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U.S. House passes bill to speed up union contract negotiations
June 11, 2026 | It's a problem the labor movement has decried for years: After a successful union election, it takes far too long — an average of 465 days, according to Bloomberg Law — for workers and their employers to reach a first contract. In some cases, it takes even longer. Now, by a vote of 230 to 193, the House has approved a bill that would force employers to the table, allow federal mediators to get involved if a deal is not reached within 90 days, and — if needed — settle the matter through arbitration shortly thereafter. Learn moreUS added to watchlist as attacks on workers’ freedoms accelerate
June 3, 2026 | Workers’ rights are deteriorating worldwide, with leading democracies now driving a deepening global crisis, according to the 2026 ITUC Global Rights Index. Once considered stable, countries such as the United States and France are now contributing to a global surge in repression… Key findings include: The United States has been placed on the Watchlist amid mounting concerns over restrictions on collective bargaining and the use of force against workers. Learn more.Teamsters extend picket lines to additional Breakthru Beverage facilities
May 26, 2026 | Teamsters at Breakthru Beverage in Cicero, Ill. and St. Louis extended their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to company operations in Kansas City, Mo., and Champaign, Ill. Teamsters at the Kansas City and Champaign locations exercised their individual legal and contractual right to refuse to cross the extended line. Teamsters nationwide with similar contractual picket line protections remain on standby. Over 215 drivers and warehouse workers were forced onto the picket line over the company’s numerous ULPs. Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
World Cup’s First Score: Union 1, Owners O
June 11, 2026 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | In a 99-1 vote Wednesday night, food and beverage workers staffing Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium for the FIFA Men’s World Cup ratified an agreement that includes better wages and protections around immigration enforcement—a high-profile labor victory after months of dispute over poor pay and work without a contract amid huge employer revenues. The workers include cooks, dishwashers, concession workers, bartenders, and servers at SoFi, which will host eight soccer matches in the coming weeks, and whose operator had previously ceased negotiations after multiple bargaining sessions failed to reach an agreement. After threatening a strike, the union workers won, among other things… Continued at Mother Jones
A Whiff of Rebellion From Trump’s Labor Board
June 11, 2026 | NLRB | It’s very subtle, and it probably won’t last. But it’s another dose of pushback for a president who’s lately been getting a lot of it. Even Crystal S. Carey, Republican general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, the federal agency that adjudicates labor-management disputes, thinks President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are screwing up her agency. Carey, who, before Trump appointed her general counsel, was a partner at the union-busting law firm Morgan Lewis, didn’t put it exactly that way… Continued at The New Republic
US Workers Need Sectoral Bargaining Now More Than Ever
June 9, 2026 | UNION DENSITY | U.S. union membership and coverage rates have declined for decades, fueled in part by legal barriers to new organizing, including the limiting of collective bargaining to specific workplaces or employers and misclassifying certain groups of workers so they legally cannot unionize. Indeed, worksite-level bargaining enshrined in U.S. labor law is important, but it lacks a dedicated mechanism to build solidarity within broad economic industries, siloing organizing campaigns by employers or locations. U.S. labor advocates have suggested policy reforms to stymie this decline in union coverage, including the Protecting the Right to Organize Act… Continued at Equitable Growth
Buried Waste, Buried Truths: Republic Services’ Trail of Harm
June 8, 2026 | HEALTH & SAFETY | Whenever I see a major corporation branding itself as a “sustainability leader,” I tend to raise an eyebrow. That skepticism only grew when I started looking intoâ¯Republic Services, a waste management giant whose website is saturated with promises about protecting the environment and supporting communities. Republic Teamsters have long known how vile, immoral, and dirty the world’s second-largest waste company truly is. For most of the public, though, Republic is just a name on trash cans, dumpsters, and trucks. For others, it’s something else entirely: a polluter that has ruined lives and, in some cases, even killed. Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
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