Union

South Bend Tribune workers call for more investment in local community from Gannett

The state House Elections Committee approved legislation Tuesday that would lift a ban on payroll deductions for donations to union political action committees.

House Bill 1024 contains the sixth attempt since 2019 to take away the power counties, cities and other local units have to limit bids to employers who have a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). It passed committee Thursday.

Recent polling suggests a lot more Americans approve of unions today than 10 years ago. But new federal estimates show that approval hasn't necessarily translated to large gains in membership – especially in Indiana.

Workers voted to end a nearly month-long strike at packaging manufacturer MonoSol after receiving a new contract Wednesday, according to a company press release. They will return to work at the LaPorte plant Jan. 3.

After three weeks on strike, about 190 union employees at a northern Indiana packaging manufacturer are considering a new contract this week. A Teamsters official confirmed the workers will vote on it once a date and venue for the vote is chosen.

The IU Board of Trustees said it won’t recognize the graduate student union requested by striking Student Academic Appointees.

After two resolutions were passed at a historic special meeting of the Bloomington Faculty last night, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition (IGWC-UE) voted with a 78% majority to suspend the strike until Sept. 26.

Indiana University graduate student leaders say they’ve lost confidence in newly appointed Provost Rahul Shrivastav. It’s the latest move to put pressure on the university administration in support of the Graduate Workers Coalition, which is seeking to form a union.

Around 1,000 graduate student workers at Indiana University’s Bloomington campus are on strike to demand the school recognize them as a union. But the school says it has no intention of bargaining with the group – and no legal obligation to do so.