BC instructor wins case after college fires her for Palestine support
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"Allina’s doctors have been at odds with their health system in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. They publicly opposed a health system policy, which was later rescinded and then banned by state medical debt legislation, of denying nonemergency care to patients with substantial overdue bills. They criticized Allina’s recent decision to close five primary care clinics, where some doctors said they were so busy that they couldn’t take new patients."
Gift link: https://www.startribune.com/in-a-first-in-minnesota-hundreds-of-allina-doctors-go-on-one-day-strike/601516150?utm_source=gift
Postal workers are going back on strike after the federal government told Canada Post to make some major changes to the way it delivers mail, like stopping door-to-door deliveries and closing some rural post offices.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/postal-workers-back-on-nationwide-strike-over-canada-post-reform-9.6916329
The justices’ decision back then ushered in an era of powerful #independent #FederalAgencies charged with regulating #LaborRelations, employment #discrimination & #PublicAirwaves. But it has long rankled *conservative* legal theorists who argue such agencies should answer to the president.
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In area labor news,
University of Minnesota, Teamsters reach deal to end strike; Farm Aid concert saved
By Star Tribune staff
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/farm-aid-concert-saved-as-university-of-minnesota-and-teamsters-reach-deal-to-end-strike/601473575?utm_source=gift
More coffee is necessary to function, but the food service workers are striking...
I will have to brew mediocre office coffee.
I worry most about on-campus students over the weekend... Hmm
'The strike is about pay but also conditions. The RMT union has concerns about "fatigue management" - that is the stress that early and late shifts are having on the health of its members.
'It has asked for a 32-hour week.'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33rnnvmgkyo
Union accuses Wells Fargo exec of eavesdropping
Amidst a meeting between the employees union and Wells’ attorneys, a bank executive was heard speaking on an attorney laptop. Remote attendance hadn’t been approved. Attorneys say it was just a oopsie.
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/exclusive-union-accuses-wells-fargo-exec-of-eavesdropping
"Elon Musk to pay $500 million in severance to 6,000 ex-Twitter workers":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/musk-twitter-settlement-severance-20849802.php #SocialMedia #LaborRelations
"If it means folks like me going to jail, so be it," Hancock said in remarks that made headlines across the country.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-flight-attendants-defiance-section-107-1.7613124
Hundreds of Air Canada flight attendants, led by CUPE, struck over unpaid ground work and wages, halting most flights and disrupting 100,000+ passengers daily. The union rejects the airline’s partial pay raise offer; businesses urge federal arbitration to end the standstill. For deeper insights, see Carlos Osorio and Kyaw Soe Oo's report. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/15/air-canada-flight-attendant-strike-looms.html #AirCanada #CUPE #strike #airlineindustry #wagedispute #Canada #laborrelations #traveldisruption
Wells Fargo workers allege union-busting again
Employees rallied in Charlotte on Tuesday to call attention to allegations that a senior HR exec at the bank is coercing workers to decertify their union.
https://www.bankingdive.com/news/wells-fargo-workers-allege-union-busting-charlotte/753097/
In a pivotal labor development, Susie Madrak reveals that Philadelphia's first major city worker strike since 1986 ended after eight days with a new contract. Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and union leader Greg Boulware agreed to terms, allowing 9,000 essential workers to return. The three-year contract includes 3% annual raises and a new pay scale step, but Boulware expressed disappointment, highlighting the negotiation's challenges. For more insights, read the full article. https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/philadelphia-tentative-contract-citywide #Philadelphia #unionstrike #AFSCME #laborrelations #cityworkers #publicservice
Hollywood Reporter: SAG-AFTRA Suspends Strike Against Video Game Companies, Paving Way for Return to Work. “At the time the strike was called, SAG-AFTRA framed the move by saying that pay hadn’t kept pace with inflation and that it had multiple issues of contention with gaming companies’ use of AI in the contracts of performers who make money using their voices and/or likenesses. That […]
Los Angeles Times: Surge AI is latest San Francisco startup accused of misclassifying its workers. “The proposed class action lawsuit alleges that ‘data annotators’ — hired by Surge AI to ensure that powerful AI systems run by Meta and OpenAI can properly generate text responses that are accurate and capable of mimicking human expressions — were ‘deliberately’ classified as independent […]
Labor Board Member Gwynne Wilcox Fired by Trump Reinstated by Federal Judge https://shinemycrown.com/labor-board-member-gwynne-wilcox-fired-by-trump-reinstated-by-federal-judge/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LaborRelations #GwynneWilcox #FederalJudge #TrumpNews #NLRB
Wells Fargo union accuses the bank of 'unlawful' tactics alleging that Wells has wrongly refused to bargain with them.
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/wells-fargo-union-accuses-the-bank-of-unlawful-tactics
Reuters: Google should be forced to bargain with contractor’s union, US labor agency says. “Alphabet’s Google is facing a second complaint from a U.S. labor board claiming that it is the employer of contract workers and must bargain with their union, the agency said on Monday.”
“We are your snowplow drivers, your utility operators, your library staff, your water plant operators and much more,” Wohlwend said.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluths-largest-city-employee-union-authorizes-strike
"His decision built on a July ruling, which found the law violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s equal protection clause because it allowed unions representing police, firefighters and other public safety workers to collectively bargain with the state, while it removed those rights from other public employees like teachers."
https://www.wpr.org/news/dane-county-judge-strikes-down-act-10-restoring-public-employee-union-bargaining-rights
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