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Employees at the 23rd and Ousdahl Starbucks location went on strike Tuesday, pushing the massive fast food corporation for better working conditions and the resolution of unresolved labor complaints.
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Efforts to unionize clinical and office staff at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center are on track for an election.
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Residential workers with O’Connell Children’s Shelter have filed for a union election, citing concerns of administrative bloat, inadequate pay and feeling a lack of support.
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Firefighter-medics on Tuesday emphasized the worst-nightmare moments they see on a regular basis as they pleaded with the Lawrence City Commission to fund staffing levels the same way the city has in years past.
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Lawrence has been short a fire engine most of the day Thursday, and firefighters expect that to happen again — maybe as soon as this weekend — because of staffing shortages and overtime cuts.
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The Lawrence Community Shelter board of directors on Thursday evening voted to ratify the first collective bargaining agreement with the unionized staff.
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The KU faculty union has won its election with 86% of the vote.
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Members of the United Academics of the University of Kansas rallied Thursday to push for KU administrators to work with them to set a date for an election — the next step to certify the faculty union and move toward contract negotiations.
Lawrence Community Shelter board members decided Thursday to extend an employment offer to the unanimous top choice to lead the shelter into a year of broad-ranging change.
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As Lawrence city commissioners are set to consider an agreement with the Lawrence Community Shelter, the shelter’s unionized workers are demanding higher pay, cohesive benefits and better support in their work.
