribune Publishing to voluntarily recognize a union.
3 months ago -
NRLB: More evidence Johns Hopkins tried to stop union effort
The National Labor Relations Board has found more evidence that Johns Hopkins Hospital officials have restricted the rights of nurses trying to unionize.
3 months ago -
Newspaper chain recognizes union at 2 Virginia dailies
The two papers, The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk and the Daily Press in Newport News, are owned by Chicago-based Tronc Inc.
5 months ago -
Coal miners’ union picks fiery president to serve 6th term
Cecil Roberts, 71, is known as a fiery, passionate speaker and has battled in recent years to protect retired union worker pensions as the coal industry has slumped. He has led civil disobedience protests that sometimes end with him and other union miners being arrested.
6 months ago -
Johns Hopkins nurses eye unionizing over staffing, benefits
Organizers say nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital are overworked and underpaid compared with counterparts elsewhere and could form a union.
11 months ago -
Metro, union in court fight over anti-fatigue policy
Metro is arguing in court that, for safety’s sake, its anti-fatigue policy must take precedent over unionized workers’ choice to work a seventh straight day.
2 years ago -
Confederate memorials in Va. can be pulled by local governments
A push to block any changes to Confederate monuments or memorials fell short in Virginia’s General Assembly this week after some heated debate.
3 years ago -
Ruling to allow college athletes to unionize is thrown out
By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board on Monday threw out a historic ruling that gave Northwestern University football players the go-ahead to form the nation’s first college athletes’…
4 years ago -
Navy Yard police union: Staffing cuts slowed response
The union representing civilian police officers at the Washington Navy Yard says the base was undermanned because of budget cuts related to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
5 years ago -
Radical Baltimore bookstore Red Emma’s plans expansion
Red Emma\’s is a bookstore, coffeehouse and cafe in Baltimore
collectively owned by 14 workers and operates on workplace democracy — the idea that
workers can be their own bosses.6 years ago -
Va. bill seeks to cap toll, gov’t costs by limiting unions
Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban the forced use of unions in the state, which some say would keep costs on public projects from soaring even higher and help a larger segment of the unemployed.
7 years ago
