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Field Museum declines to recognize employee union before a vote

Leaders of the union effort say a majority of the 330 workers it would represent have signed on but museum officials want to see it put to a vote.

Chicago Sun-Times

Field Museum employees seeking to unionize ask head of museum for recognition

“We are standing together in one voice saying that we want to form our union,” a museum employee said Tuesday after delivering a letter to the head of the museum.

Chicago Sun-Times

Newberry Library workers vote to unionize

By a 35-11 vote, the employees agreed to affiliate with Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Chicago Sun-Times

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AFSCME pickets turn up the heat on Lightfoot to deliver new contract

In the last 20 months, the union’s 3,000 city employees have received a 2% pay raise as inflation has spiked. For starters, the union says it wants a “fair” wage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Union Station: Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Janus requires annual opt-ins for union membership

The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case where the state of Alaska claims that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME requires annual opt-ins for union membership.

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Union Station: U.S. Supreme Court begins 2022-2023 term with seven petitions to review public-sector union cases

The Supreme Court’s next term will begin on Monday, Oct. 3. As of Sept. 29, appellants had filed seven petitions for writs of certiorari—requests for the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling—in public-sector union cases we’re tracking. The Supreme Court began considering petitions for this term on Wednesday,…

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Union Station: Appellate courts issue rulings in three public-sector union lawsuits

Two three-judge appellate panels, one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued rulings in three lawsuits involving public-sector union fees or dues in the past week.

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Newberry Library workers go public with union organizing campaign

The employees seek an affiliation with Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Chicago Sun-Times

A California union president sent $25 gift cards to members. An uproar and reprimand followed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months ago, members of AFSCME Local 2620, the union representing therapists and social workers in California state government, received preloaded $25 debit cards in the mail.

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‘Workers are winning’: Colorado law hailed as important victory for public sector workers

Thousands of municipal workers have won the right to form unions but law stops short of allowing them to strike

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Union Station: Pennsylvania judge says state fair share fees law is unconstitutional

Judge Leonard G. Brown III of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas said in an order issued on May 23 that Pennsylvania’s Fair Share Fee Law is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. Brown’s order does not overturn the Pennsylvania law.

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Adjunct faculty, lecturers at Art Institute’s school call for a union

The nontenure-track faculty, like other staff members at the school and the museum, are organizing with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pennsylvania musician files suit related to Janus

Musician Glen Wilkofsky sued the American Federation of Musicians, Local 45, and the Allentown Symphony Association on April 11, alleging that the Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus v. AFSCME decision should apply to symphony association employees. Depending on the outcome of the case, it could have implications for employees of other…

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Lawsuit claiming public-sector employees must be informed of Janus rights dismissed

On March 28, Judge John F. Kness of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed an Illinois teacher’s lawsuit claiming that, under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, public-sector unions are obligated to inform prospective members of their right not to join…

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Three mandatory bar association dues cases on SCOTUS’ April 1 conference list

The Supreme Court has 122 cases up for consideration during today’s conference, including three challenges to mandatory state bar association dues. Here’s a rundown of each of those cases. To follow along, keep an eye out for the order list to be posted here on Monday.

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US unions condemn ‘unacceptable’ Oregon pension fund link with NSO

AFL-CIO in Oregon calls for urgent divestment from fund that owns Israeli spyware company alleged to have targeted union members

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SCOTUS won’t hear two public-sector union cases

The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected petitions in two cases related to public-sector union policy. The last such case the court heard was Janus v. AFSCME in 2018.

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