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🗞️ 350 Nurses at Cayuga Medical Center Unionizing Amid Staffing Crisis

Registered nurses at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York announced they have formed Cayuga United-CWA with the Communications Workers of America, with a supermajority signing union authorization cards.

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🗞️ Senate Committee Clears Boeing Lawyer Mayer for NLRB Vote

The U.S. Senate HELP committee voted 11-10 along party lines to advance Scott Mayer, a lawyer who represented Boeing during its recent machinists' strike, for a full Senate vote on his nomination to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

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🗞️ Fifth Circuit Judges Skeptical of NLRB's Authority in Starbucks Labor Disputes

A Fifth Circuit panel expressed strong doubts about the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) efforts to penalize Starbucks for issuing subpoenas during a labor dispute

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🗞️ Bankrupt Yellow Reaches Settlement with Pensions Seeking Billions

Yellow Corp has reached settlements with 14 pension plans that had sought over $7.4 billion from the bankrupt trucking company, with the pension plans accepting significantly reduced payments to end years of litigation.

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🗞️ Starbucks to Pay $35M to NYC Workers in Settlement

Starbucks has agreed to pay $35 million to over 15,000 New York City employees to settle claims of unstable scheduling and hour cuts.

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🗞️ Texas AG Paxton Probes Global Retailer Shein for ‘Unethical Labor,’ ‘Unsafe Products’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the fast-fashion retailer Shein for potential violations of state law concerning unethical labor practices, the sale of unsafe products, and misleading consumers.

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🗞️ Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Strike Enters Third Month Amid Unfair Labor Practice Allegations

The strike at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, initiated by Teamsters Local 332 on Labor Day 2025, has surpassed the three-month mark. The union has filed multiple unfair labor practice charges against the hospital.

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🗞️ Starbucks Strike Spreads to Memphis as "Red Cup Rebellion" Enters Third Week

Starbucks workers in Memphis joined the ongoing "Red Cup Rebellion" strike on Saturday, leaving the Poplar Avenue location closed indefinitely as the dispute over contract negotiations drags on.

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🗞️ WNBA Players and League Kick the Can Down the Road — Again

The WNBA and its players' union have agreed to yet another extension of their collective bargaining agreement, this time pushing the deadline to January 9, 2026. The two sides remain gridlocked over salary structure and revenue sharing.

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🗞️ House Oversight Committee Schedules Markup on Union Official Time, Probationary Period Bills

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will convene Tuesday, December 2, to consider legislation requiring detailed reporting on federal employees' union activities during work hours.

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🗞️ Thousands of Amazon Workers Strike Globally in "Make Amazon Pay" Campaign

Coordinated global strike and protest campaign involving Amazon workers across six continents

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🗞️ Starbucks Workers' Union Escalates Strike on Black Friday

Starbucks workers' union expanding its strike action to over 120 stores across 85 cities on Black Friday.