Starbucks workers plan strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve
Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.
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Mail carriers reach tentative pact with Postal Service that includes raises, new trucks
About 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks.
Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
Retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike
A dockworkers’ strike is threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week. If 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association make good on their threat to strike, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States.
USDA judge wants exit from union, alleges labor law violations in federal lawsuit
An Indianapolis-based administrative law judge doesn’t want to be in his union and has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
7th Circuit: Employer suing union after strikes not required to arbitrate
An employer suing an employee union after the employees twice went on strike won’t be required to take its claims to arbitration.
Justices take up disputes over teachers contracts, online user data
Members of the state’s highest court last week turned away nine cases on petition for transfer but agreed to hear arguments in three cases, including disputes over the legality of teacher contracts and two media companies’ litigation over the use of consumer data.
Split COA reverses state ruling against 3 teacher union contracts
A divided appellate panel Wednesday overturned the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board’s final decisions that three contracts negotiated and ratified by Indiana teachers unions and their respective school employers did not comply with state law.
Louisiana lawsuit: Forced bar association dues are unconstitutional
A lawsuit filed against Louisiana’s Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association says attorneys in the state are unconstitutionally forced to join the association and pay dues. The federal lawsuit says the mandatory bar association membership violates attorneys’ freedom of speech and association rights.
Reversal: Plasterer union’s ‘alter ego’ lawsuit reinstated
A union lawsuit alleging that a family plastering business invented an “alter ego” to dodge a judgment against it of nearly $200,000 was reinstated Tuesday by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lake County Jail deal seeks to curb turnover, overtime
A county in northwestern Indiana has ratified a jail contract that increases jailers’ pay in an effort to curb turnover and overtime among corrections officers.