BART unions plan to strike tomorrow after failing to reach an agreement with management. As we have been covering, the negotiations have been ongoing for several months, finally culminating today after a 30-hour bargaining session. While some progress was made with the help of a federal mediator, several key issues remain unresolved. The unions were willing to meet BART on its health care and pension requests, but the two sides could not reach an agreement on pay and work conditions. The unions offered to settle the remaining unresolved issues through binding arbitration, but BART management reportedly rejected that suggestion, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. BART’s final offer included a 12 percent raise over four years, a 4 percent pension contribution by employees, and a 9.5 percent increase in employees’ health-insurance contributions. The president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 said that, “this is not a union strike. This is a management strike brought on by absolute arrogance.” BART management has said that the offer will remain on the table until October 27 and, if approved, the deal would be retroactive to July 1. If a vote were taken after October 27, the contract offer would no longer be retroactive.
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July 6
Municipal workers in Philadelphia continue to strike; Zohran Mamdani collects union endorsements; UFCW grocery workers in California and Colorado reach tentative agreements.
July 4
The DOL scraps a Biden-era proposed rule to end subminimum wages for disabled workers; millions will lose access to Medicaid and SNAP due to new proof of work requirements; and states step up in the noncompete policy space.
July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.
July 2
Block, Nanda, and Nayak argue that the NLRA is under attack, harming democracy; the EEOC files a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels; and SEIU Local 1000 strikes an agreement with the State of California to delay the state's return-to-office executive order for state workers.
July 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Department of Labor proposes to roll back minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by public defenders over a union’s Gaza statements, and Philadelphia’s largest municipal union is on strike for first time in nearly 40 years. On Monday, the U.S. […]
June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.