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Two three-judge appellate panels, one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued rulings in three lawsuits involving public-sector union fees or dues in the past week. 

The success of SEIU in organizing baristas in Chicago has led to the arduous task of negotiating first contracts in settings where worker turnover can be high.

From Fells v. SEIU, decided yesterday by the D.C. Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Joshua Deahl, joined by Judges Corinne Beckwith and John Fisher; not as colorful as the inimitable Memphis Pub. Co. v. Nichols (Tenn. 1978), but still an interesting modern example of the libel-by-implication doctrine:…

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Puerto Rico's contentious pact with the Financial Oversight and Management Board — the U.S.-appointed attempt to trim the island's oppressive debt — has been touted as a model for U.S. states and cities when bankruptcy threatens. But the deal has left the island with dim economic prospects and "unsustainable" billions…

Members of SEIU Local 73 spent 18 days on strike last summer.

"Just enough to anger the people against it *and* the people who need forgiveness the most," says AOC

When Alicia Lara picked up a second job and started working at the Jack in the Box in North Highlands, California in 2018, she regularly found herself forced to work through legally mandated breaks.

The downtown rally was held on the same day the Economic Policy Institute released a report that shows 69 percent of Illinois corporations paid no state corporate income taxes from 2015 to 2018.

After overseeing decades of decline, big unions aren't quite used to this kind of excitement around organizing.

From baggage handlers to wheelchair attendants, jobs – often outsourced – offer low pay, few benefits and vary wildly by city