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WASHINGTON —Union leaders and their congressional allies are pushing for more dollars for the National Labor Relations Board, as NLRB’s top enforcement official, who also runs the staff, warned lawmakers that without an increase, she’d have to furlough people.

With a wave of unionization sweeping across America, the agency that oversees labor relations is struggling to keep up. The National Labor Relations Board is funded by Congress and its budget is unchanged since fiscal year 2014. Over time, inflation has eaten into that figure to the point that now the agency is effectively operating with a 25% lower budget than nine years ago. ...

According to a recent complaint by the Communications Workers of America, Apple illegally created a work group driven by managers to try to stop union organizing efforts.

Today on TAP: University of California managers divide (and—not clear yet if they’ll—conquer), while General Motors and Microsoft indulge a modicum of worker power.

Employees of a Lake Michigan Credit Union branch say they're fighting to organize after upper management failed to respond to their complaints about pay disparity, COVID-19 benefits and more.

The nations railroad workers say while they have a new contract, theyre still fighting for quality-of-life issues. That was demonstrated at informational gatherings held in Minnesota and other states yesterday. The regional solidarity rallies in Minneapolis and Duluth surfaced after Congress approved a labor deal for the rail industry, averting a strike. ...

Labor unions are calling on Congress to fully fund the National Labor Relations Board before its lame duck session ends. The NLRB has seen its highest caseload increase in decades, but its budget has stayed flat since 2014. When adjusted for inflation and increased cost, that means the agency has actually seen a 25% dip in its budget. ...

Workers at a credit union branch in the region are forming a union.

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"One of the hardest things to do in any industry is to train the workers who can do manufacturing," an expert said. "Once you lose that capacity, its gone."