For All Mankind is coming back for a fifth season of space-based alt-history hijinks on Apple TV+. This is unsurprising news, given the near-universal critical acclaim heaped on season four. However, the company also surprise-announced a spinoff series called Star City that will follow the Russian space program. Original series creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi are all onboard for Star City, though there’s no cast yet. The plot synopsis calls it a “robust expansion” of the...
For the second week in a row, Mahoning County commissioners were confronted by a group of local road construction contractors who claim they're kept from bidding on projects because they're non-union.
The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. Last Friday, D. Taylor stepped down as president of UNITE HERE—the union of hotel and casino employees. His nearly dozen years at the helm of one of America’s most member-involved unions saw it become an improbable political powerhouse in a host of swing states… Source
The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers by seniority when necessary and soaking taxpayers every chance they could. While those activities are still part of their mission, they have, over time, increasingly delved into the political/social realm, promoting Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory,...
Around 25 people, including about 15 resident assistants part of the union Student Workers At NYU, demanded university recognition for the group in a letter to President Linda Mills and the board of trustees delivered at Bobst Library on Tuesday. The union, which was publicly announced only a day earlier, is currently made up of This story RAs unionize, demand university recognition appeared first on Washington Square News.
Organizers ask for fair contracts, wages and benefits
Omaha, Neb. — Recognizing the vital role played by its train dispatchers when it comes to safe operations, the Union Pacific Railroad has presented its Guardian Award to nearly 300 dispatchers for their work in 2023. The honored dispatchers work in three locations – Omaha, Neb., San Bernardino, Calif., and Spring, Texas. UP train dispatchers, []Read More
For decades, unionizing in the American South was like cutting a five-acre field with nail clippers: time-consuming, grueling, and largely ineffective—though not technically impossible. But on Friday, hourly workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, defied the long-standing barriers by voting overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union (UAW). Late that night, the National […]
Tom Bixler and several hundred of his co-workers produced top-quality glassware at the Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, Ohio, over the years while keeping the aging equipment there operating through sheer grit. They even set efficiency standards despite the steep odds and carried the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, all to ensure the sprawling manufacturing complex remained More
This all comes after months of UTSF members’ efforts to move forward with unionizing.
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — A disconnect between the Brightspeed corporate office and its employees led to an information picketing event in Downtown Dothan on Saturday afternoon. Over 20 people at the intersection of West Troy Street and North Oates Street in Dothan picketed to try and get better benefits from Brightspeed. This internet company is []
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The local chapter of the Communication Workers of America could lose about 40 Brightspeed employees as they say it's an uphill battle trying to get more of a fair labor contract. The labor agreement for Brightspeed's Dothan chapter and North Alabama chapter expired one month ago. After negotiation a few weeks []