January 29, 2020 SEIU branch settles sexual-assault lawsuit, overhauls internal reporting policies SEIU branch in California settles contentious sexual harassment lawsuit and overhauls internal policies.
January 15, 2020 Senators urge Trump administration not to allow more guest worker visas, say program harms US workers Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday urged the Trump administration not to approve an additional number of foreign guest workers this year without significant reforms to the controversial program -- which they say incentivizes employers to hire foreign workers over their American counterparts.
January 12, 2020 Parent union forming to combat power of public school teachers unions Keri Rodrigues and Alma Marquez said they were so appalled by the low standards of America's public school teachers' unions, they formed The National Parents Union (NPU), so families could have a greater say in their child's education.
December 31, 2019 Baker Mitchell: Why do charter schools keep growing? Charter schools are growing nationally because they offer parents an alternative to public schools in which many children feel ignored, unsafe or unchallenged.
December 26, 2019 Embattled union honchos’ lavish spending exposed: Villas, four-figure dinners, $60,000 cigar bill Work hard, play hard -- and on the union's dime. That might as well have been the motto for some former top officials at the United Automobile Workers.
December 11, 2019 Bernie Sanders heckled by Las Vegas union members over Medicare-for-All Bernie Sanders faced pushback from union members in Las Vegas on Tuesday over how the Democratic presidential candidate would fund a government-subsidized health care plan that would force union members to forfeit the benefits they’ve spent years bargaining for.
October 31, 2019 Chicago teachers' strike ends after 11 days without classes Chicago teachers will return to class on Friday after reaching a labor contract deal Thursday with the nation's third-largest school district.
October 28, 2019 New challenge to union power brewing in wake of Janus ruling In the wake of a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that public-sector unions cannot force non-members to pay a fee for representation in the workplace, a new challenge to union power is taking shape.Â
October 28, 2019 Rebecca Friedrichs: Chicago unions stage a fake crisis to grab power Teachers want to teach. Teachers’ unions just want power.
October 17, 2019 Chicago teachers go on strike, canceling class for 300,000 students Teachers across Chicago hit the picket lines Thursday after months of union demands for better working conditions and smaller class sizes failed to materialize.