LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Top Stories: 6th Circuit upholds Biden's NLRB GC firing; Alaska FAs reject agreement; Government unions lose in AZ; Illinois bans captive audience meetings & 57 more articles...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
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Sixth Cir. Upholds Biden’s Firing of Trump’s Top NLRB Lawyer
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Wednesday that President Joe Biden had not violated the law by removing Trump-era NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb and replacing him with Peter Ohr shortly after Biden took office. Robb’s firing has also been upheld in the Fifth and Ninth circuits.
Alaska Airlines flight attendants reject new contract, union says there's ‘more work to do'
Alaska Airlines flight attendants rejected a new labor deal that would have come with immediate raises averaging more than 24%, their union said Wednesday, setting both sides up for more talks as a merger with Hawaiian Airlines looms.
Government unions lose big in Arizona
Taxpayers have every right to expect that when they pay unionized teachers, firefighters, and social workers a full salary with benefits, those public sector workers will then teach, fight fires, and provide social services. But thanks to a practice known as “release time,” unionized government workers fail to deliver.
Illinois Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings with Employees
Illinois joins a growing list of states prohibiting employers from requiring employees to attend meetings discussing union representation issues.
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