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Jan 11 2022
Headline Roundup
Chicago Reaches Deal With Teachers to Resume In-person Classes After COVID-19 Standoff
Following a week-long standoff between Chicago and its teachers' union, the two sides reached a deal to resume in-person learning for public schools.
Students will return to Chicago Public Schools Wednesday after teachers' union leaders approved a new COVID-19 safety plan. Classes had been canceled for four straight days amid concerns about surging COVID-19 cases and a lack of access to
Chicago Tribune
CBS News (Online) 
New York Post (News) 
Mar 29 2016
News
Unions Win Fee Victory as SCOTUS Ties 4-4
When the case involving California teachers was argued in January, Justice Antonin Scalia was still alive, and the court appeared ready to hand unions a big setback.
New York Times (News)
Mar 29 2016
News
Labor Unions Dodge A Bullet At The Supreme Court
Labor unions can breathe a sigh of relief.
On Tuesday, an equally divided Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling in a case that posed an existential threat to public-sector unionism. As a result of the split decision, the system unions use to collect fees from workers will remain intact.
HuffPost
Jun 06 2022
Analysis
Why is Starbucks shutting down a location that voted to unionize?
When Starbucks employees at a branch in Ithaca, New York, voted to unionize in April, the store’s working conditions were among their concerns. One longtime employee said the grease trap at the Starbucks location on Cornell University’s College Avenue had been broken since he’d started working there back in 2018. “It’s something we’ve been begging them to fix for years,” shift supervisor
Quartz
Jun 13 2022
News
Ohio Shrinks Training Requirement for Teachers to Carry Guns From 700 Hours to 24
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed into law a bill that cuts the number of training hours that teachers, principals, and other school staff must complete in order to carry guns from about 700 hours to a mere 24.
Under the new legislation, school personnel will only have to complete four scenario-based training hours, in addition to 20 hours covering first aid, the history
RollingStone.com
Jun 13 2022
News
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs law to arm teachers with 24 hours of training
School districts across Ohio will be able to authorize teachers, principals and other staff to carry firearms into classrooms this fall after 24 hours of training.
The new law, signed Monday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, will lower the required training hours for armed school personnel from about 700 hours to four scenario-based training hours, plus a maximum of 20 hours for first-
The Columbus Dispatch
Jun 13 2022
News
Ohio governor signs law allowing teachers, school staff to carry guns with 24 hours of training
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Monday allowing school districts across the state to authorize teachers, principals and other staff to carry guns into classrooms with just 24 hours of training.
The new law – initially introduced by state Republican Rep. Thomas Hall as House Bill 99 – will lower the required training hours for the armed personnel from about 700 hours to just
Fox News (Online News)
Dec 09 2021
Analysis
What the first Starbucks union means for workers everywhere
On Thursday, workers at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, voted to form a union, making it the first of more than 8,000 Starbucks locations in the US to unionize. A second Buffalo location voted against unionizing; a third had a majority vote for the union but, due to a number of challenges to individual ballots, the results aren’t final.
For the Starbucks employees at the union
Vox
Sep 10 2012
News
Chicago teachers go on strike after talks fail
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union are walking the picket lines after contract talks failed to reach an agreement.
Washington Times
Jul 12 2015
News
American Federation of Teachers Endorses Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton picked up an early if not surprising endorsement on Saturday from one of the country's largest labor unions: the American Federation of Teachers.
The executive council of the 1.6-million member AFT voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of backing the early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, according to an announcement from the union. It marks the first endorsement
HuffPost