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35,000 Michigan Home Care Workers Double Down on Union Effort

They won status as state employees to get union rights. Now they’re fighting for an election and better jobs.

Capital & Main

SEIU Rejoins AFL-CIO To Strengthen Labor Movement

SEIU rejoining AFL-CIO after 20 years to strengthen labor movement and support workers.

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Waffle House Workers Say Owners Pocket Millions Through Wage Theft

Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.

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Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Clears Path to Union for 35,000 Care Workers

With home care in the national spotlight, state declares Medicaid home care workers public employees and expands training.

Capital & Main

California Home Care Workers Seek Greater Bargaining Power

To achieve consistent pay and benefits, IHSS workers seek to negotiate directly with the state instead of with 58 individual counties.

Capital & Main

Michigan Lawmakers Could Help 35,000 Care Workers Form Statewide Union

Two bills could improve home care jobs — and join a trend of voters and lawmakers reversing anti-union legislation.

Capital & Main

Financially Strapped Health Care Workers Wait for Promised Wage Increase

Budget shortfall pauses wage hike for California's low-income health care workers. “We’re living paycheck to paycheck,” one worker said.

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Fast-Food Workers Rally Behind Know-Your-Rights Initiative

Workers push for mandatory training in L.A. and San Jose, where they meet industry resistance.

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Occidental College Undergrad Workers Go Union

Vote adds to growing unionization among U.S. undergraduate workers.

Capital & Main

An earthquake for college sports? Dartmouth basketball union election set for March 5

The Dartmouth men's basketball team could become the country's first unionized team in college sports. The union campaign drew inspiration from labor activism in the dining hall.

WEKU

Union members make the holidays happen

Delivery drivers and postal workers deserve an extra special mention because of the determination they show to get our gifts to loved ones, no matter how close we cut it, Illinois AFL-CIO officials write.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund has taken millions from unions with City Hall contracts

The campaign contributions are legal, but failed mayoral candidate Willie Wilson wants them banned in mayoral races. Ald. Gilbert Villegas wants to limit contributions to city officials from unions with city contracts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Labor union asks federal regulators to oversee South Carolina workplace safety program

One of the largest labor organizations in the United States wants the federal government to wrest workplace safety oversight from South Carolina regulators

The Independent UK

Strike Financials Show UAW Strength Vs. Starbucks, UPS Walkouts

A look at the financial power of Starbucks, UPS and other unions as workers strike against Hollywood, major automakers.

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Labor unions praise Biden's plan to boost staffing at nursing homes

For the first time ever, nursing homes may soon have to guarantee a registered nurse is working 24/7 in every facility.

Capital & Main

New California Board Has Power to Order Pay Raises and Protections for Workers

Following fast-food industry blocking of reforms, lawmakers bring back a wage commission. Such bodies have expanded rights for low-wage workers in other states.

Fortune

Why fast-food franchisees could be the next cohort to leave California

California franchisees say they will lose their independence if AB1228 becomes law, according to a new survey by the International Franchise Association.

The Independent UK

California's law aimed at fast food wages is on hold. Lawmakers may have found a way around it

A new California law aimed in part at increasing salaries for fast food workers has been delayed

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Chicago Sun-Times

Inauguration Day: Prayers, promises and a party

Many who attended the swearing-in ceremony said they were excited for Brandon Johnson to take office because they felt he would bring positive change to Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson hits D.C.; meets Vice President Kamala Harris, works Capitol Hill

Brandon Johnson held meetings at the White House and Capitol on Wednesday with the unions that bankrolled his mayoral run hosting a fundraiser for him.

Chicago Tribune

How Black labor leaders propelled Brandon Johnson to the Chicago mayor’s office

CHICAGO — One warm evening last July, SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer got a call out of the blue from Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, who wanted to meet.

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles school workers approve labor deal after last month’s strike

Agreement will increase wages by 30%, provide a $1,000 Covid bonus and expand family healthcare benefits

WEKU

L.A. school district workers have approved a labor deal following a 3-day strike

The agreement would increase wages by 30% for workers who are paid an average of $25,000 a year, SEIU Local 99 said. The contract still needs approval from the school district's Board of Education.

Ballotpedia

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #54

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Chicago Sun-Times

Telephone conversation between Michael McClain, Michael Madigan, Justin Cox, Heather Wier-Vaught, Craig Willert, Will Cousineau, Jessica Basham | ComEd Exhibit 112-T

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan discusses leadership assignments in a secretly-recorded meeting with members of his staff in December 2018.

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