The men and women who transport students in Gardner, Kansas, have voted to join Teamsters Local 838, standing united in their quest to achieve fair pay, affordable benefits and a voice on the job. There are 65 drivers in the bargaining unit.
“I’m really happy this vote went through, and I feel we’ve accomplished something big [...]
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Gardner School Bus Drivers Have Organized; Joined Teamsters.
New Five-Year Study Shows Employers’ Anti-Union Behavior Intensifies Rise in Firings, Intimidation Show Need for Employee Free Choice Act
(Washington, DC) – A new study by renowned labor expert and Cornell University professor Kate Bronfenbrenner reveals that private sector employer opposition to workers’ efforts to form unions has intensified and become more punitive than in the past. Employers are more than twice as likely to use 10 or more tactics – including threats of and actual firings – in [...]
Kansas Jackass: O’Neal Balances Budget on the Backs of Workers, Not Businesses
Note: The Following is from the blog Kansas Jackass. Please read the full story here.
Speaker of the Kansas House Mike O’Neal is doing his very, very best to remind the people of Kansas why anyone who works for a living should never, ever vote for a Republican.
At a joint press conference earlier today with the [...]
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Sebelius Signs Minimum Wage Bill
Today marks an historic victory for Kansas Labor and the friends of Kansas’s working men and women. This morning Governor Kathleen Sebelius has signed the bill to boost the minimum wage from $2.65 to $7.25 effective Jan 1, 2010. Today was the deadline for the bill to be signed or else become law without a signature, [...]
KANSAS WORKPLACE FATALITIES ON THE RISE
Wichita Area Unions to commemorate Kansas’s fallen workers at Workers Memorial Day Celebration
On Tuesday, April 28th, working families from the Wichita area will gather to
commemorate Workers Memorial Day in honor of workers who were injured or killed on the job in Kansas last year and to call for stronger laws protecting workers’ health and safety. [...]
