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NLRB: Big Firms Jointly Liable For Worker Rights at Franchise-Holders

8/31/2015

In a decision that could aid nearly three million workers nationwide, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on August 28 that big franchising firms, such as McDonald’s, are jointly liable with their local franchise-holders and subcontractors for worker rights and for obeying labor law. The 3-2 party-line vote in the Browning-Ferris Industries case, modernizing the agency’s joint employers rule, is also a win for unions seeking to organize workers at local franchises. Unions hailed the ruling, while the radical right – led by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn. – denounced it...click below to read more.
- Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer

2 Victories for Unite Here 23

8/31/2015

Jobs that were being done by students and managers at Howard University’s Sodexo food service have been restored as union jobs, reports Unite Here 23, which represents the Sodexo workers, about a dozen of which are affected. And at Centerplate at the Washington Convention Center, Local 23 won a grievance victory that will result in the company paying $132,496 into members' pensions. An investigation is now underway and members could be owed more. Click here to follow Local 23 on Twitter. photo: Unite Here 23 members at Centerplate

More than 700 join WTU during New Teacher Orientation:

8/31/2015

Over 1,000 new teachers turned out for the DCPS New Teacher Orientation at the Columbia Heights Education Campus in mid-August. The Washington Teachers Union (WTU) was on hand to let the new teachers know about the services and benefits available through the union. The WTU also provided professional development courses in areas such as classroom and behavior management, Common Core State Standards, working with English Language Learners and teaching reading. More than 700 of the new teachers took advantage of the opportunity to sign on as full dues paying members of the WTU. Speaking on the orientation’s opening day, WTU President Elizabeth Davis (2nd from left) told the new teachers to try to learn all they can from their more experienced colleagues. She told them that the best way to reach students is “to connect your lessons to their lives.” DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson urged the new educators to have high expectations for their students. “Our young people need to know they can be anything they want to be,” she said. Click here for more photos.

Labor On The Move: McNett Returns to EJC

8/31/2015

Keira McNett has returned to the Employment Justice Center as Acting Executive Director after Barbra Kavanaugh stepped down earlier this month after four years at EJC. McNett has been involved with the EJC in various capacities for more than 10 years, first as a intake volunteer while in law school, later as an advising attorney, and then as a staff attorney. Previously an associate at Murphy Anderson PLLC, where she represented unions and plaintiffs in employment law and employee benefits cases, McNett most recently was the Co-Director of First Shift Justice Project. The EJC credited Kavanaugh’s leadership for a number of victories in recent years, including passage of the Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014, one of the strongest wage theft prevention laws in the nation.

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