From Reuters, June 30, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could weaken public sector unions, a challenge by 10 nonunion public school teachers who say California’s requirement that they pay the equivalent
“ From the Huffington Post, column by President Barack Obama, June 29, 2015 ….We’ve got to keep making sure hard work is rewarded. Right now, too many Americans are working long days for less pay than they deserve. That’s partly
“ From the NJ AFL-CIO, June 5, 2015 New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech and Secretary-Treasurer Laurel Brennan expressed the federation’s support for a proposal by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto calling on Gov. Christie
From the Jersey Journal, June 29, 2015 With their contract expiring at 7 a.m. tomorrow, CarePoint Health nurses, technicians and other workers at two Hudson County hospitals took to picketing today to make a final push for a “fair contract”
From Hudson County View, June 29, 2015 “No contract? No peace!,” a few dozen employees chanted while protesting on the sidewalk in front of the Bayonne Medical Center this afternoon. Jean Pierce, the HPAE public policy coordinator, told Hudson County
From KHN Kaiser Health News, June 26, 2015 The Affordable Care Act made it through its second do-or-die Supreme Court test in three years, raising odds for its survival but by no means ending the legal and political assaults on
From the New Jersey Legislative Democrats, June 22, 2015 TRENTON– New Jersey’s Democratic legislative leadership on Monday announced that their $35.3 billion budget would fully fund the legally required pension payment, restore the Earned Income Tax Credit and invest in
From Labor Notes, June 19, 2015 The National Labor Relations Board’s new election rule—aimed at reining in employers’ power to stall union drives—went into effect April 14. Organizers say the rule has immediately shortened the wait between filing a representation
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 19, 2015 TRENTON — Amid tense contract negotiations, New Jersey’s largest nursing union announced Friday it had filed unfair labor practice charges against Bayonne Medical Center and Christ Hospital in Jersey City for
From the NJ AFL-CIO, June 17, 2015 ATLANTIC CITY – More than 600 delegates representing 1,000 labor unions and 1 million members of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO convened at Caesars Atlantic City June 16 & 17, 2015, to participate