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Sep 05 2022
Opinion
Union rebound? AFL-CIO’s Shuler sees promise, long road ahead.
Anewly released poll heading into Labor Day weekend shows a near-record 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, up from 64% just before the pandemic. Yet that Gallup poll stands in contrast to some raw math: Just 1 in 10 workers on U.S. payrolls are union members, half the level seen four decades ago.
Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO labor federation, wants to bridge that gap –
Christian Science MonitorApr 10 2023
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As Rutgers strike heads into Day 2 without contracts, union vows continued picketing - New Jersey Monitor
The first day of Rutgers University’s first-ever faculty strike ended with no resolution Monday night, with union leaders urging members to continue picketing Tuesday. Union leaders, university officials, and negotiators spent hours at the Statehouse in Trenton Monday afternoon after Gov. Phil Murphy called them to his office there to hasten consensus. While no substantive progress was made
New Jersey MonitorJun 11 2020
Analysis
A Major Obstacle to Police Reform: The Whiteness of Their Union Bosses
The president of Minneapolis’s police union called George Floyd a “violent criminal” and those protesting his killing by a police officer a “terrorist movement.” A union chief in Baltimore once said Black Lives Matter activists were a “lynch mob”; one in Philadelphia referred to them as “a pack of rabid animals.” Another has labeled St. Louis’s democratically elected prosecutor, who is black
The Marshall ProjectMar 21 2024
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Obituary: Judith “Judy” (Jones) Brown
SOUTH PORTLAND – Judith “Judy” (Jones) Brown, 78, passed away at a hospital in Portland on March 11, 2024. Judy was born on Nov. 4, 1945, in Brunswick, the daughter of the late Fremont and Bertha (Miller) Jones. Judy’s journey began in the rocky soil of Union; there she attended Union High School, graduating in 1964. She would then make her way to Portland where she attended cosmetology
Portland Press HeraldMar 21 2024
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Boston University graduate workers plan to strike starting Monday
Graduate workers at Boston University are set to begin a strike Monday after an overwhelming majority of union members voted to authorize the action earlier this month. Negotiations between students and the school have been ongoing for eight months, but the two parties have failed to reach an agreement, the Boston University graduate student union, known as BUGWU, said in a press release
Boston.comMar 23 2024
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Convincing win over Scotland offers Dutch no pleasure
AMSTERDAM, March 23 (Reuters) - A 4-0 triumph for the Netherlands in Friday’s friendly against Scotland might seem a convincing scoreline but coach Ronald Koeman and captain Virgil van Dijk were far from pleased with their team’s performance three months away from the European Championship. Koeman said they were careless in possession of the ball while Van Dijk said the winning margin
ReutersAug 31 2022
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Americans' pro-union sentiment is higher than it's been in 57 years
A new Gallup poll shows that 71% of Americans say they approve of unions—the highest percentage since 1965.
Unions’ growing support among the US reflects the ongoing shift in attitudes toward work in general and the labor movement in particular, as people grow increasingly disillusioned with the idea that their jobs ought to take a central role in their lives—particularly when loyalty
QuartzJan 29 2024
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Amazon cancels $1.7B takeover of Roomba maker iRobot: ‘No path to regulatory approval’
Amazon has nixed plans to buy Roomba maker iRobot after the companies mutually determined the pending acquisition has “no path to regulatory approval in the European Union.” In a related announcement Monday, iRobot revealed that it would lay off about 350 employees, or 31% of its overall workforce, as part of a restructuring effort. Colin Angle will step down as chairman and CEO of iRobot,
New York Post (News)Mar 30 2024
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Rep. Peltola Gets Alaska’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Back on Track
Transportation funds are needed to maintain bridges and highways in Alaska. (Photo/Levi Rickert for Native News Online) In February, the U.S. Department of Transportation rejected Alaska’s four-year statewide transportation improvement program, or STIP. Alaska was the only state in the union that had its STIP rejected. With the rejection came great concern due to Alaska/s needs for
Yahoo NewsMar 31 2024
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Neighborhoods near congested I-55 freight corridors count truck traffic, push for changes
Outside Mario Aguirre’s office in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood, traffic is so bad that people hit a tree, mailbox, light pole, brick wall, vehicle or pedestrian about once a week. Aguirre, president of the United Credit Union, said the main problem is the torrent of 18-wheel diesel freight trucks. They pour in and out of a BNSF intermodal rail yard at Pulaski Road and 41st Street,
Chicago Tribune