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Hopkins, nurses reach settlement over unionization dispute

June 5, 2019 Comments Off on Hopkins, nurses reach settlement over unionization dispute

Johns Hopkins Hospital has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board that will allow the hospital’s nurses to pursue unionization if they want. Under the agreement, the hospital will post signs that say it will not prohibit nurses ...

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Hogan endorsed by 2 local unions

September 20, 2018 Comments Off on Hogan endorsed by 2 local unions

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan is showcasing a pair of endorsements from two local labor unions. Hogan announced the endorsements Thursday from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2563 and 582 in Anne Arundel County. Hogan ...

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Michael Hayes: A lesson the Supreme Court should remember

June 11, 2018 Comments Off on Michael Hayes: A lesson the Supreme Court should remember

FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court is taking up a case about political maps in Wisconsin that could affect elections across the country. The justices are hearing argument on Oct. 3 in a dispute between Democratic voters and Wisconsin Republicans who drew maps that have entrenched their control of the legislature in a state that is otherwise closely divided between the parties. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Services must always be paid for. It’s a fundamental truth that I never forgot, and it’s one that the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court should embrace as they decide Janus v. AFSCME District Council 31.

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Supreme Court says employers can bar worker class-actions

May 21, 2018 Comments Off on Supreme Court says employers can bar worker class-actions

File- This Sept. 28, 2017, file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speaking at the 50th anniversary of the Fund for America Studies luncheon at the Trump Hotel in Washington. Gorsuch stressed the need for civil discourse in a speech to college students in which he also delved into his judicial philosophy. Gorsuch spoke to students and invited guests at Stockton University in southern New Jersey on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. The Supreme Court’s newest justice also drew chuckles with his impression of former Justice Byron White and with his characterizations of the rituals of being a new justice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims.

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Supreme Court justices clash over mandatory union fees

February 26, 2018 Comments Off on Supreme Court justices clash over mandatory union fees

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington. A unanimous Supreme Court says religious hospitals don’t have to comply with federal laws protecting pension benefits for workers. The justices on Monday ruled in favor of three church-affiliated nonprofit hospital systems being sued for underfunding pension plans covering about 100,000 employees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Members of the U.S. Supreme Court clashed sharply Monday over the right of public-sector workers to refuse to pay union fees, while the justice who will cast the deciding vote kept silent during an hour-long argument. Justice Neil Gorsuch, President ...

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College RAs can unionize, but impact of NLRB ruling not yet clear

May 22, 2017 Comments Off on College RAs can unionize, but impact of NLRB ruling not yet clear

02.15.12- OWINGS MILLS, MD- Photos of the Owings Mills Campus of Stevenson University. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

College resident assistants are almost constantly on call, overseeing dorm full of fellow undergraduate students, enforcing university rules about alcohol and parties and settling midnight quarrels and crises. These upperclassmen usually are working in exchange for having their room and ...

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Justices reject request to rehear union case that tied 4-4

June 28, 2016 Comments Off on Justices reject request to rehear union case that tied 4-4

In this October 2014, file photo, people walk outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down a long-shot request to hold new arguments in a major labor union case that ended in a 4-4 tie. The justices on Tuesday denied without comment a petition from a group of ...

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Sanders cheers 39K Verizon strikers in Md., other states

April 13, 2016 Comments Off on Sanders cheers 39K Verizon strikers in Md., other states

Verizon workers picket outside one of the company's facilities Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Philadelphia. Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cheered on striking Verizon workers Wednesday after 39,000 landline and cable employees walked off the job. Sanders told workers at a picket line in Brooklyn they displayed courage by standing up to ...

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BWI unions call for investigation into airport CEO

November 4, 2015 Comments Off on BWI unions call for investigation into airport CEO

A luggage cart drives by a Southwest plane at terminal in BWI Airport. (File)

Six labor unions representing workers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport want the state to investigate the appointment of BWI CEO Ricky D. Smith, who was named executive director of the Maryland Aviation Administration by Gov. Larry Hogan in ...

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Union says laid-off grocery warehouse workers unlikely to relocate

October 8, 2015 Comments Off on Union says laid-off grocery warehouse workers unlikely to relocate

After announcing the closure of two grocery distribution centers in Prince George’s County on Wednesday, officials at Collington Services LLC said they will make room for some affected workers at their other facilities, but one labor union questioned whether that’s ...

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