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Labor Unions

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Hallandale Beach Protesters to Block Federal Highway Traffic Tonight

    Workers at the Mardi Gras Casino say management has been adopting illegal union-busting tactics with its workers, and now they're planning a king-hell spectacle to bring attention to it.Event organizers say they have 500 "confirmed" participants for a rally tonight that will start at B.F. James Park ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Broward Teachers Union President Under Investigation; Board Members Split on Action

    Broward Teachers UnionPat Santeramo​Pat Santeramo, president of the Broward Teacher's Union, is currently under investigation by the Broward State Attorney's Office and the Broward Sheriff's Office, according to a spokesman from the State Attorney's Office.Additionally, a spokesman from the Browar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Rick Scott and Private Prisons Engaging in "Pay to Play" Politics, Teamsters Complaint Alleges

    ​Florida politicians received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions from two private prison corporations last election cycle -- GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America -- and an ethics complaint filed by the Teamsters union yesterday claims $30,000 of those contributions that went t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2011

    Labor Pains: Nova Southeastern Unlawfully Suppressed Union, NLRB Determines

    Nova's custodial workers tried to organize. ​More than four years after Nova Southeastern University got flak for union busting, the National Labor Relations Board has recently sided with a group of former custodial workers who were harassed by the college's higher-ups when they tried to organize. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Broward Teachers Union Will Try to Dodge Another Potential Coffin Nail

    flickr.comYeah, good luck with that.One of the last things Broward public school teachers -- teachers anywhere, really -- need is another reason for lawmakers to think they should dissolve their right to unionize. But that just might be the case if an anonymous (and, honestly, grammatical error-ridd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    KBR Subsidiary Wins Contract to Build Trash Burner in Palm Beach

    Flickr user: U.S. ArmyKBR has a horrific track record in Iraq.​Despite protests by union workers, environmentalists, and competitors, the Palm Beach County Commission yesterday handed one of its largest public works contracts to a company owned by controversial war contractor KBR.Acting as the Sol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    AWF Gives Florida's Labor Climate a C; Hooray, We're Passing!

    FlickrThe red badge of honor​Ever get news that you know is supposed to be bad, but it's actually kind of awesome? Like when your parents are really solemn about getting divorced but you're like, woo, two Christmases? This is one of those times: The Alliance for Worker Freedom released its biannua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Teachers Union on Holy Water Incident: "What's Alleged Did Not Occur"

    Flickr: Der_Kaiser​The Broward Teachers Union expects that two teachers at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach will be "fully exonerated" after school officials finish investigating a religious argument that occurred in a classroom March 11 in which an atheist claimed that two Christian teach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    NYC Union Guys in Trouble for Dropping 10-Large at The Breakers Palm Beach

    Flickr: SLDdigitalThe Breakers​Yeah I know $10,000 at The Breakers is barely enough to tip the bellhop, but still. Union leaders are expected to be judicious with their share of the workin' folks' wages. Also, it doesn't help that much of the District Council of Carpenters' leadership is already u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Merry Christmas, Broward School Board. Here's Some Coal.

    Courtesy of Broward Teachers Union​ In the spirit of holiday giving, about 6,000 postcards from Broward Teachers Union members are expected to begin arriving at the homes of Broward School Board members today. The cards, featuring lumps of coal and some adorably angry-looking children, are not ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Broward Teachers Play Hardball With Scandal-Rocked District

    School Board Member Beverly Gallagher faces corruption charges.​No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team's car wash -- at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the nex ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    School Board Member Stephanie Kraft Has a History of Shady Deals

    School Board Member Beverly Gallagher faces corruption charges.​No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team's car wash -- at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the nex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Judge Slaps Nova for Labor Violations

    A labor judge ruled this week that Nova Southeastern University went to unlawful extremes to quash an effort by the school's custodial contractors to unionize. Among the findings by Administrative Law Judge John H. West: that supervisors intimidated employees of a custodial services firm after they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    [UPDATED] Janitors' Union to Protest at Broward County Courthouse

    SEIU Protestors That will be the view outside the Broward County Courthouse this afternoon. Close to 100 members and sympathizers of the Service Employees International Union plan to protest the county's negotiations with janitorial services provider TCB Systems, Inc. of Miami. TC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    November 4 Election Predictions

    SEIU Protestors That will be the view outside the Broward County Courthouse this afternoon. Close to 100 members and sympathizers of the Service Employees International Union plan to protest the county's negotiations with janitorial services provider TCB Systems, Inc. of Miami. TC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Bill Scherer Gearing Up For Electoral Rampage

    SEIU Protestors That will be the view outside the Broward County Courthouse this afternoon. Close to 100 members and sympathizers of the Service Employees International Union plan to protest the county's negotiations with janitorial services provider TCB Systems, Inc. of Miami. TC ... More >>

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    Nova to Workers: Drop Dead

    Janitors go jobless for months, and students don't give a damn

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    The Agony of DeFede

    Unions glom onto the Herald columnist's legacy

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Late-night Confession

    What exactly did the mayor say to the commissioner at City Hall?

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Second-Best Local Boy Gone Bad

    Tony Gentile

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Boxer Rebellion

    Union ringleaders hope to rally pugilists to fight for their rights

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Publix Where working can be lethal

    Five workers have died in Publix's Deerfield Beach warehouse in the past eight years. Has the workplace gotten safer? Apparently not.

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Undercurrents

    The plot thickens

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Rank and Revile

    Municipal employees with Local 532 are cutting off the higher-ups for lack of support

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    Undercurrents

    Municipal employees with Local 532 are cutting off the higher-ups for lack of support

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Letters

    Municipal employees with Local 532 are cutting off the higher-ups for lack of support

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    United They Fall

    The effort to unionize Kitchens of the Oceans drove the company out of town and Haitian employees into unemployment lines

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    Talk About Emergency Response Time!

    When paramedic Shane Anderson started organizing a union, Coral Springs officials wasted no time in firing up the harassment

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