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Members of Local 1295 in Toronto, ON, who transport non-emergency ambulatory patients for Ambutrans have ratified their first collective agreement. The four-year agreement provides wage adjustments in the first year as well as wage increases of two percent in each year. Other agreement highlights include: paid lunch; meal allowance for long distance trips; overtime and
Read moreSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he will present the Senate with a health reform bill that includes a public option, but one that allows individual states to opt-out. News of Reid’s decision comes just two weeks after the Senate Finance Committee’s 14 to 9 vote on a bill that excludes any type of government-run
Read moreWith articles and editorials worthy of a supermarket tabloid, the Seattle Times appears to be taking a lead role in the campaign to blame Boeing workers for any decision by the company to establish a new production line in South Carolina. Citing unnamed sources, the paper published stories about “secret” meetings and a stalemate over
Read moreIt’s no secret that companies frequently discharge workers engaged in organizing drives, confident that the time it takes to resolve an Unfair Labor Charge (ULP) will far exceed a worker’s resolve and financial ability to keep fighting. In addition to a lengthy and cumbersome ULP process, the penalties are often so small as to actually
Read moreIn just one week, on November 3, union members in the Garden State will have an opportunity to cast ballots for candidates and issues that will affect them for years to come. In an effort to educate members about the issues and how workers will be impacted, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO is holding a
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