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Sharp HealthCare union nurses will have to wait until Thursday to learn details of a proposed labor agreement reached over the weekend by the nurses union and hospital system negotiators.
Sharp and United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals declared a public blackout on terms of the new three-year contract after reaching a deal Saturday night and averting a three-day strike set to start yesterday.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
A rival to the Teamsters union will get a chance to organize workers at a UPS Freight Inc. terminal in Kansas City, Kan.
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a union representation election Aug. 5-7 for hourly UPS Freight workers at 3800 Kansas Ave., said Dan Hubbel, assistant director of the agency’s regional office.
Monday, July 16, 2007
A new three-year contract for union nurses at Salem Hospital includes a 13 percent wage increase, and new language to preserve retirement and healthcare benefits and prevent workplace violence.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
"What do we want?"
"Contract!"
"When do we want it?"
"Now!"
That was the rallying cry at a picnic put together by workers at Pocono Medical Center who voted last December to form a union at the hospital.
The 525 workers of Service Employees International Union Local 1199P said the situation became critical as duties were added to already heavy workloads and wages failed to keep pace with the cost of living.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
They're not fighting about wages. They aren't complaining about benefits. And no army of organizers has descended upon the city.
So why are some in Houston keeping a close eye on the California Nurses Association's low-key organizing drive here?
Two reasons: The 70,000-member union is powerful and, according to those who've followed its progress elsewhere, it often gets what it wants.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Both sides in state labor talks hope to reach a final agreement today on a two-year contract for state workers, in what's expected to be a marathon negotiating session.
"Our hope is to stay until it's done, if that's possible," said Cory McIntosh, a state worker and bargaining team leader for Service Employees International Union Local 503.
The state and the largest state-workers union remain apart on health benefits, cost-of-living increases and provisions for lower-paid workers, especially custodians.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Ed Humbert has spent two decades driving from house to house in his job as a Sears appliance repairman.
But at 55, the Johnstown resident has added a new twist to his working life: He's joined a labor union. He and roughly 200 other Sears workers in Colorado and Wyoming recently signed their first collective-bargaining contract, which gives them annual raises, extra job security and more control over their schedules.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Local workers and unions are calling for a boycott of Enterprise Rent-A-Car for what they say is the outsourcing of jobs in order to quash efforts by employees to unionize at the company’s East Boston facility.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
OAKLAND, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of union members locked out by Waste Management Inc. (WMI) on July 2 turned out at a rally held in front of the company's Davis Street Transfer Station to hear pledges of support from local politicians and labor leaders from across the country.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The United Auto Workers union today filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent approximately 1,000 dealers, dual-rate dealers, and keno and simulcast employees at the Tropicana Casino and Resort. The union already has won elections at Caesars Atlantic City, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino and Bally's Atlantic City, and lost elections at Atlantic City Hilton and Trump Marina Hotel Casino. The union typically requires union authorization cards from between 60 and 65 percent of workers before filing a petition.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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