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Undergrads Are Now Trying to Unionize College Workforces Across the Country

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 15, 2022 7 Comments

"I'm handling some of the biggest investments the college owns, yet I'm being paid minimum wage to do that"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwLWfaAg-8

Elon Musk Invites UAW to Hold Union Vote in CA Tesla Plant … Where Employees Already Enjoy Exceptional Pay and Benefits

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 05, 2022 27 Comments

"Musk said the real challenge was the negative unemployment in Bay Area, and not compensating people well would make them leave as they have many offers."...

Graduate Students at Clark University in Worcester, MA to Unionize

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2022 1 Comment

“This is a historically significant moment for graduate labor”...

2009 VIDEO: Lawyer for NEA Teacher Union Says It’s Not About Children or Education, It’s About Power

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 13, 2021 4 Comments

"Despite what some among us would like to believe"...

Student Strikers at Columbia U. Demand Millions, Allegedly Commit Physical Assaults

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 11, 2021 8 Comments

"Yesterday’s Morningside campus protest by the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW included instances of physical harassment against faculty, students, and staff."...

Teacher Union Head Randi Weingarten Blasted for Socializing at Conference Without a Mask

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2021 1 Comment

"We took them off as people were having a hard time hearing us"...

VIDEO: Harvard Students Protest School President in Solidarity With Striking Grad Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 05, 2021 3 Comments

"Striking graduate students refused to teach their course sections, resulting in many undergraduate sections being canceled."...

De Blasio Finds Union Leaders Opposing COVID Vaccine Mandate ‘Unpatriotic’ as 9,000 Workers Put on Leave

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 02, 2021 24 Comments

Garbage is piling up in the streets and 18 fire companies are closed....

Judge Temporarily Suspends Chicago COVID Vaccine Mandate for Police Unions

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 02, 2021 6 Comments

Mitchell encouraged Chicago and the police unions to come together to discuss vaccine mandates becoming a requirement for employment....

California Middle School Special Ed Teacher Breaking With Her Union Over Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 15, 2021 2 Comments

"If we can no longer teach the difference between correct and incorrect, what is the point of teaching?"...

Faculty Unions Want University of Florida to be Stricter on COVID Guidelines

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 13, 2021 1 Comment

"also included a list of demands"...

Teacher Union in Rhode Island Says it Will Fight Any Attempt to Stop the Teaching of Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 10, 2021 7 Comments

"We want all children—regardless of race, ethnicity or ZIP code—to become critical thinkers who hear the truth about our country’s history"...

Steelworker Union Begs Biden to Keep Trump Tariffs in Place

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 21, 2021 37 Comments

Trump was an outstanding president for labor, a fact for which he receives little credit. Many labor union members backed Trump, but the bosses are in bed with the Democrats and backed Biden. Now the Steelworkers Union is asking Biden to keep Trump's tariff on foreign steel in place.

AFT Union President Pushes Schools to Open in the Fall

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 13, 2021 11 Comments

You all know I don't believe in coincidences. It cannot be a coincidence that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten pushed to reopen all schools in the fall days after emails showed AFT pushing the CDC to keep schools closed this school year.

Grad Students at University of Hawaii Suing for Right to Unionize

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 06, 2021 0 Comments

“We did this after a really long struggle to try to work with the state to make this happen.”...

NYU Grad Students go on Strike and Issue Laundry List of Demands

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2021 4 Comments

"The university will focus on helping students and sustaining the research mission with as little disruption as possible during the strike"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyb-DjVT5_c

Teachers Unions Increased Donations to Democrats When Congress Debated Reopening Schools

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 28, 2021 8 Comments

Coincidence? I doubt it. Roll Call revealed large teachers unions increased their donations to Democrats when Congress debated reopening schools earlier this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9IGSwN79O0

Chicago Teachers, Union Reach a Tentative Proposal to Reopen Schools

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2021 12 Comments

The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have a proposal to return to the classroom for the first time since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CTU insisted the two sides still need "a formal agreement." They consider the proposal a "framework that all of our members must first review and assess."

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