Statement on the Resolution of the L.A. Teachers’ Strike Ernest Logan, President American Federation of School Administrators January 22, 2019 “We are pleased that leaders of the Los Angeles Teachers Union and the school district have reached an agreement that addresses many critical issues and will allow classes to resume. This breakthrough should make it possible once again for teachers […]

NEW YORK –Increasing employment in construction and already high density in education and public service jobs drove a rise in New York City union density in the last year and a half, reversing seven years of declines, a new study reveals. The City University of New York Graduate Center reports 24 percent of all workers within the city’s five boroughs […]

NEW ORLEANS –It’s taken nine years, but some 7,000 former New Orleans school workers – teachers, principals, secretaries, social workers, para-professionals and others – may be headed for a multimillion-dollar win of back wages and penalties this fall. Whether they will get the money depends on the Louisiana Supreme Court, which heard the case on Sept. 4.  It set no […]

WASHINGTON–After a 2-year struggle, administrative law judges employed by the D.C. government voted 19-5 to unionize with the Professional and Technical Engineers. Their campaign had to overcome opposition by a since-disgraced former chief judge, Mary Walker, to bar unionization on the grounds that joining the union would present a conflict of interest and that the ALJs are supervisors.

PHILADELPHIA–The Letter Carriers have a 1-word message for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe: Go. He’s so mismanaged the Postal Service and is so focused on cutting service, including Saturday pickup and delivery, and jobs that he should leave, union convention delegates said.

PITTSBURGH–Summer seems to be a season when some employers turn nasty, as the Steelworkers found in the last few weeks. That’s because a lockout of one local stopped – with the unionists’ win – as the calendar turned to August, while another started.

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich.–The doctor is in….at the union hall. Plumbers Local 98 has joined those forward-thinking building trades unions on the cutting edge that take control of their healthcare challenges. As part of Local 98’s benefit package, covered members now have their own medical clinic sponsored by the Plumbers Local 98 Insurance Fund: The Activate Health and Wellness Center, in Madison Heights, Mich.