In a blow to private institutions and a boon to their graduate student employees, the NLRB ruled Tuesday that graduate research and teaching assistants are entitled to collective bargaining.
Recent research in social science and history suggests that the white working-class men who are planning to vote for Donald J. Trump this November might have been out front in the fight against Mr. Trump — if only the
While the Democratic Party platform supports a strong labor movement, the Republican Party platform sees unions as a threat to "freedom" in the workplace.
As of 6:00 a.m. this morning, about 1,000 members of UNITE HERE Local 54 went out on strike at the Trump Taj Mahal. We ask that you please support our brothers and sisters by joining their picket line.
From the New York Times, May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, in a far-reaching effort to improve the lot of workers that has ignited criticism from business groups, announced on Tuesday that it was making millions more employees
Testimony of Bridget Devane, Public Policy Director, HPAE In Support of S15 Good morning. Thank you, Chairman Madden and members of the Committee and S15 sponsors Senator Vitale and Sweeney for the opportunity to testify in support of S15, which
From the New York Times, April 8, 2016 A Wisconsin law barring unions from requiring workers in the private sector to pay the equivalent of union dues was struck down late Friday after a judge deemed it a violation of
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 24, 2016 TRENTON — Boosting the state minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2021 would benefit one in four workers in New Jersey, 90 percent of whom are at least 20
From the National Law Journal, March 16, 2016 In nearly two decades on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge Merrick Garland has rarely ruled against the National Labor Relations Board. But when he has overturned NLRB’s
From the Star-Ledger, February 21, 2016 Too many of our fellow New Jerseyans go to work every day, some to two jobs, and do not make enough money to put food on the table, pay the heating and electric bills,
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