A workers union threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major railroads. A government-ordered arbitration hearing ended without a decision. Trains are expected to keep moving through Monday.
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Canada orders a third party to mediate a labor dispute between railways and employees
Negotiations between Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and the Teamsters union, which represents 10,000 of the companies’ employees, began about a year ago.
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Illinois bans companies from forcing workers to listen to their anti-union talk
Illinois is the 8th state to adopt a law making it illegal for employers to hold mandatory religious, political or anti-union meetings, a move aimed at helping workers trying to unionize.
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Want to understand America’s labor movement? Head south
If you go by headlines, the last 12 months have delivered major wins to organized labor.
But despite well publicized victories the rate of U.S. union membership fell to a record low in 2023. Just 10%.
And in southern states, the push to unionize can still be a grinding, uphill battle.
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Journalists turn to picket lines as the news business ails
Journalists have walked out of two dozen newsrooms over layoffs, budget cuts and fraught contract talks in just the past few weeks. All of them belong to the leading newspaper union, the NewsGuild.
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Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.
The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Providence began a three-day strike on Friday over demands for mandatory minimum staffing levels and pay increases.
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Nursing home workers, union leaders, demand lawmakers support “safe staffing” legislation.
Raise The Bar, a coalition of nursing home caregivers led by union organizers, is urging Rhode Island lawmakers to support legislation that would set minimum staffing levels in nursing homes.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics & Media Roundup For May 3
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) If not now, when? That’s a pertinent question for efforts to improve Rhode Island’s locally administered pensions. As General Treasurer Seth Magaziner detailed, in […]
