Board of Elections workers should not be barred from unionizing, judge finds

In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Riders Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table

Will Tanzman, Lori Simmons As the tech industry moves increasingly into alignment with the far right, the issue of worker power has never been more important. The Chicago campaign offers some key lessons. The post In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Riders Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table appeared first on The Nation.

Chicago Board of Election workers should not be barred from unionizing, judge finds – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

The case is just one example of the fickle nature of public sector labor law in Illinois, where legal precedent regarding which workers are permitted to form unions and which are not can vary even within the same workplace. Cook County assistant public defenders, for instance, have been unionized since the mid-1980s. Across the courtroom, however, county prosecutors are facing decades-old state Supreme Court precedent that threatens to block the…

Board of Elections workers should not be barred from unionizing, judge finds

An argument that city elections workers should not be allowed to unionize because doing so would constitute “political activity” did not pass muster with a judge for the state’s labor board. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had previously argued that the state’s election code barred its employees from forming a union. But the law shouldn’t be read that way, administrative law Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal found in an order Monday that paves …

Chicago Board of Election workers should not be barred from unionizing, judge finds | Illinois State Bar Association

Chicago Board of Election workers should not be barred from unionizing, judge findsThe Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had previously argued that the state’s election code barred its employees from forming a union. But the law shouldn’t be read that way, administrative law Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal found in an order Monday that paves the way for official recognition of the union. Source: Chicago Tribune