by Charlotte Rene Woods | May 15, 2026 | Abigail Spanberger, Collective Bargaining, Democrats, labor, News, public sector workers, SEIU, Virginia
Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed collective bargaining legislation Thursday, drawing major criticism from some of the state’s largest unions and labor advocate groups. The governor previously expressed support for the bills that would allow more Virginia public workers to organize in unions and negotiate their working conditions and pay rates. Spanberger first sought amendments to Senate…
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by Keith Brower Brown | Jan 1, 2026 | AT&T, Graduate Student Unions, IBEW, News Analysis, NNU, public sector workers, SEIU, steelworkers, UAW, union contract, Verizon
The coming year could keep the strikes rolling through steel mills, state offices, telephone lines, axle plants, baseball diamonds, and hospitals from coast to coast. Union contracts expiring in 2026 could open up major fights by manufacturing, education, entertainment, and government workers. The contract covering 20,000 Verizon workers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic expires on…
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