Public Workers
City workers in Salem, Oregon negotiate first post-Janus contract
July 20, 2018The city has been caught skirting the law on several occasions and the number of grievances being filed over simple issues has soared.
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AFSCME takes Iowa to court over gutting of public workers’ rights
February 24, 2017The law bars most public workers from bargaining for improvements to their benefits and working conditions.
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Is nation’s gain Wisconsin’s loss?
September 22, 2015It was Scott Walker himself whose continued bragging about how he had taken away the rights of workers in his home state that actually did him in.
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Scott Walker escalates his war on workers
September 15, 2015Expanding on the hatred of unions that he imposed as Wisconsin's governor, right wing GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker is proposing to abolish the NLRB.
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Illinois GOP governor solicits retirees as strikebreakers
August 4, 2015Rauner also failed to deny reports that he is considering calling on the Illinois National Guard to replace state workers in the event of a lockout or strike.
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