Although labor activities could be very dangerous in China, some local consulting groups in the big city of Guangzhou continue to help migrant workers get their rights of work. 2h 54m 7.5 Hong Kong Chinese…
Member News2024 Legislative Session Recap – We Did It!
Oregon’s 2024 legislative session was a “short session” where legislators only consider a few key policy bills while “long sessions” held in odd-numbered years allow more time to hear big pieces of legislation. That didn’t stop us from trying to…
Other InformationThe Young Karl Marx (2017)
This entertaining movie is about the relationship between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles and their development of communist theory in the context of the labor and political ferment leading up to the revolutions of 1848. 1h 58m 6.6 France English…
Other InformationNorthern Minnesota’s Labor Wars (2017)
The years 1916 and 1917 brought major labor uprisings in the mines of the Mesabi Iron Range and the lumber camps of the state’s far northern pine forests. These events not only shaped local history, but became vital turning points…
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Member NewsHigher Ed Bargaining Update: We Have a Tentative Agreement!
February 27,2024 Thanks to the incredible power workers have been building on our campuses—signing strike pledges, practice picketing, rallying, delivering our petitions to administration, and more—we have moved management to come to a tentative agreement that includes historic cost-of-living adjustments…
Division(s): Higher Ed
Member NewsAddus HomeCare Workers: We’ve Reached a Tentative Agreement!
We are happy to announce that our bargaining team has reached a settlement with Addus in our current negotiations. The settlement includes immediate pay increases ranging from 4.5-8.7% retroactive to July 1, 2023 and an additional across the board 5%…
Member NewsHigher Ed Bargaining Update – November 17, 2023
Yesterday we participated in a special Zoom bargaining session at management’s request so they could deliver their most recent bargaining proposals. Spoiler alert: we are still miles apart on key elements of our contract. In a powerful statement, hundreds of…
Tags: bargaining
Division(s): Higher Ed
Member NewsPPS Bargaining Update 11/17/23
The District that Stole Christmas PPS has done everything they can to delay settling a fair contract. They didn’t make a single proposal until the middle of June, and now they are delaying mediation until January 18th. After pressure from…
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Division(s): Local Government (City, County, School District)
Member NewsHow We Arrived at Our Strong Tentative Agreement for State Workers
By Central Table Bargaining Co-Chairs Ibrahim Coulibaly and Austin Folnagy We’d like to share with our fellow members our experience as bargaining team members after reaching a Tentative Agreement (TA) for the next state worker contract. We must begin by…
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Division(s): State Agency
Member NewsCentral Table Bargaining Update March 17
As we shared on Thursday, we had a big day at the bargaining table this week. Management finally presented us with their opening economic offer: a 4.4% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in December of this year and a 2.3% COLA in…
Tags: bargaining state2023
Division(s): State Agency