Labor in the News

Though hotel workers in San Francisco are still fighting for a contract, there's good news in Los Angeles where hotel workers a tentative agreement with the L.A. Hotel Employers Council.

The debate over the future of the labor movement continues. SEIU's executive board has given the Union's leadership the green light to disaffiliate with the AFL-CIO while the AFL-CIO's Executive Committee has approved major changes, including an increase in the resources it devotes to organizing and political mobilization.

It appears that the collective bargaining rollbacks and "pay-for-performance" personnel system recently mandated for Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense are spreading to other federal agencies. See this week's Federal Times.