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Archive for March, 2016
Great Day for California’s Working Families
March 31, 2016 by
Peter McEntee
Today, March 31 (Cesar Chavez Day), thanks to tenacious advocacy by labor unions and workers’ right advocates, both houses of the State Legislature passed a historic minimum wage increase for California workers that the Governor… Read More
Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Friedrichs v. CTA; Public Sector Unions and Employers May Continue to Negotiate Union Security
March 29, 2016 by
Teague Paterson
The Supreme Court has issued a 4-4 decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that threatened to upend forty years of public sector collective bargaining by imposing “right to work” on all state,… Read More
NLRB Bars Blanket Workplace Recording Bans
March 23, 2016 by
Andrew Baker
The UFCW scored a victory for Whole Foods Market employees who complained about a company rule prohibiting the recording of all workplace conversations. The UFCW challenged the rule in an unfair labor practice charge filed… Read More
Big Victory for Misclassified Port Drivers
March 14, 2016 by
Andrew Baker
The Teamsters have struck a major victory in their campaign to organize port drivers. The California Labor Commissioner’s office has ordered Pacific 9 Transportation to compensate 38 employee drivers who were misclassified as independent contractors. … Read More
Great Day for California’s Working Families
March 31, 2016 by Peter McEntee
Today, March 31 (Cesar Chavez Day), thanks to tenacious advocacy by labor unions and workers’ right advocates, both houses of the State Legislature passed a historic minimum wage increase for California workers that the Governor… Read More
Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Friedrichs v. CTA; Public Sector Unions and Employers May Continue to Negotiate Union Security
March 29, 2016 by Teague Paterson
The Supreme Court has issued a 4-4 decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that threatened to upend forty years of public sector collective bargaining by imposing “right to work” on all state,… Read More
NLRB Bars Blanket Workplace Recording Bans
March 23, 2016 by Andrew Baker
The UFCW scored a victory for Whole Foods Market employees who complained about a company rule prohibiting the recording of all workplace conversations. The UFCW challenged the rule in an unfair labor practice charge filed… Read More
Big Victory for Misclassified Port Drivers
March 14, 2016 by Andrew Baker
The Teamsters have struck a major victory in their campaign to organize port drivers. The California Labor Commissioner’s office has ordered Pacific 9 Transportation to compensate 38 employee drivers who were misclassified as independent contractors. … Read More
