labor unions

Garrett Ward sprays disinfectant behind a plexiglass panel at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Overland Park, Kan., on March 26. Stores have begun installing the shields in checkout aisles to protect clerks and help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Health & Safety

Grocery Workers Keep America Fed, While Fearing For Their Own Safety

10:13am April 02, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Many low-wage workers with essential jobs — like grocery store cashiers and stockers — can't stay home to protect themselves and their families. The protections they receive vary widely.

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Over the last four decades, incomes in the United States have grown much less equal. Inequality is less pronounced in Western Europe.

Why America's 1-Percenters Are Richer Than Europe's

1:47pm December 05, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The share of total income of the top 1% of earners in the U.S. more than doubled over four decades. But in Europe, the gains were less dramatic. What accounts for the difference across the Atlantic?

United Auto Workers members picket Wednesday at a General Motors plant in Flint, Mich. Last year, more U.S. workers went on strike than at any time since 1986.

'It's Time To Get Something Back': Union Workers' Voices Are Getting Louder

1:00am October 24, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Unions and their supporters around the country are assessing whether the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors is a sign of renewed labor power.

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Tribune Publishing has agreed to recognize a new union representing journalists at the Hartford Courant in Connecticut's capital.

National

Tribune Publishing Recognizes 'Hartford Courant' Newsroom Union

8:16pm February 15, 2019

by Avie Schneider

The parent company of the Hartford, Conn., newspaper has agreed to recognize a new union representing nearly 60 journalists. The move comes just four days after they petitioned to unionize.

Educators march in downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 15. Negotiations between United Teachers Los Angeles and the LA Unified School District started in early 2017.

Los Angeles Teachers Are Moving Forward With A Strike

8:21pm January 13, 2019

Teachers in LA, the second largest school district in the country, are expected to go on strike Monday morning. Union members there have been working without a contract for more than a year.

National

Like Bigger Peers, Tronc's Virginia Newsrooms Set To Unionize

1:49pm September 04, 2018

Journalists at Tronc's two Virginia papers, the Daily Press in Newport News and The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, are following the path of other Tronc newsrooms after corporate controversies.

Cashiers, cooks, delivery people, fast-food workers and their supporters rallied outside New York City Hall in 2017. Their influential union, the Service Employees International Union, also includes about half a million home health aides.

Medicaid Officials Target Home Health Aides' Union Dues

5:00am August 09, 2018

by Shefali Luthra

The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would prohibit some home health workers from having union dues deducted from their paychecks. The rule would likely undercut unions' power, all agree.

The Supreme Court term that just concluded was a small taste of what is to come. In all, 13 of the cases decided by a liberal-conservative split, Justice Anthony Kennedy provided the fifth and deciding conservative vote.

Justice Kennedy May Soon Find Himself Disappointed And His Legacy Undermined

11:38am June 30, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court justice may believe that rights once recognized will not be taken away, but President Trump is about to get his second nominee to the court and it's sure to be a conservative.

According to labor organizers, Tronc has agreed to recognize three separate bargaining units within the same union at its Chicago-area publications, including the Chicago Tribune.

Under Pressure, Tronc Recognizes 'Chicago Tribune' Union

8:27pm May 06, 2018

by David Folkenflik

In the face of overwhelming support for the labor drive, the troubled media company relented, saying Sunday that it will negotiate with journalists at its Chicago-area publications.

Organizers of a newsroom union at the Chicago Tribune have given the Tribune's parent company, Tronc, a day to voluntarily recognize the guild and start to negotiate a contract.

National

Newsroom To 'Chicago Tribune': With 85 Percent Backing, We Have Votes For Union

4:33pm April 24, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Tribune journalists give corporate owner Tronc a day to recognize the union voluntarily. Otherwise, they say they will force a federal vote that "will result overwhelmingly in our favor."

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