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Congress has approved a $25 million funding boost for the National Labor Relations Board, and labor experts hope it will allow the agency to better handle a swath of petitions from people who want to unionize their workplaces. According to the board, more than 2,500 union petitions have been filed between September 2021 and October 2022, the most the agency has seen since 2016. But since 2014, the board has also seen a 25% decline in funding. ...

Department of Health division has nearly as many vacancies as employees

As labor unions continue to target banks and credit unions – employers that, as mentioned in our previous blog, unions historically avoided – employers in the financial industry must be...

In response to massive pandemic-related layoffs, new legislation in Congress would create a bill of rights for restaurant workers. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has sponsored House Resolution 1528, which was based on responses to a survey from Restaurant Opportunities Center United. The survey found 85% of respondents reported losing wages, 91% got no hazard pay despite working during the pandemic and 34% say they were not provided protective equipment while working. ...

On December 13, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board ("Board") made another move to expand relief available to workers who allege unfair labor practices by their employers.

California's Proposition 226: What It Means For Union Members andThier Family Budgets

WASHINGTON — Working from home during the pandemic became a surprising success.

With a wave of unionization sweeping across America, the agency that oversees labor relations is struggling to keep up. Union leaders in North Dakota are calling for quick action. The National Labor Relations Board is funded by Congress and its budget is unchanged since fiscal year 2014. ...

Readers react to the Jan. 6 committee’s action and a guest essay by a Capitol Police officer. Also: Starbucks union fight; Hanukkah; marijuana policy.

There are any number of reasons to give a failing grade to The Year That Was, but for those searching for a glimmer of hope, 2022 was the year unions won elections at two of the worlds biggest tech companies, with a third likely on the way..