Jun 13 Siding with Starbucks, Supreme Court makes it harder for NLRB to win legal protections for unionizing workers By Associated Press The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during a union organizing campaign. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 4:37 National Labor Relations Board’s authority faces challenge in Starbucks Supreme Court case By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a key case that could have major implications for labor rights. The court looked at a challenge brought by Starbucks against a lower court decision to reinstate seven baristas in Memphis who… Continue watching
Apr 08 Amazon Labor Union hampered by division and other roadblocks ahead of leadership election By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press Two years after clinching a historic victory at a warehouse in New York City, the first labor union for Amazon workers in the United States is running out of money and fighting over an election that could determine who will… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:00 Doctors unionize as healthcare services are consolidated into corporate systems By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster As recently as the early 80s, about three of every four doctors in the U.S. worked for themselves, owning small clinics. Today, some 75 percent of physicians are employees of hospital systems or large corporate entities. Some worry the trend… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 6:47 Organized labor still faces challenges after series of major union wins By John Yang, Dorothy Hastings This has been the season of organized labor’s discontent. But it has also been the season of big wins by unions from Hollywood, UPS, healthcare workers and the UAW. John Yang spoke with Lauren Kaori Gurley of The Washington Post… Continue watching
Oct 06 Auto workers won’t expand strikes against Detroit Three after GM battery plant concession By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The announcement of the pause in expanding the strikes came shortly after GM agreed to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the UAW's national contract, essentially assuring that they will be unionized. Continue reading
Oct 04 Health care workers kick off 3-day strike in multiple states By Stefanie Dazio, Damian Dovarganes, Associated Press Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers took to picket lines on Wednesday, launching a massive strike that the company warned could cause delays at its hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. Continue reading
Jun 23 Starbucks workers plan strike over Pride displays, company accuses union of spreading false information By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Workers at 150 Starbucks locations will strike in a clash over decor supporting LGBTQ+ causes, but the company accused the union of using it as a tactic in labor talks. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 12:06 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s understanding of presidential power By PBS News Hour Names of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks continue to emerge on a daily basis. Judy Woodruff sits down with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to discuss whether Mr. Trump’s Cabinet choices are antithetical to… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch What a teachers’ challenge to union fees could mean for organized labor By PBS News Hour Can teachers who are not union members be required to pay some union dues? That question is being weighed at the Supreme Court, which heard arguments in a case that could have wide ramifications for organized labor. Judy Woodruff learns… Continue watching