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US Supreme Court rejects Alaska's bid to let state workers avoid union dues 2024-01-16 [Reuters]

Case at Supreme Court to test public employee right to not pay union membership dues 2024-01-05 [Must Read]

Skagway rail workers sign agreement with White Pass, averting possible strike 2023-07-29 [KTOO]

Union representing Skagway railroad workers authorizes strike 2023-07-12 [AL News Source]

Alaska seafood processing jobs draw workers from around the world through temporary work visa program 2023-07-07 [KDLG 670AM]

Massive Mat-Su union rally urges fair working contracts 2023-05-05 [ANS]

Teamsters Local 959 Alascom workers reach agreement with AT & T on new contract, avoid strike 2022-08-02 [International Brotherhood of Teamsters]

‘We Believe in Ferries': Alaskan Ferry Workers Walk Off the Job 2019-08-02 [Labor Notes]

Alaska's active coronavirus infections hit new high, while cases in seafood workers spike 2020-06-26 [Anchorage Daily News]

Union calls on state to treat Alaska grocery workers as 'first responders,' bolstering access to masks and tests 2020-03-28 [Anchorage Daily News]

On Labor Day, support Alaska's workers 2019-09-02 [Anchorage Daily News]

AK AFL-CIO Pres: Standing up for Alaska workers' rights 2022-04-28 [Anchorage Daily News]

Cannery workers document the Chinese history of Alaska's fishing industry 2021-05-15 [APM]

Update: Wrangell prepares for municipal workers' strike 2017-06-20 [KSTK]

Alaska has nation's highest rate of workplace deaths 2019-04-30 [KTVA]

Seafood workers trade freedom for a paycheck this summer on closed campus 2020-09-02 [KFSK]

56 workers at Anchorage seafood processing plant test positive for COVID-19 2020-07-25 [Anchorage Daily News]

Alaska has another record-high COVID-19 count with dozens of cases among seafood workers 2020-07-20 [AK Pub Radio]

Union sues state, saying it has failed to protect workers from coronavirus 2020-03-28 [Anchorage Daily News]

Already under siege, labor unions face a new threat from Alaska 2019-10-11 [NYT]

Already Under Siege, Labor Unions Face a New Threat From Alaska Governor 2019-10-09 [NYTimes]

Court blocks Dunleavy union rule change. For now 2019-10-05 [AK Public Media]

Ferry workers union explains why strike happened, and what workers gained from it 2019-08-08 [AK Public Media]

Alaska labor deal reached to end 10-day ferry strike 2019-08-03 [Reuters]

Alaskan ferry workers end two-week long strike 2019-08-03 [KING5]

Alaska ferry strike talks drag on 2019-07-31 [Bellingham Herald]

State warns striking ferry workers of loss of health coverage 2019-07-27 [AK Public Media]

Union workers strike AMHS vessels 2019-07-26 [Cordova Times]

Alaska ferry workers go on strike for first time in 42 years: 'We have tried and tried to work with the state' 2019-07-25 [USAToday]

Hundreds of Alaska ferry workers go on strike 2019-07-25 [CBC]

Ferry workers' union rejects contract terms, threaten Wednesday strike 2019-07-24 [KTUU]

Ferries risk shutdown over strike threat 2019-07-24 [KRBD]

Faculty union fears loss of accreditation if financial exigency is declared 2019-07-10 [KTUU]

Healing the Helpers: Why Workplace Wellness for Child Protection Workers Matters 2019-05-04 [KTUU]

Alaska Labor Union Sues To Block Privatization Of Hospital 2019-04-20 [KFQD]

Labor union sues to block privatization of hospital 2019-04-18 [WATE]

Union head: Dunleavy budget rips apart the fabric of Alaska 2019-02-27 [KTVA]

AK AFL-CIO says budget cuts would be a savage attack on Alaska's jobs 2019-02-27 [KTUC]

Banks, credit unions offer help to federal workers during shutdown 2019-01-09 [Anchorage Daily News]

Alaska Airlines union workers picket for better wages 2018-09-11 [KTOO Public Media]

How the defeat of the bathroom bill shows historic change in Anchorage 2018-04-06 [Anchorage Daily News]

United Steelworkers sues BP after it cut union-represented positions on North Slope 2018-03-12 [Anchorage Daily News]

Mostly union force of 261 to be laid off in Prudhoe Bay contract change 2018-02-09 [Anchorage Daily News]

Judge backs Texas company over workers claims of toxic gas exposure in Alaska 2018-01-05 [Anchorage Daily News]

Anchorage firefighters forgo pay raises in new union contract deal 2017-06-07 [ADN]

Some employers could see tighter restrictions on hiring foreign workers 2017-04-24 [ADN]

Anchorage Assembly rejects arbitrator ruling and proposed union contract 2017-03-21 [ADN]

New apprenticeship programs aim to train workers amid a tough job market 2017-02-05 [ADN]

Taco King, Gallo's restaurants agree to pay workers $835,000 in back wages 2016-12-15 [ADN]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

6-03-1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @_IWW union's Little Red Song Book. [more]

7-03-1932 Unemployed workers stage a hunger march to the Ford complex at Dearborn, demanding workers be rehired. Police shoot at the demonstration, killing 4 and injuring 60 [more]

7-03-1860 Some 6,000 shoemakers, later joined by 20,000 other workers, are on strike in Lynn, Massachussets. They get wage increases but not recognition for their union. [more]

7-03-1920 “Hunger march” by the unemployed to the Ford factories in Dearborn, asking for help and hiring. Police shoot at crowd, killing 4 and injuring 60 people. [more]

8-03-1942 Lucy Parsons, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died. [more]

8-03-1926 Fur & Leather Workers Union (mostly women) went on strike in NYC, enduring beatings by police. They won a 10% raise and a five-day week. [more]

9-03-1910 Westmoreland County Coal strikes begins, ending in 1911. It is known as the 'Slovak strike', as 70% of the miners are Slovakian. 16 people are killed. [more]

11-03-1950 TWU members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry. [more]

12-03-1929 Lupe Anguiano, women's rights activist and labour organizer, is born. [more]

12-03-1912 The Bread and Roses strikers won all their demands. The strike was organized by mostly women workers and the Industrial Workers of the World and included 20,000 workers. [more]

13-03-1830 The term “rat,” referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel [more]

15-03-1917 The Supreme Court approves the 8-hour day law as rail workers threaten national strike. [more]

15-03-1948 National strike by bituminous coal miners demanding pensions. [more]

16-03-1960 The United Teachers' Federation is formed in New York to represent public school teachers and later all education workers in the metropolis. [more]

18-03-1937 New York City police arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek. [more]

31-03-1927 Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]