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UrduThe number of striking workers, particularly in private-sector industries, more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, according to the third Labor Action Tracker Annual Report, which presents key findings from work stoppage data.
Tag: Unions
GW Experts Available: More than 75,000 union health care workers are set to strike Wednesday
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers are poised to walk off the job in five states and the District of Columbia after labor talks failed to advance over the weekend. A coalition of unions representing Kaiser workers had…
Expert: Auto workers’ strike could impact future labor organizing
The persistently tight labor market, growing frustration over wage inequality and record high support for unions set the stage for the United Auto Workers strike, according to Jake Rosenfeld, a professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Employment law expert available to talk about United Auto Workers strike
Professor Steven Willborn is an expert on employment law, labor law, employment discrimination law, and pension & employee benefits law and can speak to media on unions and strikes. Willborn joined the faculty in 1979. He received his B.A. degree…
Unionized Nursing Homes 78% More Likely to Report Workplace Injury and Illness Data to OSHA
Nursing homes that unionize are more likely to report workplace injury and illness data to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a new study published today in the journal Health Affairs says.
UPS-Teamsters deal a victory for labor, collective bargaining
UPS has reached a contract deal with the Teamsters union, averting strike. Union members will now vote to ratify the deal, which includes across-the-board raises for all workers, a new paid holiday, as well as new heat and safety protections.…
American University Expert Available to Comment on the United Auto Workers Union Runoff Election
What: Ballot counting is underway this week in a historic runoff election to decide who will lead the United Auto Workers union. It’s the first direct leadership election in the UAW’s 88-year history. It has already transformed the union in…
Testimony to Congress outlines employer anti-union efforts
Most employers continue to engage in coercive and retaliatory practices to limit union activity, a Cornell University labor relations expert told the U.S. House of Representatives Labor Committee in testimony Sept. 14.
Failure to prevent rail strike could be ‘catastrophic’ for US business
The looming possibility of a national railroad strike has businesses nationwide concerned. Arthur Wheaton, expert on transportation industries – including trains, plans and automobiles – and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says a…
Assessing state of worker power, economic opportunity in the US
A new landscape report conducted by Jake Rosenfeld, a professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Ioana Marinescu examines the decline in worker power over the last several decades and outlines policy recommendations to rebalance the economic playing field.
Unionized Nursing Homes Experienced Lower COVID-19 Resident Mortality and Worker Infection Rates
Residents and workers at unionized nursing homes experienced lower mortality and infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs.
Unions have ‘role to play’ in enforcement of Biden’s vaccine mandate
The Biden administration’s mandate that federal contract workers and workers at private-sector businesses be vaccinated against Covid-19 has stirred protests across the country. Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations…
SCOTUS case could render farmworker rights ‘meaningless’
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case challenging the constitutionality of a California regulation that allows union organizers access to agricultural property to speak to farmworkers. Two property owners allege that the regulation violates the Fifth Amendment…
European unions’ support varies for precarious workers
In many cases, unions in Europe have helped nonunionized workers whose jobs are precarious, according to new Cornell University research.
What’s at Stake Today for Workers, Unions? Rutgers Labor Experts Available for Interview
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (November 3, 2020) – Stronger workplace health and safety protections, national paid family leave, a higher federal minimum wage, organizing rights, and other policies critical to workers and their families hinge on the outcome of today’s presidential election.…
ILR study could help unions protect workers’ mental health
During a three-year organizational restructuring at France Telecom that began in 2007 – which called for the downsizing of 22,000 employees, often based on ethically questionable methods – there was a wave of employee suicides. Published reports put the total number of deaths at 35.
Virginia Doellgast, associate professor of comparative employment relations in Cornell University’s ILR School, examines the role unions played in the aftermath of those deaths.
In new push for labor reform, unions must energize grassroots
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICEJan. 29, 2020 In new push for labor reform, unions must energize grassroots A bill to amend federal labor laws and expand guarantees for unionized workers is headed to the House next week. The Protecting…
In rejecting city’s deal, Chicago teachers reach for bigger goal
On Thursday, teachers in Chicago went on a strike after their union (CTU) rejected a deal from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Lee Adler, an expert on education and collective bargaining at Cornell University’s ILR School, says that to the…