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Will We See Striketober 2.0 in 2022?
In October 2021, while the country grappled with COVID lockdowns, and mass resignations, many unionized workers made the difficult decision to join in solidarity with their brothers and sisters on the picket lines. “Striketober,” as it was dubbed in the media, saw...
Major League Baseball Players Association Asks League to Voluntarily Recognize Minor League Players Unionization
In late August, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the union representing MLB players, announced it had sent out union authorization cards to minor league players. Then, just after Labor Day, they announced that more than 50 percent of minor league...
Protected: Major League Baseball Players Association Asks League to Voluntarily Recognize Minor League Players Unionization
NLRB General Counsel Lobbies for Funding for Agency
“Our congressional mandate is to protect workers’ rights, so we want to take them back to the place where they were before their rights were violated,” National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo told CBS News Money Watch reporter Kate Gibson in an...
