unions

A Senate Democrat calls the bill ‘the next step in a years-long campaign to eliminate public sector unions in Florida.’

Unions representing teachers and other public sector workers – but not first responders – would be put under new rules for recertification in a bill passed by the Senate on Friday.

On Monday, a Senate panel changed a bill (SB 1296) to lower the voting threshold for some public sector unions to be recertified in a bill. On Wednesday, the full Senate reversed that move, raising the threshold again to require 50 percent of the represented members of a public sector union to vote for it to be valid.

Legislation putting new rules on some public sector unions’ certification votes is headed to the Senate floor after passing through committee Monday, but only after some GOP members expressed concern over the measure.

The workers, employed by LSG Sky Chefs and represented by UNITE HERE Local 355, are responsible for the food and beverage services on major carriers including American, Delta, and United.

Surrounded by leaders of many of South Florida’s unions, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said organized labor was the backbone of the South Florida economy.

The workers rallied Tuesday outside the NSU's entrance in Davie to publicly express their demands to Encompass, the company that contracts them with the university to clean its facilities and maintain its grounds.

The U.S. Department of Labor in the Biden administration had said parts of the state law, such as the dues-deduction change, interfered with workers' collective bargaining rights.

As thousands across the country protest in 'May Day' demonstrations, hotel workers in Miami rally to call for union protections and fair wages.

A federal judge backed two public school unions in a legal battle over dues deductions. Educators say this is good news, but will continue watching for potential challenges to other parts of the sweeping union law.

Unionized security officers contracted in Miami-Dade and Broward counties rallied in Fort Lauderdale for a new contract with higher wages, paid holidays and better training.

The temporary end to the strike came after the union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies, reached a tentative agreement on wages, the union and ports said in a joint statement.