A highly decorated veteran teacher blasted Merced Union School District officials Wednesday in a fiery public speech, saying when she asked an administrator for protection from a coworker she was … Click to Continue »
Read More »Union workers protesting for higher wages at UC Merced
About two dozen union workers formed a picket line Tuesday at UC Merced, the second day of a planned three-day strike protesting stagnating contract negotiations with the University of California. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two new ‘high-paid’ deputy city managers in Atwater, union says
Atwater City Council narrowly approved the first phase of the interim city manager’s plan to try to get the town to economic solvency, but not without pushback from an employee … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater police union casts ‘no-confidence’ vote on chief. Attorney calls it ‘fake’
Members of Atwater’s police union gave a vote of no confidence this week against its recently removed chief, the union said in a statement. The Atwater Police Officers Association members … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ex-Merced detective accused by police union of embezzlement, investigator says
A longtime Merced police detective used police union funds to finance trips to Las Vegas, where he rented a limousine as part of a pattern of embezzlement and misappropriation of … Click to Continue »
Read More »As Possible Strike Looms, Fresno Unified And Teachers’ Union Still At Odds
Earlier this month the Fresno Teachers Association voted to authorize a strike. They have been bargaining with the Fresno Unified School district for over a year. Today both groups met for a marathon bargaining session. Laura Tsutsui reports on what the groups are hoping for, and how some parents feel …
Read More »University marching band abandons Confederate song that called Union “Northern scum”
The University of Maryland marching band will no longer play “Maryland, My Maryland” because of its Confederate references, the school announced. The song, which dates to 1861, called the Union … Click to Continue »
Read More »Empty guard towers helped Atwater prison inmate escape, union official claims
The recent inmate escape at U.S Penitentiary Atwater could have been thwarted if staff was still manning the prison towers, according to a representative of the prison guards’ union. “I … Click to Continue »
Read More »Cold War-era Soviet Union fighter jet a first for Atwater museum
An aircraft museum got its first fighter jet used by military forces hostile to the U.S. during the Cold War, according to museum staffers. The MiG-21 was a fighter jet … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Union High school board censures Opinski
Merced Union High school trustees on Wednesday formally censured fellow trustee Greg Opinski, saying the 54-year-old construction magnate threatened district administrators and demanded access to confidential information to seize an … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teachers ask justices to rehear union case that tied 4-4
Lawyers for a group of California teachers have filed a long-shot request for the Supreme Court to hold new arguments in a major labor union case that ended last week in a 4-4 tie. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teachers union braces for a fight in Dos Palos
Union says Dos Palos teachers are some of the lowest paid in the region District says it is struggling financially, has awarded raises recently Teachers plan demonstration Monday, when new superintendent takes over … Click to Continue »
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