Union News
Missouri Voters Overturn Right-To-Work Measure, Rejecting Republican Lawmakers
Aug 7, 2018
Labor groups won a landmark victory Tuesday as Missourians voted by referendum to overturn the state’s new right-to-work......
Missouri voters reject law banning compulsory union fees
Aug 6, 2018
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters delivered a resounding victory to unions Tuesday, rejecting a right-to-work law against compulsory union fees that had......
Missouri Voters Can Kill The State's New Right-To-Work Law
Aug 6, 2018
So many states have been passing right-to-work laws that the anti-union statutes are now the norm rather than......
UPDATE 3-South Africa's Eskom closes in on wage deal with unions
Aug 3, 2018
* Eskom nears three-year wage deal with unions * Striking workers forced utility to turn off some units * Eskom struggling to recover from......
UPDATE 2-South Africa's Eskom closes in on wage deal with unions
Aug 3, 2018
* Eskom nears three-year wage deal with unions * Striking workers forced utility to turn off some units * Eskom struggling to recover from......
South Africa's Solidarity union accepts latest Eskom wage offer
Aug 2, 2018
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 2 (Reuters) - South Africa's Solidarity trade union said on Thursday it had accepted the latest three-year wage offer from struggling state-run......
UPDATE 2-Deal with U.S. on key NAFTA rule closer, Mexico and Canada say
Aug 1, 2018
(Adds comments from Mexican economy minister on Tuesday) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug 1 (Reuters) - The United States and Mexico are nearing a deal......
Hotel 'Panic Button' Measure Collects Enough Signatures To Qualify For Ballot
Aug 1, 2018
An initiative that would require hotels with over 50 rooms to provide a “panic button” to workers so......
TIMELINE-Ryanair struggles with widespread strike action
Aug 1, 2018
DUBLIN, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Ryanair is facing escalating strikes across Europe as it struggles in negotiations with trade unions, forcing it to cancel......
UPDATE 1-Strike at Total's North Sea oilfields ended at midnight-union
Jul 31, 2018
(Adds detail on possible other strikes in North Sea) LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - A 12-hour strike by 45 workers that shut down production......
Total offshore oil platforms strike ended at midnight-union
Jul 31, 2018
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - A 12-hour strike at three of Total's British offshore oil platforms that started at midday on Monday ended as......
US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon
Jul 30, 2018
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon state employee and a labor union have reached a settlement over her lawsuit seeking payback of obligatory union......
German union says Ryanair pilots vote to strike over pay
Jul 30, 2018
BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union says pilots at budget airline Ryanair have voted to stage a strike unless a dispute over pay......
UPDATE 1-Workers at Total's UK oil platforms stage strike over rotas
Jul 30, 2018
* Strike part of series of scheduled labor action * Supply disruptions mitigated by stored crude * No formal talks with Total currently planned......
Ohio Democrats Become First State Party To Recognize Campaign Workers Union
Jul 27, 2018
The Ohio Democratic Party voluntarily recognized its midterm-election campaign workers’ labor union on Friday, making it the first......
