There are currently twenty-nine states with Right to Work laws. Montana was looking to be the thirtieth, but the measure was voted down in the Montana House of Representatives earlier this month by a wide margin, with 29...
Read MoreThe amendment to add an increase to the federal minimum wage to Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill failed to pass the Senate earlier this month. Despite that, we can expect it to remain high up on the agenda during the...
Read MoreThe CoVid-19 pandemic is having an impact on union strength at the bargaining table. Bloomberg Law reports that union wage hikes were down nearly one percent into 2021. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which required...
Read MoreThe NLRB updated its rules for determining when adjuncts and non-tenure faculty at universities can join a union. Faculty members can only join a union if their school has a committee that exercises ‘effective control’ over...
Read MoreAfter petitioning the state NLRB for a vote to remove the Operating Engineers union multiple times last year and being unlawfully denied due to ‘blocking charges’ filed by the union, workers at Rieth-Riley Construction Company...
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