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October 27, 2013
News & Commentary

Nikolas Bowie

The long-term unemployment rate — the percentage of the labor force that has been out of work for more than a year and is still seeking employment — is down to 1.9 percent, the New York Times reports. While this is down from a peak of 3 percent in 2010, the figure is still higher than […]

October 25, 2013
News & Commentary

Scott Hochberg

John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi explain in the Washington Post how some organizations, and labor unions in particular, are able to “expand the nature and scope of [their members’] political action, especially among those [members] for whom politics might otherwise not appear terribly relevant.” Through their leadership and education committees, unions alert their members to […]

October 24, 2013
News & Commentary

Kirsten Bass

The L.A. Times reports that the spring mayoral race is resting largely on which candidate is “too cozy” with organized labor. A poll conducted by the University of Southern California and the L.A. Times found that city residents opposed to public sector unionism strongly favored Eric Garcetti over Wendy Greuel. A similarly labor-focused political race […]

October 23, 2013
News & Commentary

Brett M. Kalikow

Coverage continues of the four-day transit strike in San Francisco, which ended on Tuesday. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that under the four-year deal workers would receive a 15.4% raise in exchange for several work-rule changes and an increase in medical insurance premium payments. The agreement still needs to be approved the BART board (see […]

October 22, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

The Wall Street Journal reports that the BART strike, which has paralyzed the San Francisco transit system for the last four days, ended this morning. Details about the terms of the deal will not be released until union members approve it. BART officials hope to have full service restored by this afternoon. Yesterday, a Dane County […]

October 21, 2013
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

The New York Times reports on efforts by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to organize a Maine Lobstermen’s Union. With lobster prices reaching a 40-year low last summer, and costs rising, supporters of the union argue that by coming together, lobstermen can address problems faced by the industry as a whole. Many […]

October 20, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) strike continues. The Washington Post reports that Antonette Bryant, the president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 (ATU), will present management’s final contract offer to ATU members; nevertheless, she expects that they will vote to reject it. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle observes that the strike could have a […]

October 18, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The New York Times reports that Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers in San Francisco are on strike as of midnight last night, after 28 straight hours of negotiation failed to resolve the impasse between union leaders and transit managers. The strike comes after the expiration a 60 day cooling-off period ordered by California Governor […]

October 17, 2013
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

Late Wednesday night, Congress passed a bipartisan bill to re-open the government after a 16-day shutdown, and raise the debt ceiling after coming within one day of default. The government will be funded through January 15th, and the debt limit will last through February 7th. The bill does not include major changes to Obamacare, which […]

October 16, 2013
News & Commentary

Brad King

Negotiations are continuing between BART and its two major unions and, as the San Francisco Chroniclereports, there will be no strike today. “We don’t want to talk about a strike; we want to get a deal,” said Chris Daly, political director of the SEIU. In political news, New Jersey voters are heading to the polls […]

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