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UAW International Executive Board Passes Resolution and Constitutional Interpretation Securing Retirees' Right to Vote in IEB Elections
DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 22 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2025:
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UAW International Executive Board Passes Resolution and Constitutional Interpretation Securing Retirees' Right to Vote in IEB Elections
On Wednesday, November 19th, under the guidance of the UAW Legal Department, the UAW International Executive Board agreed on a constitutional interpretation regarding the definition of retired members and their eligibility to vote in International Officer elections. The Federal Monitor requested that the UAW International Executive Board clarify the
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DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 22 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2025:
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UAW International Executive Board Passes Resolution and Constitutional Interpretation Securing Retirees' Right to Vote in IEB Elections
On Wednesday, November 19th, under the guidance of the UAW Legal Department, the UAW International Executive Board agreed on a constitutional interpretation regarding the definition of retired members and their eligibility to vote in International Officer elections. The Federal Monitor requested that the UAW International Executive Board clarify thedefinition of a retiree before the union's upcoming 2026 election.
According to the constitutional interpretation, to be eligible to vote in the 2026 election, members will have to either be eligible for a contractually defined benefit retirement plan, or have attained five years seniority and be social security eligible, at a minimum age of 62 years and one month, at the time of retirement. Of all the possible interpretations that were consistent with our Constitution and discussions at past Constitutional Conventions, this option enfranchised the widest possible group.
Additional information and specific guidance will soon be issued to local unions about how to implement this new interpretation.
In addition to the interpretation, the Board further voted to pass a resolution that ensures the 2026 Constitutional Convention will take up the question of the constitutional definition of a UAW retiree when the Convention meets next year.
"Our retirees built the UAW, and I know the entire International Executive Board wants to make sure every last one of them has a voice and a vote in the direction of this union," said UAW President Shawn Fain. "That's why we'll be encouraging delegates to go beyond this constitutional interpretation and expand our retiree definition at the 2026 Constitutional Convention for future elections."
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Original text here: https://uaw.org/uaw-international-executive-board-passes-resolution-and-constitutional-interpretation-securing-retirees-right-to-vote-in-ieb-elections/
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Covid Inquiry Module 2 Report Damning Findings About Government Decision-Making
LONDON, England, Nov. 22 -- The National Education Union issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2025:
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Covid Inquiry Module 2 report damning findings about government decision-making
Commenting on the Module 2 report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"This report makes damning findings about the quality of government decision-making during the pandemic. It confirms that the NEU was right all along when it called for earlier lockdowns in the spring of 2020. Lockdown started too late and measures to stem the virus
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LONDON, England, Nov. 22 -- The National Education Union issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2025:
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Covid Inquiry Module 2 report damning findings about government decision-making
Commenting on the Module 2 report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"This report makes damning findings about the quality of government decision-making during the pandemic. It confirms that the NEU was right all along when it called for earlier lockdowns in the spring of 2020. Lockdown started too late and measures to stem the virusshould have been in place well before then.
"The same is true of the school closures commencing in January 2021. The NEU and others tried to persuade the government to introduce tougher measures weeks before but without success. If these lockdowns had started earlier, they would have saved lives, would not have needed to go on for so long, and schools would have been able to fully open up earlier than they did. The experience of other countries tells us that.
"The report does not claim that politicians had an easy task during the pandemic. Teachers, support staff and parents, however, cannot forget the government's inadequate planning, inadequate data and the absence of a coherent strategy. In the next pandemic it is to be hoped that government really does follow the science and plan effectively with a clear strategy in place."
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Original text here: https://neu.org.uk/latest/press-releases/covid-inquiry-module-2-report-damning-findings-about-government-decision-making
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What Vouchers Actually Do: New National Research Shows the Real Impact
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 22 -- The Missouri National Education Association issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2025:
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What Vouchers Actually Do: New National Research Shows the Real Impact
By Samantha Hayes, MNEA Director of Professional Policy & Practice
Missouri NEA is fighting voucher schemes in court because the evidence is clear: universal vouchers drain resources from public schools, raise private school costs, and mostly benefit families already attending private schools.
New national research from Tulane University confirms what public educators already suspected. A September
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 22 -- The Missouri National Education Association issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2025:
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What Vouchers Actually Do: New National Research Shows the Real Impact
By Samantha Hayes, MNEA Director of Professional Policy & Practice
Missouri NEA is fighting voucher schemes in court because the evidence is clear: universal vouchers drain resources from public schools, raise private school costs, and mostly benefit families already attending private schools.
New national research from Tulane University confirms what public educators already suspected. A September2025 study analyzing 11 states that adopted universal vouchers between 2021 and 2024 found that over 90 percent of voucher recipients were already enrolled in private schools. That means taxpayer dollars aren't expanding access. They're subsidizing families who were already paying for private school.
Meanwhile, private school tuition increased by 5 to 10 percent in states with universal vouchers, primarily in smaller, lower-cost schools. The promise of "school choice" rings hollow when private schools simply raise prices to capture public funding, leaving Missouri families right back where they started. Or worse off.
Follow the Money
Infographic: Vouchers and private school enrollmentWhile private school enrollment grew by only about 35,000 students across voucher states, more than 500,000 students received vouchers. The math is simple: most of that public money went to families already choosing private schools, not to new students switching from public education.
And when public funding flows to private schools with minimal accountability, those schools raise tuition. The Tulane study found the largest tuition hikes in non-religious schools and schools that previously charged lower tuition. High-cost elite schools? Their prices barely budged. They were already out of reach.
Religious schools showed smaller tuition increases, likely because their mission extends beyond revenue. But even that pattern reveals the problem: vouchers aren't creating equitable access. They're reshaping an already unequal system in ways that benefit those who need help least.
What This Means for Missouri
Missouri NEA opposes vouchers because public dollars belong in public schools. Schools with elected boards. Schools that serve every student. Schools are accountable to the communities they serve.
Private schools accepting vouchers face no such requirements. No transparency. No accountability. No obligation to publish student outcomes or financial data. And as this research confirms, they're free to raise tuition the moment public money arrives.
That's not expanding opportunity. That's extracting public resources for private gain.
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Original text here: https://www.mnea.org/news/what-vouchers-actually-do-new-national-research-shows-real-impact
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U.S. Farm Workers Sue Trump Administration to Save American Farm Jobs and Wages
KEENE, California, Nov. 21 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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U.S. Farm Workers Sue Trump Administration to Save American Farm Jobs and Wages
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Washington, D.C. - Today, 18 individual farm workers, the United Farm Workers of America, and the UFW Foundation filed a lawsuit to reverse the Trump administration's wage cut rule that dramatically undercuts the wages of U.S. workers in agriculture and risks drastically expanding the exploitative H2A agricultural guestworker program. The H-2A guestworker program already has no annual visa cap and has
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KEENE, California, Nov. 21 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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U.S. Farm Workers Sue Trump Administration to Save American Farm Jobs and Wages
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Washington, D.C. - Today, 18 individual farm workers, the United Farm Workers of America, and the UFW Foundation filed a lawsuit to reverse the Trump administration's wage cut rule that dramatically undercuts the wages of U.S. workers in agriculture and risks drastically expanding the exploitative H2A agricultural guestworker program. The H-2A guestworker program already has no annual visa cap and hasgrown 7-fold since 2005, with nearly 400,000 foreign workers in 2024 alone. The Trump wage cut rule represents one of the largest wealth transfers from workers to employers in U.S. agricultural history.
On October 2, the Department of Labor announced a new rule that cuts the wages of H-2A workers between $5 to $7 per hour, directly transferring $2.46 billion dollars in wages from workers to employers annually, according to the administration's own estimates. This rule will also immediately lower the wages of any U.S. citizen workers sharing job sites with H-2A workers, and make it financially easier to hire foreign H-2A guest workers over U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. The rule was released without giving the public an opportunity to provide feedback, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act. The first Trump administration attempted to implement a similar rule in 2020 but was stopped by a UFW and UFW Foundation lawsuit. A federal court found the 2020 rule adversely affected the wages and working conditions of American workers, a violation of federal law.
The new worker lawsuit seeks to reverse President Trump's wage cut rule and to protect American farm worker jobs and wages. It was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Plaintiffs are represented by Covington & Burling, Farmworker Justice, Martinez Aguilasocho Law, and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. Plaintiffs include U.S. farm workers from Michigan, Georgia, California, Washington, Texas, and Missouri.
"I am U.S.-born, U.S. citizen and I harvest strawberries while also going to school," said Isabel Panfilo, 23, a plaintiff in the lawsuit and a farm worker in Ventura County, California. "When I run out of financial aid, I am responsible for covering my tuition. It's difficult with the wages I earn. I work hard to pay for school and be able to support and uplift my family. The work that I do is extremely difficult and challenging. Picking strawberries and packing them is extremely skilled work. You are held to very high standards: you are expected to be on time and work hard and fast to fill a lot of boxes to earn good money. The threat of guest workers is really concerning because they are planning to replace local workers with H-2A workers that will make finding work more difficult. Although I work very hard, it is difficult to cover everyday expenses. Recently, after the extreme rains, we are expected to show up to work to harvest berries in knee deep water while it's extremely cold. The work that farm workers do everyday is extremely difficult and deserves a lot more respect than it gets."
"There is nothing "America First" about expanding exploitative guest worker programs that undercut and displace American workers," said Teresa Romero, President of the United Farm Workers. "President Trump's wage cuts serve only one purpose: they make it easier for big agricultural corporations to exploit cheap foreign labor through the H-2A program and replace American farm workers, or avoid paying them a fair market wage. Farm workers, and the rural communities across America they sustain, need and deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom with an endless supply of cheap foreign labor. If this President will not fight for American farm workers, then we will."
"The UFW Foundation is proud to stand with courageous farm workers and our partners in challenging these callous wage cuts," said Erica Lomeli Corcoran, Chief Executive Officer of the UFW Foundation. "The farm workers who feed all of us while performing back-breaking work out in the unforgiving sun for hours a day should be able to also feed themselves and their families with the wages they make. Instead, this administration is cutting their wages, selling out American workers to please big agriculture and corporate monopolies. Reducing the American workers who feed our nation to living in poverty is immoral and unlawful. It was illegal when the first administration tried it, and it's illegal now. We will see them in court."
" Farm workers are among the most vulnerable members of our society. They tirelessly work long hours in difficult conditions, often for poverty-level wages, " said Kuntal Cholera, Special Counsel with Covington & Burling LLP. " Rather than protect those farm workers, the Department of Labor has unfortunately decided to issue a rule that will likely further depress their wages. We are proud to represent UFW, the UFW Foundation, and individual farm workers to help ensure that the Department of Labor honors its statutory obligation to protect U.S. farm worker wages from the effects of temporary foreign labor. "
"This litigation challenges a rule that enables U.S. agricultural employers to pay foreign workers significantly less wages," said Ron Estrada, Chief Executive Officer of Farmworker Justice. "Although the rule is designed to drastically reduce wages of H-2A visa holders and U.S. workers who work for H-2A employers, it will undoubtedly hurt all U.S. workers in agriculture."
"The Trump administration's attempt to cut farmworker wages without due process represents what we believe is both illegal action and an improper transfer of money to the wealthiest," said Mario Martinez, President at Martinez Aguilasocho Law, Inc. "The law requires honesty and fairness, not shortcuts, and no administration gets to ignore the rules just to take money out of farm workers' pockets. Farmworkers already work at the lowest wages in the country and give everything they have in the fields to feed the nation, and now their wages are being cut even more so growers can have more profits. We've seen this kind of disregard for workers and illegal conduct before from this administration, and we're going to the courts because farm workers deserve respect, a voice, and a government that follows the law.
"We join our partners to stop this Administration from unlawfully and arbitrarily cutting wages of farmworkers across the nation," said Amagda Perez, Executive Director of CRLA Foundation. "Farm workers toil the soil under harsh and unforgiving working conditions to feed this country, yet they struggle to keep a roof over their heads and feed their families. This Administration's wage cut adversely affects farmworkers and their families."
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Original text here: https://ufw.org/u-s-farm-workers-sue-trump-administration-to-save-american-farm-jobs-and-wages/
Statement of Support for Workers at Rockstar Games
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees posted the following news release:
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Statement of Support for Workers at Rockstar Games
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TORONTO, ON The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) stands in solidarity with the workers at Rockstar Games who are organizing to improve their workplace conditions. Creative workers across the entertainment industry deserve a fair voice on the job and the ability to advocate for themselves without fear of retaliation.
IATSE is providing legal support to the three workers
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees posted the following news release:
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Statement of Support for Workers at Rockstar Games
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TORONTO, ON The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) stands in solidarity with the workers at Rockstar Games who are organizing to improve their workplace conditions. Creative workers across the entertainment industry deserve a fair voice on the job and the ability to advocate for themselves without fear of retaliation.
IATSE is providing legal support to the three workersrecently terminated at the Oakville, Ontario studio, and we affirm our commitment to ensuring that all workers are treated with dignity and respect. As audiences continue to value the creativity and effort behind their favorite games, we will continue to support those who make them possible.
Workers seeking assistance or wishing to learn more about their rights to organize can contact the IATSE at jsalter@iatse.net or at gameworkers.org.
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Original text here: https://iatse.net/statement-of-support-for-workers-at-rockstar-games/
CFPB plans to transfer enforcement actions to DOJ
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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CFPB plans to transfer enforcement actions to DOJ
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Following the Trump Administration's recent filing arguing the CFPB is legally prohibited from receiving additional Federal Reserve funds and will soon exhaust currently available funds, reports Thursday indicated that the bureau plans to transfer all litigation activities to the Department of Justice as a result.
Throughout this year, the bureau has dropped several of its active enforcement actions and has not opened any new ones.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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CFPB plans to transfer enforcement actions to DOJ
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Following the Trump Administration's recent filing arguing the CFPB is legally prohibited from receiving additional Federal Reserve funds and will soon exhaust currently available funds, reports Thursday indicated that the bureau plans to transfer all litigation activities to the Department of Justice as a result.
Throughout this year, the bureau has dropped several of its active enforcement actions and has not opened any new ones.In addition to transferring the actions, the bureau will likely furlough workers, including roughly 100 enforcement attorneys.
America's Credit Unions and its members have long urged reforms to the CFPB's structure and funding process, emphasizing the importance of congressional oversight and greater accountability. The association has consistently called for subjecting the bureau to the appropriations process and establishing a bipartisan commission to lead it, aligning with recent developments in the administration's position.
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Original text here: https://www.americascreditunions.org/news-media/news/cfpb-plans-transfer-enforcement-actions-doj
Bank lobby resorts to lies to distort truth about credit unions
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Bank lobby resorts to lies to distort truth about credit unions
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Despite the incredibly flawed survey results shared by the American Bankers Association this week, credit unions remain the original consumer protectors. ABA issued a survey claiming a majority of consumers support re-examining the tax status, but the survey puts credit unions with other institutions in the "nonbank" category (the same as nonregulated fintechs), among other glaring errors.
"Economic freedom within
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Bank lobby resorts to lies to distort truth about credit unions
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Despite the incredibly flawed survey results shared by the American Bankers Association this week, credit unions remain the original consumer protectors. ABA issued a survey claiming a majority of consumers support re-examining the tax status, but the survey puts credit unions with other institutions in the "nonbank" category (the same as nonregulated fintechs), among other glaring errors.
"Economic freedom withinour country is under attack by banks. Their latest 'survey' is an egregious attempt to mislead policymakers and consumers; an effort to eliminate a threat to their profits. Credit unions, and their cooperative finance model, are essential to financial security and prosperity for millions of Americans across our country," said Scott Simpson, president/CEO of America's Credit Unions. "When given the facts, consumers overwhelmingly support expanding access to credit unions and protecting their not-for-profit tax status. If banks had it their way, consumers would be forced to pay billions of dollars more to access financial services through institutions with a track record of questionable behaviors that compromise people's livelihood. Credit unions are here to protect people against that."
Simpson spoke with CUToday about the survey, highlighting that this is the same old attack banks use to reap more profits
"It's an immense waste of public energy. Of all the things our country has to deal with right now, it just blows my mind that bankswho have posted record earnings quarter after quarterare chasing a minority player in retail financial services," Simpson said. "It's a tragedy, because it's all based on a lie."
Contradicting the misleading bank survey, a 2025 national consumer poll found that 64% of Americans support keeping credit unions' current tax status. This support grows to 78% following exposure to messaging that explains how credit unions' not-for-profit status allows them to
* Help small businesses and local economies grow;
* Share earnings with member-owners; and
* Keep earnings in the community rather than shipping them out to Wall Street investors.
The survey also found 79% agree "Americans would be better off financially if more were to use credit unions than banks"; 94% approve allowing credit unions to expand into more communities and provide more loans to small business; and 86% have interest in either doing more banking with or joining a credit union.
America's Credit Unions will continue to share the true nature of the credit union difference with policymakers and advocate relentlessly for policies that advance the movement.
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Original text here: https://www.americascreditunions.org/news-media/news/bank-lobby-resorts-lies-distort-truth-about-credit-unions
