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UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 24, 2025
BFS Group LLC
Case Number: 31-RD-364346 Date Filed: 04/24/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 12 Location: Lancaster, CA Region Assigned: Region 31, Los Angeles, California Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time CDL Drivers 1, CDL Drivers 2, MFG Forklift Operators I, MFG Forklift Operators II, Material Handlers I, and Group Leaders employed by the Employer at its facility located at 43755-43717 N. Division Street, Lancaster, California 93535. Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, Inventory Control Specialists, Dispatchers, Location Managers, managerial employees, confidential employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act, as amended. Cabinet Makers, Millmen and Industrial Carpenters, Local 721
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Case Number: 04-RC-364372 Date Filed: 04/24/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 1500 Location: Philadelphia, PA Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Unit Sought: Included: All postdoctoral researchers who provide services to the University of Pennsylvania, including Postdoctoral Researchers, Postdoctoral Fellows, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellows, and Research Associates. Research Associates and Postdocs United at Penn- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Friday April 25, 2025
Illinois Transportation Funding Shortfall Mobilizes Coalition of Transit Labor Unions
Maryland commuter bus workers strike against contractor, suspending operations
UNION ORGANIZING
The Teamsters Make Some Moves on Amazon
NLRB seeks to compel Amazon to collectively bargain with San Francisco warehouse workers
I was banned from the Nashville airport for protesting Uber
Macalester staff push to unionize
What’s Next?: Escalate the Protests to a One-Day Strike
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE
NFIB Urges U.S. Court of Appeals to Reject NLRB’s Cemex Standard
Skadden to Face NLRB Probe of Email Policy Following Trump Deal
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
TEAMSTERS TO BIGFOOT: END LOCKOUT AND RETURN TO BARGAINING
Mauser contract dispute engages Teamsters president, Seattle mayor
Union Slams Proposed Allegiant-Viva Aerobus Partnership
Labor education professor questions legality of Bigfoot Beverages' decisions during strike
DRIVERS AT GENESIS LOGISTICS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN TEAMSTERS
DAIRY TEAMSTERS TO PRACTICE PICKET IN SALT LAKE CITY
DAIRY TEAMSTERS TO PRACTICE PICKET IN CITY OF INDUSTRY
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
UAW Local 31 members make time to decompress amidst layoffs, changing economy
Stellantis Celebrates Launch of Advanced Mopar Parts Distribution Center in East Fishkill, New York
General Motors says changes are coming to Toledo plant
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
Weirton remembers its fallen steelworkers
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
Workers at Good Vibes sex-toy shop ratify first-ever union contract
New York lawmakers push for doubling deposit for cans, bottles in effort to reduce litter
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
Workers in 600+ US Cities to Protest 'Billionaire Takeover' on May Day
State employee reps hopeful PEIA special session will come well before July 1 increases
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
De Maria elevated to lead USMX after his work on new ILA contract
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
Swissport Settles Suit Over Alleged Boston Logan Pay Irregularities
Top union calls cops on itself to orchestrate 'civil disobedience' stunt at GOP office: source
UNITE-HERE UNION
Houston union workers call for $23 minimum wage ahead of contract fight
Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor come out against anti-union ‘right-to-work’ laws
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 23, 2025
Rural Med, LLC
Case Number: 14-RD-364233 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 17 Location: Belleville, IL Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) employed by the Employer at its facility located at 812 North 3rd Street, Effingham, Illinois. Excluded: All office clerical employees, professional employees, confidential employees, managers, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act. Teamsters Local Union No. 26
Fairwave Holdings, LLC d/b/a Anodyne Coffee
Case Number: 18-RC-364279 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 50 Location: Milwaukee, WI Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and part-time employees in the following titles whether called by these titles or others performing substantially similar work, at the four Anodyne cafes and the Anodyne roastery in Milwaukee County, WI (224 West Bruce Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204; 2920 S Kinnickinnic Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207; 400 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202; 7471 Harwood Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI 53213): assistant general manager, barista, coffee educator/market education lead, coffee lead, event staff, factory production, shipping & delivery, warehouse lead Excluded: Supervisors and managers and guards as defined in the Act Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union
Town & Country Foods
Case Number: 19-RM-364265 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 5 Location: Helena, MT Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: Bakers, Donut Fryer, Bakery Sales, and Decorators. Excluded: All other employees, supervisors, and managers, as defined by the Act Bakery, Confectionary, Tabacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union Local 466
New York/New Jersey Joint Board of Workers United
Case Number: 02-RC-364275 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 3 Location: New York, NY Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York Unit Sought: Included: Full & Part time Organizers Excluded: All others not listed and any applicable statutory exclusions New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board Workers United
Delaware Resource Group
Case Number: 32-RD-364282 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 2 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California Unit Sought: Included: F-35 Contract Instructor Pilots Lemoore Excluded: None International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 725
Syracuse University
Case Number: 03-RM-364210 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 23 Location: Syracuse, NY Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York Unit Sought: Included: 1. Commander (1) 2. Special Events (0) 3. Training and Compliance (0) 4. Evidence Custodian (1) 5. Detectives (5) 6. Training Coordinator (2) 7. Quartermaster Coordinator (1) 8. Commander, Community Engagement (1) 9. Administrative Sergeant (1) 10. Public Safety Lib Operation Coordinator (1) 11. Commander Patrol (1) 12. Patrol Sergeant (7) 13. Lieutenant (2) Teamsters Local Union 1149
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Thursday April 24, 2025
Maine union workers call on Congress to protect federal clean energy tax credit
Republicans and Big Labor: GOP-Union Outreach Before Franklin Roosevelt
Unions claim Trump undermining worker protections on military bases
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2025
Judge skeptical of Trump order to strip union rights from federal workers
The budget battle begins as labor and CBOs push back against brutal Lurie cuts
Judge grills administration on ‘broad discretion’ to break up federal unions
Clark Atlanta launches labor institute to develop Black strategists for a renewed union movement
UNION ORGANIZING
Union Decline Under Biden Shows the Need for Bolder Labor Law Reforms
Nurses, federal workers at Atlanta VA Medical Center to urge protection of veteran services
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower
NLRB Files Complaint Against Amazon
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
Teamsters on Strike at Caesars Southern Indiana
Teamsters Ask CA Legislators to Back Bill Requiring Human Operators for Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
MUWU members vote to affiliate with the UAW
Transit workers approve new labor contract with TCAT
Co-worker demands answers about death of Ronnie Adams at Stellantis Dundee Engine Complex
Shawn Fain is Tragically Mistaken: Tariffs Are Not Good for the Working Class
Trade wars grew America’s auto industry. Historians warn today’s tariffs won’t
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
ATI Says Employees Ratify New Labor Deal with United Steelworkers
ATI strikes labor deal with nearly 1,000 workers
ATI reaches six-year labor deal with Steelworkers
United Steelworkers head urges CFIUS to reject revised Nippon-U.S. Steel merger proposals
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
Have a Heart - Bargaining Update
The time has come for unemployment insurance for striking workers
Union-Protecting States Are Targeting Self-Checkout Machines, Claiming They’re ‘Dangerous’
Strike ends at Purina PetCare production plant in Pennsylvania, USA
Union drive at Saskatoon cannabis retailer mired in legal proceedings
Beer Store closing a store in Ottawa’s west end
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
Iowa Board of Regents finalizes contracts with COGS, SEIU
LAHSA Transition FAQs – What Happened, What Is Changing and What the Next Steps Are for Our Union
More than 55,000 Los Angeles County workers set to strike
AG: Company agrees to $3.1m settlement over Logan Airport wage theft allegations
Charlotte airport workers demand safety ordinance
VTA finalizes contracts with three unions, leaving front‑line workers in limbo
Advocates Demand Ordinance to Protect Airport Workers
UNITE-HERE UNION
With tourism booming, Houston workers say they’re being left behind
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 22, 2025
Starbucks Corporation
Case Number: 04-RC-364138 Date Filed: 04/22/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 13 Location: Philadelphia, PA Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Baristas, Shift Supervisors. Excluded: Store Managers, Asst. Store Managers, office clericals, guards, and supervisors as defined by the Act. Workers United a/w Service Employees International Union
Reworld Waste LLC
Case Number: 03-RC-364173 Date Filed: 04/22/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 23 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time operators and maintenance at College Ave, all heavy machine operators, laborers, and waste processing techs at Packard Ave, and the heavy machine operations at Quarry Ave. Excluded: All other employees; including clerical, OTR truck drivers, supervisors, managers, and guards, as defined in the Act. IBEW Local 237
Keolis Transit Services, LLC
Case Number: 21-RC-364165 Date Filed: 04/22/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 4 Location: Pomona, CA Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Maintenance Supervisors and Fueler Supervisors employed at or out of the Employer’s facility in Pomona, California. ATU seeks an Armour-Globe self-determination election to add this group to its existing unit at the facility. Excluded: All other employees and all managers and supervisors and guards as defined in the Act. Local 1756 of the Amalgamated Transit Union AFL-CIO
City View Charter School
Case Number: 19-RC-364198 Date Filed: 04/22/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 35 Location: Hillsboro, OR Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All professional and non-professional employees of City View Charter School Excluded: Supervisory, confidential, and managerial employees Oregon Education Association
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Wednesday April 23, 2025
Public labor unions pacing well in anti-collective bargaining referendum
Unions say National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health cuts will hurt KY workers
Police union slights University labor relations at Bulldog Days rally
UNION ORGANIZING
Three Promising Innovations in Worker Organizing Beyond the NLRB
Writers Guild West Staffers Launch Their Own Unionization Drive (Exclusive)
Reel Work Labor Film Festival 2025 Season
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
Amazon must negotiate with Teamsters at San Francisco warehouse, NLRB says
Whistleblower said DOGE data droids raided union files.
Amazon faces NLRB complaint as Teamsters push for negotiation rights
DOGE staffers eye NLRB for potential reorganization
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
Teamsters declare victory after 12-day strike at Ottumwa's Keurig Dr Pepper plant
TEAMSTERS STRIKE RINKER MATERIALS OVER HEALTH CARE AND PAY
Teamsters reach agreement with Keurig Dr. Pepper, will return to work
O'BRIEN, SEATTLE TEAMSTERS RALLY TO END LOCKOUT AT MAUSER PACKAGING
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
Used Car Market Sees First Price Hike In Over Two Years; Tariffs Looming
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
United Steelworkers union still 'unalterably opposed' to US Steel-Nippon deal
ATI, United Steelworkers ratify 6-year contract following monthslong negotiations
Union tells Bessent risks of Nippon Steel deal are too great
Energy Transfer drivers demand vote to remove steelworkers union from power
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
Cal NORML-Sponsored Bill to Halt a Cannabis Tax Increase Passes First Committee
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
Post Office to offload 108 branches this year - full list to be affected
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)
Boeing investors brace for Q1 earnings amid China uncertainty
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
Trade war against China fuels disruption for US ports, threatening job losses
Trump's tariff pause brings little relief as recession risk lingers
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
LA Mayor Karen Bass' budget calls for over 1,600 city workers to be laid off
Join the national May 1 day of action to stop the billionaire agenda
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 20, 2025
Neal R. Gross & Co., Inc
Case Number: 05-RC-364086 Date Filed: 04/21/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 8 Location: Washington, DC Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland Unit Sought: Included: All full time and part time court reporters Excluded: managers, supervisors and clerical as defined by the act Court Reporters United
Restore Integrative Wellness Center, LLC d/b/a Restore Dispensaries
Case Number: 04-RM-364114 Date Filed: 04/21/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 18 Location: East Petersburg, PA Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Inventory Employees, Dispensary Agents, including Receptionists and Fulfillment employees, employed by the Employer at its facility located at 5471 Main Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520. Excluded: All other employees, including Key Employees, security employees, pharmacists, office clerical employees, managerial employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act. United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776KS
Purgatory Whiskey Bar and Craft Beer
Case Number: 32-RC-364112 Date Filed: 04/21/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 15 Location: Tracy, CA Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California Unit Sought: Employees Included: Servers/Bartenders/Cooks/Dishwashers/Restaurant Managers/Leads Employees Excluded: None United Food and Commercial Workers 8 - Golden State
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Monday April 21, 2025
You Made This Possible: The Working People Weekly List
Unions: NIOSH cuts will harm Kentucky workers
Trump administration lacks standing to sue to enforce anti-labor executive order, union says
BlueOval City can boost West Tennessee economy, but workers must demand dignity | Opinion
Labor in the Park set for early May
UNION ORGANIZING
Amazon Must Negotiate With Teamsters, Labor Board Prosecutors Say
Domestic Manufacturing Isn’t the Key to Creating Good Paying Jobs
BARONE: Why does union membership keep declining?
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data
Amazon faces NLRB complaint as Teamsters push for negotiation rights
NLRB: Hearst employees can proceed to union election
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
Amazon faces NLRB complaint as Teamsters push for negotiation rights
Federal Court Orders UPS Healthcare To Bargain with Stockton Teamsters
TEAMSTERS AT HERC RENTALS STRIKE FOR FIRST CONTRACT
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
America’s auto jobs are not coming back Tomorrow’s factories will be white-collar
Mack Trucks layoffs and the fight for the international unity of workers against trade war
As Trump administration cracks down on campus dissent, union members caught in crosshairs
Vote No! Reject the concessions contract at ATI
Workers Struggles: The Americas
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
Energy Transfer drivers in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana seek to remove Steelworkers union
Company Secures New 5-Year Labor Deal for Harvey Facility | ATKR Stock News
Commonwealth Court Approves Unemployment Compensation Benefits to Striking Workers
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
Archer-Daniels-Midland employees to vote on new contract April 28 in Des Moines
Good Vibes workers ratify first-ever union contract
UFCW Local 7 files counterclaims against King Soopers
JBS pork processing workers demand improved health and safety at Worthington plant
Federal Mediator Layoffs Impact Grocery Chain Negotiations: Labor Disputes Stalled
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST UNION(IAM)
US Port Fees Hit China’s Ships For Tonnage, Containers, Cars
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
Newsom’s return to work order may have violated collective bargaining law
Aldermanic president points to struggles of disadvantaged residents
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 18, 2025
Sodexo North America
Case Number: 14-RC-364015 Date Filed: 04/18/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 7 Location: Kansas City, KS Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri Unit Sought: INCLUDED: All regular full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Employer who perform facilities maintenance work at the University of Kansas Medical Center. EXCLUDED: Office and clerical employees, professional employees, managerial employees, confidential employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 101
American Rock Product - Baker Flats
Case Number: 19-RC-364040 Date Filed: 04/18/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 15 Location: East Wenatchee, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All full-time & part-time, Drivers, Loaders, Dispatchers, Batch Plant Workers, Mechanics & Quality Assurance working at ARP - Baker Flat located at 5515 Enterprise Drive, E. Wenatchee, WA. 98802 Excluded: All other employees, including managers, supervisors, and guards as defined by the ACT. Teamsters Local Union No. 760
Dreamclinic Incorporated
Case Number: 19-RC-364048 Date Filed: 04/18/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 46 Location: Seattle, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All full-time, part-time, piecemeal, and per diem employees, employed by Dreamclinic Incorporated at the following locations, 916 NE 65th Street, Seattle, WA 98115, 15436 Bel Red Road, Redmond, WA 98052, and 160 Roy Street, Seattle, WA 98109 including the following job classifications: Licensed Acupuncturists and Massage Therapists. Excluded: All managers, supervisors, and guards excluded as defined by the act. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 3000
PeaceHealth d/b/a PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Case Number: 19-RC-364044 Date Filed: 04/18/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 2 Location: Vancouver, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: Sterile processing assistant. Excluded: All other non-professional employees, professional employees, physicians, registered nurses, business office clerical employees, skilled maintenance employees, technical employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, employees employed at other locations, all employees employed by PeaceHealth Medical Group, and guards and supervisors as defined in the Act. NOTE: Petitioner seeks an Armour-Globe election to include employees into existing service unit. Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, Local 5017, AFT, AFL-CIO
Caney Fork Electric Cooperative Inc.
Case Number: 10-RD-364006 Date Filed: 04/18/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 39 Location: McMinnville, TN Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia Unit Sought: All full-time and regular part-time Linemen, Apprentice Linemen, Staking Technicians, Material Coordinators, Meter Reader/Collectors, Meter Technicians, Laborers and Mechanics employed by Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, Inc., at its McMinnville, Sparta and Smithville, Tennessee locations, but excluding the General Accountant, Cashier/Receptionists, Assistant Cashier/Receptionists, Director of Member Services, District Manager, Executive Assistant, Director of Financial Services, IT Administrator, E&O Secretary, Director of Engineering, Energy Advisor, Payroll Clerk, General Manager, Customer Service Representative, Data Entry Clerk, IT Director, Plant Accountant, Billing Supervisor, District Staking Supervisor, System Engineer, Member Services Department Secretary, GIS Technician, Director of Operations, Communications Coordinator, Operations Coordinator, District Operations Coordinator, Foresters, Staking Supervisor, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 429
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Monday April 21, 2025
Federal workers shouldn’t have collective bargaining rightsC
Chicago Teachers Union secures clean energy wins in new contract
Over 1 in 3 Illinois government workers reject AFSCME Council 31 membership
MARY KATHARINE HAM: Teachers union bosses put themselves first, teachers and students last
Union Membership, Despite the Democrats’ Strenuous Efforts, Is Waning
Making Steel for Offshore Wind Turbines, Now With Union Labor
UNION ORGANIZING
Labor Was Crucial in Building Public Health Institutions Trump Wants to Destroy
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
On Thursday, the Supreme Court made it easier for employees to bring ERISA suits
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
CNN Delivers Bad News to Democrats — Union Backs Trump Plan
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
Reply to a laid-off Stellantis worker on UAW support for Trump’s tariffs
Citing tariffs, Volvo North America cutting 800 jobs at Mack Truck and NRV plants
Why auto insurance costs could rise due to tariffs and U.S. trade war
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
Why Does Union Membership Keep Declining?
Delayed Closure of Chillicothe Paper Mill Cheers News Conference / Rally
Protesters fill Martinsburg’s busiest intersection as local protests grow in size
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere
Union sues King Soopers, claims grocery giant violated strike-ending agreement
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST UNION(IAM)
US eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
The art of resistance: Trump’s attack on humanities triggers a blowback movement
JFK Presidential Library to reopen after abrupt closure due to federal layoffs
UNITE-HERE UNION
Pasadena Hotel Workers Won’t Be Voting on New Contract After Months of Strikes
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 17, 2025
Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Case Number: 20-RC-363415 Date Filed: 04/17/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 3 Location: Sacramento, CA Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California Unit Sought: Included: All full-time, regular part-time and per diem unrepresented (residual) professional employees employed by the Employer at its facility located at 1400 Expo Pkwy, Sacramento, California, in the following job classifications: Professional: Utilization Review Coordinator, Utilization Review Clinician Excluded: All other employees, confidential employees, employees represented by other labor organizations, guards, managers, and supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act. National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)
Rogers Park Montessori School
Case Number: 13-RC-363943 Date Filed: 04/17/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 4 Location: Chicago, IL Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time School Counselors, Learning Specialist Coordinators, Learning Specialist Assistants, and Toddler Full-day Coordinators employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1800 W. Balmoral Ave, Chicago, Illinois. Excluded: All Coordinators of Academic Support, office clerical employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act. The petitioner requests an Armour-Globe election take place such that the above unit of employees, if they vote for representation, be included with the below existing unit represented by the Petitioner. Included: All full-time and regular part-time Head Teachers, Assistant Teachers, and Floaters employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1800 W. Balmoral Avenue, Chicago, IL. Excluded: All Coordinators of Academic Support, office clerical employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act. Illinois Federation of Teachers
Southern California Edison
Case Number: 21-RC-363966 Date Filed: 04/17/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 1105 Location: Rosemead, CA Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California Unit Sought: Included: All employees classified as Planning, Assoc Spec – trainees (Planner 1 trainees), Planning, Specs (Planner 1s); Planning, Sr Specs (Planner 2s); Planning, Sr Spec trainees (Planner 2 trainees); Planning, Advisor (Planner 3s); Tech Spec, Assoc Specs (Field Planning Technicians), Tech Spec, Assoc Specs Trainees (Field Planning Technician Trainees); Design/Drafting, Assoc Specs (Designer 1s); Design/Drafting, Specialists (Designer 2s) employed by the Employer in the Northwest and Southeast Design units in the Design & Field Asset Services of the Transmissions and Distributions Department. Excluded: Those not eligible to vote are: All other employees; in the Substation Construction and Maintenance department: Planning, Specs (Planner 1s), Planning, Assoc Spec - trainees (Planner 1 trainees), Planning, Sr Specs (Planner 2s), Planning, Sr Spec trainees (Planner 2 trainees), and Planning, Advisor (Planner 3s); in the Generation and Edison Carrier Solutions department: Planning, Specs (Planner 1s), Planning, Assoc Spec - trainees (Planner 1 trainees), Planning, Sr Specs (Planner 2s), Planning, Sr Spec trainees (Planner 2 trainees), and Planning, Advisor (Planner 3s); in the Engineering department: Design/Drafting, Assoc Specs (Designer 1s), Design/Drafting, Specialists (Designer 2s); Planning, Assoc Spec - Planner, Analyst Support; Analysts; Administrative Aides; office clerical employees; professional employees; managerial employees; guards; and supervisors as defined in the Act. Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE (AFL-CIO & CLC)
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Management Association
Case Number: 32-RD-363953 Date Filed: 04/17/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 2 Location: San Jose, CA Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California Unit Sought: Included: All full time and regular part time maintenance employees employed by the Employer at 344 Tully Road, San Jose, California 95111. Excluded: Confidential employees, office clerical employees, guards, and supervisors as defined by the Act. SEIU Local 1877
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Friday April 18, 2025
Gov. Cox congratulates unions on signature-gathering effort
Labor coalition shatters threshold to qualify for referendum in effort to repeal union bill
Senior living organizations join coalition supporting union transparency bill
UNION ORGANIZING
Worker Wins: Good Union Jobs Strengthen Communities
Daily Kos staff ratify first union contract with Pacific Media Workers Guild
Hundreds of Southern California Edison planners, technicians file for union election
“PATCO on Steroids”: Will Labor’s Response be Different Today?
‘It’s a systematic attack on every level’: UMich labor leaders discuss threats to higher education
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
NLRB’s Gwynne Wilcox: back again, gone again
DOGE Whistleblower Says He Was Stalked and Threatened After Raising Alarm
From the Archives: CWA and the NLRB Defeat Attempt by AT&T to Decertify Our Union
Will Trump’s Attorney General Override the NLRB?
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
Allegiant Air pilots seek release from mediation in step toward potential strike
Big ESG’s Big Partner: Big Labor
UPS closes its Swan Island hub to install automation
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
UAW Prez Won't Release Executive Board Meeting Minutes for Past Two Years
Cummins and local union set to negotiate, one month into strike
Stellantis puts Wall Street before workers as layoffs continue
Hyundai's Tariff Strategy: 'Sell Like Hell'
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
USW 309 Membership Update 4/17/25
Toyota announces plan to buy Cascade Steel
Several out of work after apparent closure of Phillips Manufacturing plant in Niles
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
First PetSmart workers in Connecticut vote to unionize, seek contract talks
King Soopers contract talks continue amid leadership changes, union lawsuit
JBS employees march for better wages and working conditions
The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
Get Ready for Expensive Tomatoes and Lots of Food Contamination
In East Palestine derailment trial, railroad and chemical maker agree on who pays residents
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
Alabama campus workers union join nationwide movement for higher wages, collect over 800 signatures
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST UNION(IAM)
United States eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
VTA finalizes contracts with three unions, excludes frontline workers
USD CAS NTT Faculty ULP Strike Vote Frequently Asked Questions
Janitors Get Set for Citywide Bargaining
UNITE-HERE UNION
City Council, residents push for changes to Richmond’s 2026 budget
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 16, 2025
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
Case Number: 03-RC-363813 Date Filed: 04/16/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 250 Location: Vestal, NY Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York Unit Sought: Employees Included All full-time and regular part-time Research Assistants aka Research Project Assistants (“RPAs”) employed by the Employer at State University of New York at Binghamton. Employees Excluded All other employees, guards, clerical employees, confidential employees and supervisors as defined by the Act. Communications Workers of America
Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc.
Case Number: 22-RC-363878 Date Filed: 04/16/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 10 Location: Asbury Park, NJ Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey Unit Sought: INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time employees employed by Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc. at 308 Main St., Asbury Park, NJ, 07712. EXCLUDED: Guards, supervisors and all other employees. Workers United New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board
Recreational Equipment Inc (REI) Berkeley 12
Case Number: 32-RD-363883 Date Filed: 04/16/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 76 Location: Berkeley, CA Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California Unit Sought: Included: Berkeley REl employees Excluded: Berkeley REI Management United Food and Commerical Workers Union Local 5
Town and Country Foods
Case Number: 19-RM-363894 Date Filed: 04/16/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 7 Location: Helena, MT Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: Bakers, Donut Fryers, Bakery Sales, and Decorators. Excluded: All other employees. Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco And Grain Millers Local 466
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Thursday April 17, 2025
Judge says labor unions’ lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department systems can move forward
Jobs Back: Alamo Drafthouse Workers Force Sony to Reverse Layoffs
Utah labor unions gather over 320K signatures to fight collective bargaining ban
Statewide AFSCME Director Faces Challenger
UNION ORGANIZING
Want to Save Democracy? Organize a Union in Your Workplace.
Why does union membership keep declining?
Chicago Teachers Win Greener Schools
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data
NLRB whistleblower claims Musk’s DOGE potentially caused significant security breach
Can the President Fire NLRB Members Without Cause? SCOTUS May Decide
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
Teamsters 'won't cross picket line' at University of Rochester
IBT Election Supervisor Speaks at Teamsters Unity Conference
OSHA in 2025: Observations and Expectations
Report: Unions spent $33M to elect almost exclusively Democrats
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
Auto leaders say we’re already feeling impacts of Trump’s tariffs in Kansas City
Student Radicals are Hijacking the Labor Movement
GD Electric Boat Draftsmen Union Could Strike Over Contract Dispute
The Metro: Labor professor says Trump tariffs’ impact on autoworkers ‘will be very painful’ to watch
Workers Protest Abrupt Layoffs at Guggenheim Museum
Trump says free trade killed American auto jobs. That’s not the whole story
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
Channellock, Meadville union workers agree to new deal
Sault-Algoma candidates attack transparency, accountability of Conservatives at USW forum
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
Grocery Workers March in SoCal for Better Wages
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. soybean crush plant in Des Moines faces potential strike
Venture capitalist-backed marijuana store in New York sues to stop unionization
King Soopers names new president as union negotiations still need 'much work'
Kentucky unions fight Trump’s deportation of 200 workers
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST UNION(IAM)
Jacksonville Bold for 4.16.25: Jet bet
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
Home care providers reach agreement with Fresno County supervisors for wage increase
Laid-off Insight hospital employees in need of assistance
New Analysis Reveals Striking Partisanship of Government Union Spending
Community, officials rally to save SCI-Rockview from closure
Fresno Unified's Likely New Special Ed Bus Contractor Will Keep Current Employees
UNITE-HERE UNION
AOC, Sanders, Baez, Neil Young, rock the free world at L.A. ‘Bernie-chella’
UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED April 15, 2025
The Grand Opera House, Inc.
Case Number: 04-RC-363785 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 17 Location: Wilmington, DE Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Unit Sought: INCLUDED: All full-time, regular part-time, and on-call Production Department employees. EXCLUDED: All other employees, guards, statutory supervisors as defined by the Act. I.A.T.S.E. Local 8 a/w International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 8
SBM Management Services, LP
Case Number: 15-RC-363782 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 22 Location: Stanton, TN Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana Unit Sought: Included: All custodians working at the TN Electric Vehicle Center or Blue Oval SK sites Excluded: All other employees, including supervisors defined in the Act Laborers International Union of North America, Local 386
unWired Broadband, Inc.
Case Number: 32-RC-363784 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 39 Location: Fresno, CA Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California Unit Sought: Included: All full-time Installation Technicians, Tower Climbers, Lead Tower Climbers, Bucket Truck Technicians, Lead Bucket Truck Technicians, Aerial Construction Technicians, Safety Technicians, Service Technicians, Field Technicians, Field Construction Assistants and Fiber Construction Assistant. Excluded: All other employees, supervisors, and guards as defined by the Act. Communications Workers of America
Swedish Health Services
Case Number: 19-RC-363753 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 2 Location: Seattle, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All Non-RN Professional Employees. Excluded: All managerial employees, supervisory employees, guards, physicians, business office clerical employees, RNs, technical, service and confidential employees. SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Swedish Health Services
Case Number: 19-RC-363767 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 3 Location: Seattle, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All Registered Nurses. Excluded: All managerial employees, supervisory employees, guards, physicians, business office clerical employees, other professional employees, technical, service and confidential employees. SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Swedish Health Services
Case Number: 19-RC-363797 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 1 Location: Seattle, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All Technical Employees. Excluded: All managerial employees, supervisory employees, guards, physicians, business office clerical employees, RNs, professional, service and confidential employees. SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Swedish Health Services
Case Number: 19-RC-363805 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 18 Location: Seattle, WA Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington Unit Sought: Included: All Service Employees. Excluded: All managerial employees, supervisory employees, guards, physicians, business office clerical employees, Pro, technical and any other confidential employees. SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
GSH Group
Case Number: 32-RC-363803 Date Filed: 04/15/2025 Status: Open No Employees: 4 Location: Oakland, CA Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California Unit Sought: Included: All full time and part time Chief Engineers, Assistant Chief Engineers, Stationary Engineers and Utility Engineers. Excluded: All other classifications, including but not limited to guards, managers, confidential employees and supervisors as defined by the Act. International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers, Local 39, AFL-CIO
TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Wednesday April 16, 2025
Labor Has a China Problem—but Not the One You Think
It’s official. Joint union is a go for workers at 2 Los Angeles museums
Oregon Supreme Court rejects ODOT’s 2022 union labor rules
Brooklyn dispensary sues state over pro-union marijuana industry rule
UNION ORGANIZING
Labor in Climate Crisis: Union Action for a Cleaner, Greener Future
Unions, Not Just Factories, Will Make America Great
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
Top House Democrat says DOGE data access at NLRB may be 'technological malfeasance'
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)
EMERGENCY HEALTH WORKERS JOIN TEAMSTERS LOCAL 120
Teamsters Ratify Powerful New Contract at Shepper’s Distribution
Caesars Southern Indiana Remains Open Despite Worker Strike
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)
Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers
UAW members at General Dynamics' electric boat unit authorize strike
CT Gov., Congressman weigh-in on contract talks for marine drafters at Electric Boat
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)
Editorial: Trump's mixed messages on U.S. Steel don't help Pittsburgh, the industry or steel workers
United Steelworkers, ATI reach tentative agreement; ratification vote yet to come
Tim Walz tries to spark a liberal Tea Party movement with trip to Ohio and other red states
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)
Service & Solidarity SpotlightEquator Coffees Workers in California Join UFCW
Brooklyn dispensary sues state over pro-union marijuana industry rule
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST UNION(IAM)
United Contract Negotiations Update
Pink Slips and Pay Cuts in the US Defense Industry’s Birthplace
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)
Trump's tariff pause brings little relief as recession risk lingers
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)
What’s next for SEIU members following arbitration win for Mayo Clinic-Saint Marys Campus workers
Pennsylvania is recruiting bilingual workers with a pay incentive pilot program
UNITE-HERE UNION
UNITE HERE Releases Investor Alert Warning of Risks in Private Equity’s Sports Funds