NLRB finds Dakota Premium guilty, orders bargaining
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The National Labor Relations Board, in a 3-0 decision, has found Dakota Premium Foods guilty of violating federal labor law.
Court rules unions can charge non-members for organizing costs
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In a case that strongly upholds union rights, the full Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court panel and ruled that unions – in union shops or agency shops – can charge non-members for organizing costs.
Flight attendants to get self-defense training
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Faced with a flight attendants’ campaign for training against terrorists, Northwest Airlines agreed with Teamsters Local 2000 to create a joint self-defense training program, the union reported.
Meatpacker may lose kosher business if worker rights not respected
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A national Jewish organization is investigating whether worker rights violations at the Dakota Premium meatpacking plant also violate Jewish religious law, which could cost the company 40 percent of its business.
Labor, civil rights leader Nellie Stone Johnson dies
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Nellie Stone Johnson, who broke new ground in every endeavor she undertook – politics, civil rights, union organizing – died Tuesday at age 96. Her legacy lives on among the many people her work benefited: the hotel worker who is treated with respect and dignity on the job, the women and people of color who hold public office, the youngster who dreams of being anything she can be.