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UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 26, 2025

Case Number: 16-RC-368156Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 9Location: Corpus Christi, TXRegion Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, TexasUnit Sought: Included: All regular and part-time inspection, mechanic, and flight operations working for Amentum at NAS Corpus Christi, TX. Excluded: Office clerical employees, professional employees, managerial employees, guards, supervisors, as defined in the act and site manager. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO

Open Kitchens, Inc. 

Case Number: 13-RC-368197Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 40Location: Chicago, ILRegion Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, IllinoisUnit Sought: Included: All full time and regular part-time drivers and helpers employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 3348 S. Pulaski Ave. Chicago, IL 60623 Excluded: all other employees, warehouse employees, managers, office clerical employees, and professional employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act  Teamsters Local No. 703

Occidental Chemical Corp. (Oxy Chem) 

Case Number: 16-RC-368158Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 21Location: Dallas, TXRegion Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, TexasUnit Sought: INCLUDED: All regular and part-time Penta & Anhydrous Metasilicates, Shipping/Dry Goods, Lab/Blenders, Furnace, Dissolvers, and Maintenance Workers, working at Occidental Chemical Corp in Dallas, TX. EXCLUDED: Office Clerical Employees, Professional Employees, Managerial Employees, Guards, Supervisors, and Site Manager as defined in the Act. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO

AFT Washington 

Case Number: 19-RC-368186Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 8Location: Seattle, WARegion Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, WashingtonUnit Sought: Included: Project Organizers, Lead Project Organizers Excluded: Excluded from the bargaining unit shall be Managerial employees, confidential employees, students employed in connection with a vocation education or work study program, casual/substitute employees, temporary employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. Pacific Northwest Staff Union

Vestis 

Case Number: 15-RC-368153Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 13Location: Jackson, TNRegion Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, LouisianaUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time route sales representatives and route sales support Excluded: All other employees, and all guards and supervisors as defined in the Act International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 480

Case Number: 27-RC-368202Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 20Location: Pueblo, CORegion Assigned: Region 27, Denver, ColoradoUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Baristas and Shift Supervisors. Excluded: All store managers, assistant managers, office clericals, guards, professionals, and supervisors. Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU

Union Election Data

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Thursday June 26, 2025

A jazz opera about the 1940s labor union struggles at RJR Tobacco Company comes home to Winston-Salem

Philadelphia city workers union leader says they will walk if no deal by July 1

Don’t ask state workers to comply with ICE subpoena, union urges Colorado governor

Community Rallies in Massive Show of Support for Caesars Palace Times Square

UNION ORGANIZING

Union drive, management response raise tensions at Madison’s Group Health co-op

Boston baristas at 2 coffee shops win union elections amid wave of cafe organizing

The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Does a U-Turn on Make-Whole Settlement Remedies, Part II

Nurses Run Up Against Labor Board Stalled By Trump

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

The National Labor Relations Act is 90, Under Siege, and Showing its Age

Circuit Court Roundup: DC Cir. Rejects NLRB's "Irrational" Impasse Ruling, 4th Cir. Green-Lights Union's "Sharp-Elbowed" Campaign

Labor Law Insider - NLRB Does a U-Turn on Make-Whole Settlement Remedies, Part II

As judges avoid precedent labor board loses edge in court review

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

'You feel the pain': Amazon, Stop & Shop warehouse workers testify to 'unsafe' conditions

TEAMSTERS LAUNCH NATIONWIDE AIRGAS STRIKE

Teamsters complain UPS slow to deploy air-conditioned vehicles

Looming strike may disrupt curbside trash, recycling pickup

Debate over future of US AI regulation hinges on broadband funding

Dr. Ed Burton talks tax reform, college athletics, and union advocacy

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

'Absolutely epic' — union leaders hail Mamdani's victory

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Letting Rual Health Care Bleed Out

Surface workers at Musselwhite gold mine join a union

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

After authorizing strike, 30,000 Washington grocery workers to vote on latest contract

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Members at Giant Eagle Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract, Securing Wage Increases

What to know about Kroger’s union contract negotiations

Some Kroger stores are closing. Are any in Ohio? See the updated list

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

In The Age Of ChatGPT, Workers Want A Say On AI In The Workplace

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

IAM Union Transportation Conference Closes with Energy and Enthusiasm

Machinists file with labor board to unionize West Virginia Pratt & Whitney workers

RTX Stock In Spotlight After Workers Apply To Unionize At West Virginia Pratt & Whitney

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

May Cargo Slips at Largest US Ports for First Time in Months

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Johnny Harris: Don’t let national politics disrupt Charlotte’s progress

Foes of WA initiative to repeal climate law fined $20K for campaign finance violations

Death By a Trillion Cuts to American Health Care

UNITE-HERE UNION

New York’s top financial officer has urged at least three private equity firms responsible for investing billions of state pension dollars to stop anti-union activities

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 25, 2025

Case Number: 01-RC-368109Date Filed: 06/25/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 26Location: Providence, RIRegion Assigned: Region 01, Boston, MassachusettsUnit Sought: Included: All Full-time and regular part-time drivers and truck mechanics. Excluded: All clerical employees, material handlers, plant maintenance, confidential employees and managers, guards and professional employees and supervisors defined in the act. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 251

Case Number: 14-RC-368120Date Filed: 06/25/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 23Location: Lenexa, KSRegion Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, MissouriUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Sprinkler Installers, Sprinkler Apprentices, Sprinkler Service Technicians, Sprinkler Inspectors, Suppression Installers, and Suppresion Technicians at its facility located at 11019 Strang Line Rd., Lenexa, Kansas 66215. Excluded: All other employees, including Route Service and Sales Representatives, Fire Installers, Fire Service Technicians, Fire Alarm Inspectors, professional employees, office clerical employees, guards, and supervisors, as defined in the Act. Sprinkler Fitters Local 314 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States & Canada

Case Number: 19-RC-368124Date Filed: 06/25/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 25Location: Portland, ORRegion Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, WashingtonUnit Sought: Included: All full-time, regular part-time, supplemental and per diem Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates, and Physician Assistants (collectively referred to as Advance Practice Provider or APPs) employed by Legacy Medical Group in Pediatric Medical Specialties in Oregon and Washington, including CNS, PMHNP, NNP, and PNP. This includes Pediatric Medical Specialty APPs who are designated at Randall Children’s, Emanuel and Salmon Creek hospitals. Excluded: All other represented and unrepresented employees (including Certified Nurse Midwives, Primary Care APPs, and GoHealth APPs already in bargaining units), Adult Medical Specialty APPs, physicians, nurses, other professional employees, managerial employees, confidential employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the Act. Oregon Nurses Association

Case Number: 19-RC-368125Date Filed: 06/25/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 7Location: Tacoma, WARegion Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, WashingtonUnit Sought: Included: All Drivers. Excluded: Management and Security staff. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 313

Union Election Data

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Thursday June 26, 2025

ICYMI: Ernst Says Taxpayer-Funded Union Time’s Clock is Running Out

UNION ORGANIZING

Single line in anti-union rant lands trucking firm in legal hot water

Blue Bottle workers announce intent to organize union at four East Bay locations

Grad Union To Ask Harvard To Require Non-Members To Pay Union Fees

Zohran Mamdani’s Historic Win: 16 Takeaways

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

New York State Looks to Take Over Labor Law Enforcement Amidst Uncertainty at the NLRB

Third Circuit affirms a return to the Meyers Industries test for concerted activity

New NLRB guidance emphasizes need for ‘prompt and fair’ settlements in unfair labor practice disputes

New York Bill Aiming to Protect Organized Labor Seeks to Overstep the Purpose and Scope of the NLRA and 

NLRB

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

School bus drivers in Bloomfield, Cromwell, East Hartford and Middletown seek new contracts

Debate over future of US AI regulation hinges on broadband funding

Teamsters ask Mass. lawmakers to require human drivers in AVs

TEAMSTERS REQUEST UPS DATA ON HEAT PROTECTIONS, OVERTIME VIOLATIONS, STAFFING

TEAMSTERS LAUNCH NATIONWIDE AIRGAS STRIKE

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

Power-Hungry and Petty: How Shawn Fain Runs the UAW

New UAW Monitor Report Exposes Wrongdoings

Exclusive: Ford calls majority of workforce into the office four days a week

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Is it time for life after steel in Steelton? The ‘heartbeat of this town’ is closing

Steel imports trend upward in May

Steelworkers win unanimous vote at Big Beaver House

How Trump Betrayed Workers by Gutting the Inflation Reduction Act

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

First Safeway strike since ’96 showcases heightened grocery worker coordination, militancy

Grocery workers resume contract negotiations

Pay Equity at Kroger

Union reaches tentative deal with Smith’s as Albertsons negotiations continue

Major Supermarket Chain 'Bracing' for Worker Strikes

Efforts to pass worker’s bill of rights, $20 minimum wage in Tacoma advance

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

Boeing Rehires Nearly 60 Employees After Labor Contract Violation

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

ILA dockworkers union president Harold Daggett celebrates Trump’s attack on Iran

Is ProvPort safe? Twice car-carrying ship bound for RI have been destroyed by fire

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Striking Butler workers picket Kent Hospital

Oakland budget ups police overtime; many officers make six figures in extra hours alone

UNITE-HERE UNION

Hyatt hotel workers gather to demand back pay for contract violations

YVR airline food workers ratify contract with 14% wage increase

Orlando special election results: Democrats LaVon Bracy Davis and RaShon Young advance, head to general elections this fall

Coast Victoria Hotel workers issue strike notice

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 24, 2025

Union Election Data

Case Number: 13-RC-368030Date Filed: 06/24/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 9Location: Orland Park, ILRegion Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, IllinoisUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Baristas and Shift Supervisors Excluded: Store managers, assistant managers, office clericals, guards, professionals, supervisors Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU

Case Number: 14-RC-368033Date Filed: 06/24/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 55Location: Earth City, MORegion Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, MissouriUnit Sought: Included: Warehouseman, Fork truck drivers, Machine operators, Receivers, Balers, Leads, Sanitation. Excluded: All temporary workers and supervisors defined in the act. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 688

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Wednesday June 25, 2025

Trump cannot end union bargaining for federal workers, judge rules

Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party

Federal Workers Are Organizing for Democracy—from the Inside Out

UNION ORGANIZING

Nurses at Pittsburgh’s largest employer run up against labor board stalled by Trump

WGA East Ratifies First Union Contract With Nonfiction Producer Story Syndicate Nearly 2 Years After Organizing Workers

‘Fight Like Hell’ author Kim Kelly shatters assumptions about working-class people, labor history

University Hospitals physicians claim retaliation for union organizing efforts

IAM International President Brian Bryant Joins Bernie Sanders Rally with Fiery Call to Fight Oligarchy

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

New York Assembly Passes Bill To Fill Void As NLRB Lacks Quorum, Raising Preemption Concerns

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

TEAMSTERS RATIFY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MASTER BAKERY AGREEMENT

Teamsters' negotiations with county provide little results

MASSACHUSETTS TEAMSTERS DEMAND LAWMAKERS REQUIRE HUMAN OPERATORS IN ALL MOTOR VEHICLES

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

UAW STATEMENT ON NEW YORK MAYORAL PRIMARY RACE

Oversight After ’23 Strikes Cost UAW $80 Million

Stellantis plans $388M parts distribution ‘Megahub’ in metro Detroit

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Sudbury Steelworkers call on WSIB to engage in ‘good-faith’ negotiations as strike continues

Rep. Bohnak stands with labor, community leaders in support of RICE Generator Protection Plan

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

Port of Savannah continues to weather volatile tariff landscape, logs second-busiest May

Canada: labour convention votes to refuse handling of Israeli arms shipments

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Why Did SEIU Hire A Child Molester?!

The DOL proposes new wage and hour rules

UNITE-HERE UNION

FENWAY PARK WORKERS FRET OVER ARAMARK’S AI-POWERED CONCESSIONS

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 23, 2025

Union Election Data

Case Number: 20-RD-367919Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 19Location: West Sacramento, CARegion Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnit Sought: Included: Directors Engineers, and Operations. Excluded: All other employees, confidential employees, managers, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.

Case Number: 02-RC-367893Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 35Location: New York, NYRegion Assigned: Region 02, New York, New YorkUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Transportation Officers, Site Leads and Sergeants working at 201 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 Excluded: Office clerical employees, supervisors, non-guards and all others as defined in the National Labor Relations Act.

Case Number: 07-RC-367927Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 18Location: Webberville, MIRegion Assigned: Region 07, Detroit, MichiganUnit Sought: Included: Budtenders, Reeption, Inventory Specialist, Leads and all regular full and part-time emp Employer: Managers & supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act

Case Number: 25-RC-367925Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 17Location: Rockford, ILRegion Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, IndianaUnit Sought: Included: Players club Rep 1

Case Number: 05-RC-367938Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 5Location: Baltimore, MDRegion Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, MarylandUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Cylburn Garden Educators, Gardener IIs, Nature Center Assistants, Garden Educators and Financial Associates. Excluded: All other employees including Head Gardener, Director of Education and usual exclusions: office clerical, professional, managerial, guards and supervisors as defined in the act.

Case Number: 09-RD-367878Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 52Location: Cincinnati, OHRegion Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, OhioUnit Sought: Included: Full time and regular part-time wellness advisors and lead wellness advisors. Excluded: Manager, including retail managers, assistant retail managers, and inventory managers, and all office clerical employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Tuesday June 24, 2025

Los Angeles tourism industry and labor unions brawl ahead of 2028 Olympics

Henderson police unions at ‘impasse’ with city over new labor contract

Vote on repealing Utah’s anti-labor union law will happen during 2026 midterms

UNION ORGANIZING

Infuriating and beautiful ‘Get on the Job and Organize’ is lesson for balancing radical vision with practical discipline

Six ways a 78 year old law is still screwing workers

A Magna Carta No More: The NLRA at 90 Is Under Siege and Showing its Age

Nurses Run Up Against Labor Board Stalled By Trump

Circuit Court Roundup: DC Cir. Rejects NLRB’s “Irrational” Impasse Ruling, Fourth Circuit Green-Lights Union’s “Sharp-Elbowed” Campaign

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

The Future of the NLRB, as Constituted, is in Doubt

US court says worker's COVID safety concerns covered by labor law

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT ORGANIZER, TEAMSTERS FOR A DEMOCRATIC UNION

Republic Services workers to hold practice picket in Cumming

The USPS, UPS SurePost delivery contract is over. Will this impact how you get packages?

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

A Taft-Hartley Roundup of Recent Labor News

At Columbia, International Students Face “Chilling Effects” of Trump Admin

UAW Post-Strike Investment Oversight Cost Union $80M

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Federal response to steel and aluminum crisis falls short – urgent improvements needed to protect jobs

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

Giant Eagle workers to see 3% to 5% raises under new union contract

Kroger to close longtime South Bend, Elkhart stores soon

Fort Morgan Safeway employees strike over pay and benefits

'Idaho won't be left behind': Albertsons workers in Boise, Nampa authorize strike

Kroger reportedly plans to close a store in South Bend and another in Elkhart

Gassaway Kroger Slated For Closure In August

Concerns rise as Kroger on Emmet Street announces closure

Safeway on North Circle Drive joins strike

Which Kroger stores are closing? Here’s a running list

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

“Hot Cargo” Resolution Passes at Labour Convention- Turn it from words into action

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Boycott of McDonald’s to begin this week: ‘This is about more than burgers and fries’

UNITE-HERE UNION

Report from the Frontline—Arizona Workers Under Attack

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 20, 2025

Union Election Data

Case Number: 20-RD-367919Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 19Location: West Sacramento, CARegion Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnit Sought: Included: Directors Engineers, and Operations. Excluded: All other employees, confidential employees, managers, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.

Case Number: 02-RC-367893Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 35Location: New York, NYRegion Assigned: Region 02, New York, New YorkUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Transportation Officers, Site Leads and Sergeants working at 201 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 Excluded: Office clerical employees, supervisors, non-guards and all others as defined in the National Labor Relations Act.

Case Number: 07-RC-367927Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 18Location: Webberville, MIRegion Assigned: Region 07, Detroit, MichiganUnit Sought: Included: Budtenders, Reeption, Inventory Specialist, Leads and all regular full and part-time emp Employer: Managers & supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act

Case Number: 25-RC-367925Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 17Location: Rockford, ILRegion Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, IndianaUnit Sought: Included: Players club Rep 1

Case Number: 05-RC-367938Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 5Location: Baltimore, MDRegion Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, MarylandUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Cylburn Garden Educators, Gardener IIs, Nature Center Assistants, Garden Educators and Financial Associates. Excluded: All other employees including Head Gardener, Director of Education and usual exclusions: office clerical, professional, managerial, guards and supervisors as defined in the act.

Case Number: 09-RD-367878Date Filed: 06/23/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 52Location: Cincinnati, OHRegion Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, OhioUnit Sought: Included: Full time and regular part-time wellness advisors and lead wellness advisors. Excluded: Manager, including retail managers, assistant retail managers, and inventory managers, and all office clerical employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Monday June 23, 2025

Hilton hotel workers in Orlando score wage increases, job protections in new union contract

45,000 Southern California grocery workers vote to strike, as UFCW bureaucracy moves to block it

UNION ORGANIZING

New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli Warns Private Equity Against Union Busting

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

NLRB upholds fired Applebee’s worker's right to organize

Labor Board Loses Edge in Court Review as Judges Avoid Precedent

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

Teamsters Poised For Widespread Against Airgas Amidst Escalating Labor Tensions

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

Exclusive: UAW investment blunder cost the union an estimated $80 million, documents show

Tax credits that bring good union jobs home to Ohio and America should be preserved

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Nippon Steel's purchase of US Steel closes, with big role for Trump

Unions Hope a Federal ‘Scab’ Worker Ban Will Bring Wins

Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

45,000 Southern California grocery workers vote to strike, as UFCW bureaucracy moves to block it

Charlottesville Kroger to close in August, union says

Safeway workers at Circle Drive in Colorado Springs go on strike

Indiana Kroger union workers want better wages, increased hours in negotiations with grocer

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

LAUSD confronts looming fiscal crisis in debate over $18.8-billion budget

National Security vs. Union Rights: Court of Appeals Sides with National Security

UNITE-HERE UNION

What People Get Wrong About Tipping Hotel Housekeepers

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 18, 2025

Case Number: 08-RD-367711Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 80Location: Bedford, OHRegion Assigned: Region 08, Cleveland, OhioUnit Sought: Included: All power generation technicians, field service technicians, service technicians, trainees, parts advisors, stockroom workers, assembly workers, warehouse workers, and utility workers. Excluded: All office and clerical employees, guards, professional employees, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act. IUOE Local Union Nos. 18, 18, 18c

Case Number: 05-RC-367716Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 78Location: Norfolk, VARegion Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, MarylandUnit Sought: Included: All full time and part time employees of the employer. It is believed that the positions which do not have direct reports or qualify as supervisory, managerial or confidential under the act are: Accounts Payable Specialist Adult Education Specialist Adult Outreach Manager Bonsai Collection Specialist Digital Content & Marketing Manager Garden Guide Greenhouse and Nursery Tech Greenhouse Assistant Groundskeeper I Groundskeeper II Hort I Hort II Hort III Hort III & Rosarian Hort IV IT Technician I IT Technician II Lights Coordinator Membership Manager Nursery Tech II Plant Recorder Public Relations & Graphic Design Specialist Research & Grants, Special Projects Coordinator Sales Associate Senior Event Designer & Horticulturalist Special Events Manager Technician Volunteer Services Assistant Weddings & Events Coordinator Youth Educator III PT Excluded: All supervisors, managerial, confidential and guards as defined by the Act  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO

Case Number: 14-RC-367730Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 20Location: Springfield, MORegion Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, MissouriUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time production, maintenance and shipping employees at the SPX Technologies Plants Springfield MO. Excluded: All temporary employees, office clerical and professional employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local Union No. 208-SM 

Case Number: 03-RC-367725Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 9Location: East Syracuse, NYRegion Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New YorkUnit Sought: Included: Control Room Operators, Auxiliary Operators, the I&C Technician and the Administrative Clerk. Excluded: All other employees; Managers, Supervisors, and Guards, as defined in the Act. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO

Case Number: 04-RC-367692Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 14Location: Morrisville, PARegion Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnit Sought: INCLUDED: All CDL Vac Truck Drivers working out of the Philadelphia Ave. location. EXCLUDED: All other employees, prof. employees, guards & supervisors, as defined in the Act. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 542

Union Election Data

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Friday June 20, 2025

Wu super PAC collects $743K from unions, green groups; Kraft takes in $3M

Operating Engineers endorse Ciattarelli for Governor

Senators question Trump’s pick to lead the EEOC

‘The entire City of Fresno shut down’? How the city’s handling all its union contracts expiring at once

UNION ORGANIZING

OPINION: Black workers can save a democracy in crisis

Unions are right to stand with immigrants against ICE deportations

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

Unions ask California to lead fight for workers at the state level

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

TEAMSTERS HONOR JUNETEENTH

TEAMSTERS’ 10% SALARY INCREASE DENIED

TDU CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH

Breakthru Beverage hit by Teamsters pickets at more US sites

Steamship Signs Union Contracts, OKs Fire Services, Hires Reservation System Contractor

Trump OSHA budget would cut 10,000 job safety inspections

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

Federal monitor finds UAW President Fain retaliated against union Secretary-Treasurer

Court monitor’s report exposes thuggishness of UAW bureaucracy under “reform” president Fain

Will Lehman sues Labor Department over refusal to follow court order on UAW election complaint

Legislators support UAW Local 291 strike at Cummins

Incoming Stellantis CEO Connects with U.S. Workers Ahead of June 23 Leadership Shift

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Canadian Steel Producers and United Steelworkers union react to government’s plan for steel industry

Nippon Steel finalizes $15B takeover of US Steel after sealing national security agreement

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

Safeway employees continue to speak out

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

‘It’s About Survival’: Local Residents, Healthcare Workers Fight Medicaid Cuts

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

Unions chart course for aerospace transformation at global conference

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Time running out on prison jobs for disabled workers in SEIU dispute

Protesters call out Sears’ silence on Medicaid cuts

What should you do when ICE comes to the ballpark? Bay Area teams are already preparing

UNITE-HERE UNION

Long Beach tourism workers win their push for higher wages, including agency-hired employees

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 18, 2025

Case Number: 08-RD-367711Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 80Location: Bedford, OHRegion Assigned: Region 08, Cleveland, OhioUnit Sought: Included: All power generation technicians, field service technicians, service technicians, trainees, parts advisors, stockroom workers, assembly workers, warehouse workers, and utility workers. Excluded: All office and clerical employees, guards, professional employees, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act. IUOE Local Union Nos. 18, 18, 18c

Case Number: 05-RC-367716Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 78Location: Norfolk, VARegion Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, MarylandUnit Sought: Included: All full time and part time employees of the employer. It is believed that the positions which do not have direct reports or qualify as supervisory, managerial or confidential under the act are: Accounts Payable Specialist Adult Education Specialist Adult Outreach Manager Bonsai Collection Specialist Digital Content & Marketing Manager Garden Guide Greenhouse and Nursery Tech Greenhouse Assistant Groundskeeper I Groundskeeper II Hort I Hort II Hort III Hort III & Rosarian Hort IV IT Technician I IT Technician II Lights Coordinator Membership Manager Nursery Tech II Plant Recorder Public Relations & Graphic Design Specialist Research & Grants, Special Projects Coordinator Sales Associate Senior Event Designer & Horticulturalist Special Events Manager Technician Volunteer Services Assistant Weddings & Events Coordinator Youth Educator III PT Excluded: All supervisors, managerial, confidential and guards as defined by the Act  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO

Case Number: 14-RC-367730Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 20Location: Springfield, MORegion Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, MissouriUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time production, maintenance and shipping employees at the SPX Technologies Plants Springfield MO. Excluded: All temporary employees, office clerical and professional employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local Union No. 208-SM 

Case Number: 03-RC-367725Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 9Location: East Syracuse, NYRegion Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New YorkUnit Sought: Included: Control Room Operators, Auxiliary Operators, the I&C Technician and the Administrative Clerk. Excluded: All other employees; Managers, Supervisors, and Guards, as defined in the Act. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO

Case Number: 04-RC-367692Date Filed: 06/18/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 14Location: Morrisville, PARegion Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnit Sought: INCLUDED: All CDL Vac Truck Drivers working out of the Philadelphia Ave. location. EXCLUDED: All other employees, prof. employees, guards & supervisors, as defined in the Act. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 542

TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Thursday June 19, 2025

Trump takes a battering in court over labor union executive order

Doctors and nurses at Madison primary care center want a union. It’s a sign of health care changes.

IATSE Honors Juneteenth: Celebrating Liberation and Labor History

Labor movement in Hub City has Aberdeen employees readying for union vote

NC environmental, labor advocates ask Tillis to back clean energy in GOP mega-bill

A Neutered US National Labor Relations Board is a Win for Big Tech

UNION ORGANIZING

Mexican GM Workers to Vote Next Week on Union at Second Plant

Mike Cavallaro On Building a Union (and a Community) at NYC’s School of Visual Arts

Chilean Starbucks Workers Gain Second Contract after Strike

House Committee Debates NLRB's Fairness

'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

NLRB charges Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with contempt for ignoring federal court’s health insurance ruling

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

10 Roads Express strike nearing an end

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

After mass anti-Trump protests, UAW President Fain doubles down on support for trade war

Court-appointed monitor finds UAW President Shawn Fain acted improperly in removing secretary-treasurer

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA(USWA)

Rogers technicians in Abbotsford on strike for equal pay and fair bargaining

Over Steelworkers’ objections, Trump approves Nippon purchase of U.S. Steel

US and Nippon Steel Seal the Deal

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

Puget Sound Allied Grocery workers reach tentative contract

Huge grocery chain strike spreading to more markets

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

Queer Unionists, United Fronts, & the Power to Stop the Far Right

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

NYS Quietly Adds Way for Employers to Disclose Layoffs Triggered by AI

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Reject the SEIU-LA County sellout agreement! Form rank-and-file committees to expand the struggle!

BREAKING: Tufts full-time lecturers ratify third contract with university

UNITE-HERE UNION

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE ANYBODY GATHERING SIGNATURES FOR THE ANTI-WORKER PETITION

UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 17, 2025

Case Number: 16-RC-367634Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 3Location: Corpus Christi, TXRegion Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, TexasUnit Sought: Included: All regular and part-time simulator technician 2, T-54 Sims, Sim Tech 3 Work Lead working at Delaware Resource Group in Corpus Christi, TX. Excluded: Office Clerical Employees, Professional Employees, Managerial Employees, Guards, Supervisors, as defined in the Act site Manager. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Emily Dickinson Museum 

Case Number: 01-RC-367622Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 25Location: Amherst, MARegion Assigned: Region 01, Boston, MassachusettsUnit Sought: Included: All Museum Guides employed by the Employer Excluded: All other employees, supervisors, managers, and confidential employees under the Act. Technical Office and Professional Union Local 2110 UAW AFL CIO

Case Number: 03-RC-367650Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 2Location: Bennington, VTRegion Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New YorkUnit Sought: Included: Sr. Prog Coord VAPA; Faculty Affairs Coord. added to existing staff unit Excluded: supvrs, mgrs, other units Bennington College United, AFT Vermont, AFT Local 492

Pruitt Health - Charlotte Hall Veterans Home 

Case Number: 05-RC-367628Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 58Location: Charlotte Hall, MDRegion Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, MarylandUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part time Registered Nurses and Licensed Nurse Practitioners. Excluded: All other employees and usual exclusions: office clerical, professional, managerial, guards and supervisors as defined in the act. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, DISTRICT LODGE 4

Case Number: 19-RC-367664Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 6Location: Portland, ORRegion Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, WashingtonUnit Sought: Included: Echo-cardiology Registered Nurses (Stress Test RNs) to be included in existing registered nurse bargaining unit Excluded: Supervisors Oregon Nurses Association

Case Number: 21-RC-367669Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 53Location: San Diego, CARegion Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnit Sought: Included: All full-time, regular part-time and per diem professional employees employed by Optum, listed in Section 2b of this Petition, including the following professional job classifications: Care Advocate, Senior Care Advocate, Behavioral Intake Counselor, Senior Behavioral Intake Counselor for the County of San Diego Public Sector, Access and Crisis Line (“ACL”), working remotely at 3131 Camino Del Rio North, Suite 700, San Diego, 92108. Excluded: All other employees, managerial employees, confidential employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act.  National Union of Healthcare Workers

Case Number: 21-RC-367665Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 6Location: San Diego, CARegion Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnit Sought: Included: All Full Time and Part Time Drivers employed at this location. Excluded: All other employees, Guards and Supervisors Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen And Helpers Local No. 542

Case Number: 20-RC-367670Date Filed: 06/17/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 2Location: Oroville, CARegion Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnit Sought: Included: Foremen, Mechanics and Trainees. Excluded: Everyone else. Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, IUOE, AFL-CIO