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CATS Local 1715 Averts Strike, Gets Three-Year Deal

December 17, 2013 SMART Transportation Division Local 1715 bus operators employed by Transit Management of Charlotte, Inc., Dec. 12 ratified a three-year agreement with management, averting a possible strike. The new agreement calls for annual wage increases, paid retroactively to July 1, plus [...]

Senator Harkin Calls for Investigation of Contractors With Labor Violations

December 12, 2013 A top Senate Democrat is calling on the Obama administration to scrutinize federal contractors’ compliance with labor laws, citing results of a congressional investigation that showed widespread violations of the law. The findings were outlined Wednesday by Senate Health, Edu [...]

Conservative Senator Shocks With Staunch Pro-Union Stance

December 12, 2013 Speaking in Toronto last week, conservative party senator Hugh Segal praised the role of unions in Canada saying, “Active unions and free collective bargaining are essential to building a prosperous Canada and a stable middle class.” Earlier this year Sen. Segal led the Senat [...]

Rutgers’ Bus Ops Were Smart, Now Their SMART

December 12, 2013 Bus operators for Rutgers University’s inter-campus bus and shuttle system seeking union representation overwhelmingly chose the SMART Transportation Division Dec. 9 as their collective bargaining representative. Among 112 eligible voters, 74 of the 80 operators participating [...]

Presidential Emergency Board 244 Proceedings Begin

December 10, 2013 Following years of failed negotiations with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road, the official proceedings of Presidential Emergency Board 244 (PEB 244) began Dec. 2, 2013, at the New York Hilton in New York City. MTA had been seeking thr [...]

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Associated Builders and Contractors Sue to Block Rule That Helps Returning Veterans Seek Careers In Construction

December 5, 2013 The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has filed an injunction to prevent the implementation of a new rule by the U.S. Department of Labor that would encourage the hiring of disabled Americans and military veterans, calling it “wasteful and burdensome.” It [...]

San Francisco Developer Had Protesting Union Veterans Arrested

December 3, 2013 On Veterans Day, November 11th, 2013, a delegation of sheet metal worker veterans from the Vietnam, Gulf, and Afghan wars had a message for a San Francisco developer. They demanded that BRE Properties CEO Connie Moore should provide Middle Class job opportunities and employ [...]

School Bus Summit Shines Spotlight On Safety

December 2, 2013 WASHINGTON – The threat of unscrupulous school bus contractors transporting our nation’s students and the working conditions of drivers are among the topics featured at today’s school bus summit hosted by the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. “During this summi [...]

Austin City Council Implements Minimum Wage Requirements On New Construction Projects

December 2, 2013 In Austin, Texas, the economy is booming. Business Journal recently ranked the city’s economy 1st out of 102 major metropolitan areas with an estimated 100 people are moving to Austin each day. Yet the boom has yet to reach the construction workers who working to help the c [...]

Healthcare.gov Reported To Be Running Smoothly

December 2, 2013 The Obama administration announced today that it achieved its goal of making HealthCare.gov work for the “vast majority” of users, two months after the wave of bugs and glitches that marred its launch. The troubled “Obamacare” website will be able to [...]