Unions

For International Labor Day, or May day, several hundred people gathered in downtown Boise Thursday afternoon to protest the Trump administration. Joining similar events across the U.S., about 800 people met in front of City Hall with signs condemning a broad swath of the president’s policies.

A judge has blocked a federal ruling that would’ve allowed foreign h-2a workers from unionizing.

Last week, Starbucks United held one of its biggest efforts, with another 20 stores across a dozen states voting to unionize.

Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear in Las Vegas Wednesday with union members who recently signed a "historic" contract with three major casinos.

Workers at Yellowstone National Park recently voted to unionize in a landslide vote. The organization hopes to improve working conditions, pay and general satisfaction.

A union representing workers at both Kroger and Albertsons locations in Colorado and Wyoming, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, called the announcement “devastating." General council for the union Matt Shechter said he’s been getting calls from members worried about store consolidation, layoffs and rising food prices.

The announced acquisition of Boise-based Albertsons by the Kroger Company still has to pass muster with federal regulators. But Albertsons is already facing pushback on a special dividend equal to about one-third of the company’s total value.

A Pew Research Center analysis found that one in six journalists are now part of a union, and more than twice that want to join one. However, it also found that smaller publications, like those in the rural Mountain West, are less likely to unionize. Of those with fewer than 10 people, only 4% have a union.

Starbucks employees in Twin Falls are looking to file paperwork under Workers United.

Journalists at the Idaho Statesman have unionized, after announcing their intentions in March. The vote was unanimous for non-manager newsroom staffers…