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UAW President Shawn Fain Joins Lorain County Jobs and Family Services Workers Preparing for February 18 Strike Deadline
DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 17 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news:
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UAW President Shawn Fain Joins Lorain County Jobs and Family Services Workers Preparing for February 18 Strike Deadline
With two days to go before a February 18 strike deadline, UAW President Shawn Fain and Region 2B Director David Green joined UAW Local 2192 members at Lorain County Jobs and Family Services in making preparations to walk off the job on Wednesday morning if County Commissioners continue to refuse to agree to a fair contract.
"The workforce crisis at Lorain County Jobs and Family Services
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DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 17 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news:
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UAW President Shawn Fain Joins Lorain County Jobs and Family Services Workers Preparing for February 18 Strike Deadline
With two days to go before a February 18 strike deadline, UAW President Shawn Fain and Region 2B Director David Green joined UAW Local 2192 members at Lorain County Jobs and Family Services in making preparations to walk off the job on Wednesday morning if County Commissioners continue to refuse to agree to a fair contract.
"The workforce crisis at Lorain County Jobs and Family Servicesis a public service crisis," said UAW President Shawn Fain. "Today, the UAW is standing up for strong public services that Lorain County residents depend on. An agency that can't keep staff because they can't afford to eat lunch or have their children on their healthcare plan - that's an agency in crisis."
Around 150 UAW Local 2192 members at Jobs and Family Services in Lorain County provide critical frontline public services - including child welfare support and public benefits administration - to some of the county's most vulnerable residents. Despite the essential nature of this work, the workforce is facing severe economic and staffing instability. JFS management and the Lorain County Commissioners have refused to offer a fair contract after months of negotiations.
In the last five years, turnover has reached crisis levels at JFS. That's while County Commissions have increased healthcare costs for workers by 50%, as average wages remain less than at Jobs and Family Services in other Counties across Ohio.
"UAW Local 2192 has been ready and remains ready to negotiate and settle this contract immediately," said UAW Region 2B Director Dave Green. "But right now, the County is giving workers - and the public - zero options. Resolving this crisis matters to every family in Lorain County because when workers can't afford to stay on staff to do the critical work at Jobs and Family Servies, public services simply can't function."
The current conditions have created a crisis for the JFS workforce with many facing harsh financial hardships. And while the workers struggle to make ends meet, the County adds dozens of administrative positions that earn six-figure salaries.
"We are prepared to reach a fair agreement that stabilizes our workforce at Lorain County Jobs and Family Services and protects critical public services," said UAW Local 2192 Chairperson Gina Jones. "But right now, we have JFS workers putting their children on Medicaid, skipping meals, or relying on food banks because they can't afford the County's health plan - the same people who administer public assistance programs to others in need. That's why UAW Local 2192 members are unified and ready to strike on February 18 unless the County changes its position."
UAW Local 2192 members at JFS remain ready to negotiate in good faith to reach a fair agreement for the people of Lorain County. In the meantime - as no proposal on the table or any willingness from the County to reach a deal that addresses turnover, retention, and service collapse - workers will maintain a deadline of February 18 when they will launch strike lines outside the JFS building at 42485 North Ridge Road beginning 6:30 a.m. sharp.
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Original text here: https://uaw.org/uaw-president-shawn-fain-joins-lorain-county-jobs-and-family-services-workers-preparing-for-february-18-strike-deadline/
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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Seedance 2.0
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 14 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2026:
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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Seedance 2.0
SAG-AFTRA stands with the studios in condemning the blatant infringement enabled by Bytedance's new AI video model Seedance 2.0. The infringement includes the unauthorized use of our members' voices and likenesses. This is unacceptable and undercuts the ability of human talent to earn a livelihood. Seedance 2.0 disregards law, ethics, industry standards and basic principles of
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LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 14 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2026:
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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Seedance 2.0
SAG-AFTRA stands with the studios in condemning the blatant infringement enabled by Bytedance's new AI video model Seedance 2.0. The infringement includes the unauthorized use of our members' voices and likenesses. This is unacceptable and undercuts the ability of human talent to earn a livelihood. Seedance 2.0 disregards law, ethics, industry standards and basic principles ofconsent. Responsible AI development demands responsibility, and that is nonexistent here.
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About SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.
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Original text here: https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-statement-seedance-20
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National Education Union: Education Estates Strategy Neglects Asbestos and Needs Sufficient Funding
LONDON, England, Feb. 13 -- The National Education Union issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2026:
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Education Estates Strategy neglects asbestos and needs sufficient funding
Commenting on the publication of the government's Education Estates Strategy: a decade of national renewal (1), Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"The publication of the Education Estates Strategy should not be allowed to overshadow the Education Select Committee's report, also out today, which casts successive governments in a poor light. (2)
"Although there are
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LONDON, England, Feb. 13 -- The National Education Union issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2026:
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Education Estates Strategy neglects asbestos and needs sufficient funding
Commenting on the publication of the government's Education Estates Strategy: a decade of national renewal (1), Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"The publication of the Education Estates Strategy should not be allowed to overshadow the Education Select Committee's report, also out today, which casts successive governments in a poor light. (2)
"Although there aremany welcome elements in the government's strategy document, shockingly there is not one single mention of asbestos, despite the deadly substance being present in 80 per cent of schools. We urge the Government to stop playing fast and loose with the lives of children and staff and make asbestos removal a priority.
"Minister Gould's announcement this morning that every secondary school will have a SEND resource base funded by pound sterling3.7bn capital is welcome (3) but buildings alone do not make inclusion. The resource bases need sufficient funding for appropriately qualified staff, resources and access to specialists. Without this they are simply buildings and will do little to improve the experiences and life chances of SEND young people."
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Editor's Note
1. Education Estates Strategy: a decade of national renewal, published 11 February 2026
2. Foundations of Learning: replacing RAAC and securing school buildings, published 11 February 2026
3. Education Estates Strategy - see chapter 4, pp27/28
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Original text here: https://neu.org.uk/latest/press-releases/education-estates-strategy-neglects-asbestos-and-needs-sufficient-funding?_locale=en
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Credit unions back legislation to update Durbin Amendment threshold
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Credit unions back legislation to update Durbin Amendment threshold
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Legislation to modernize the Durbin Amendment's asset threshold was introduced Wednesday night in the Senate by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., and in the House by Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky. America's Credit Unions wrote in support of the bill, which would index the Durbin Amendment's threshold to inflation (compared to the current $10 billion asset threshold).
"As credit unions grow by serving more
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Credit unions back legislation to update Durbin Amendment threshold
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Legislation to modernize the Durbin Amendment's asset threshold was introduced Wednesday night in the Senate by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., and in the House by Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky. America's Credit Unions wrote in support of the bill, which would index the Durbin Amendment's threshold to inflation (compared to the current $10 billion asset threshold).
"As credit unions grow by serving moremembers and keeping pace with the economy, many are swept into limits that were intended for much larger institutions. Indexing the threshold to inflation provides needed relief and restores fairness for community-based credit unions," said America's Credit Unions President/CEO Scott Simpson. "Debit interchange revenue at credit unions is reinvested into lower fees, better rates, fraud prevention, and improved services for members. When outdated thresholds reduce those resources, it is working families and small businesses who feel the impact.
"This legislation is an important step forward. But the only real long-term solution is full repeal of the Durbin Amendment. Government-imposed price controls have distorted the market and failed to deliver promised savings to consumers. While most credit unions were supposed to be protected from the impact of the Durbin Amendment, the fact is that those provisions did not work, and all have felt the negative impacts. Repeal would ensure credit unions can continue delivering affordable, secure financial services without artificial caps that miss their mark," he added.
Jim Phelps, executive vice president and chief advocacy officer at Cornerstone League, said "Cornerstone League appreciates Sens. Cruz and Britt for recognizing that static thresholds written more than a decade ago do not reflect today's economic reality. Indexing the Durbin Amendment asset cap to inflation is a practical step that helps ensure community banks and credit unions can continue investing in service, technology, and access for the consumers, small businesses, and local communities they serve."
"Indexing the Durbin threshold to inflation is a practical step to limit the reach of outdated price controls that have ultimately raised costs and reduced benefits for Americans," said Samantha Beeler, president of The League of Credit Unions & Affiliates. "Senator Britt has been a strong and consistent partner to credit unions on this issue, and we appreciate her leadership alongside Senator Cruz in introducing a targeted solution that supports credit unions in doing what they do best - providing affordable, secure financial options for their members and communities."
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Original text here: https://www.americascreditunions.org/news-media/news/credit-unions-back-legislation-update-durbin-amendment-threshold
Building Trades Union Membership in the U.S. Continues to Grow Despite Industry Disruption
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The AFL-CIO North America's Building Trades Unions issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2026:
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Building Trades Union Membership in the U.S. Continues to Grow Despite Industry Disruption
Today, North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement:
"North America's Building Trades Unions gained 47,198 net new members across 14 crafts last year, despite widespread industry disruption. This follows nearly 100,000 net new members added in 2023 and 2024. This growth is the direct result of a century-long commitment
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The AFL-CIO North America's Building Trades Unions issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2026:
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Building Trades Union Membership in the U.S. Continues to Grow Despite Industry Disruption
Today, North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement:
"North America's Building Trades Unions gained 47,198 net new members across 14 crafts last year, despite widespread industry disruption. This follows nearly 100,000 net new members added in 2023 and 2024. This growth is the direct result of a century-long commitmentto workforce development, sustained through collectively bargained investments and reinforced by federal infrastructure and energy policies enacted in recent years. As a result, we had a record number of over 88,000 new apprentices in 2025 and over 300,000 men and women enrolled in our registered apprenticeship programs over the last two years.
"At a time of rising concern about skilled labor availability, the reality is clear: North America's Building Trades Unions have the infrastructure and capacity to more than triple apprenticeship enrollment at no cost to taxpayers, ensuring America's workforce needs are met. For owners and investors questioning labor availability, the solution is straightforward: work with us. If investors want capital protected, projects built to the highest standards, schedules met, and investments contributing to the American middle class, the Building Trades and our contractor community are the only workforce who do this with proven capacity, delivering large-scale, complex projects safely, on time, and on budget.
"Our sustained growth is also a product of sound public policy. The prior administration and Congress prioritized real investments in infrastructure and energy while partnering with the building trades to utilize our best-in-class registered apprenticeship system to drive growth not only in our membership but in communities across the country. While the current administration has announced future foreign investments in the United States, none have yet produced a single work hour for our members. Instead, cancellations, delays, withdrawn permits, withheld funds, and policy uncertainty have jeopardized these anticipated domestic investments.
"Uncertainty and instability for the construction industry are incompatible with building the high-road construction workforce America urgently needs at this time. We urge all policymakers to remain focused on what works: real investments for real projects that are tied to our training infrastructure to strengthen America now and into the future."
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Original text here: https://nabtu.org/press_releases/building-trades-union-membership-in-the-u-s-continues-to-grow-despite-industry-disruption/
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National Nurses United statement on announced end to immigration surge in Minnesota
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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National Nurses United statement on announced end to immigration surge in Minnesota
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National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, issued the following statement in reaction to the Trump administration's announcement that immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota will phase out next week:
"Union nurses are beyond proud of the people of Minnesota for refusing to be divided, under the harshest of conditions, for more than two months under siege
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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National Nurses United statement on announced end to immigration surge in Minnesota
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National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, issued the following statement in reaction to the Trump administration's announcement that immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota will phase out next week:
"Union nurses are beyond proud of the people of Minnesota for refusing to be divided, under the harshest of conditions, for more than two months under siegeby our own federal government. When working-class people stand in unbreakable solidarity, we have the power to fight back against the billionaire-class, the fascist administration that they bankroll, and the masked ICE and CBP agents who have used extreme terror and violence to try to crush our solidarity and intimidate us all into compliance.
The courage of everyday Minnesotans, and the advocacy of nurses across the country, who immediately rose up to demand justice for the murder of our union nurse brother Alex Pretti, RN, deserve to be celebrated at this moment. The people of Minnesota have provided an example for us all of what it really looks like to live by the principles of care, compassion, and mutual aid, as community members brought each other food, shared transportation, and spoke up and stood up for those who didn't have a voice, even when their advocacy was met with violence -including the murder of Renee Good and Pretti.
If ICE completely left Minnesota tomorrow, it wouldn't be soon enough. But nurses also want to be clear that the harm that has already been done is unforgivable, long-lasting, and cannot be resolved by the Trump administration's claims that ICE will be retreating from one state -only to potentially surge again or invade communities in other states. The only true solution is to completely abolish ICE. We must remember, too, that this administration stole nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and Medicare to largely subsidize ICE and related agencies -a tragedy to working people that is less visible but must be reversed.
Nurses emphasize that there is no way to reform a violent, out-of-control agency where officers have already committed countless injuries with impunity, including breaking a Minnesota resident's skull in eight places, and causing a multi-car accident and injuries during a high-speech chase. During their Minnesota surge, federal agents have also detained immigrants, including children, in inhumane conditions without enough food, in extremely cold temperatures, in environments where infectious diseases can spread, and without health care or access to legal aid. Patients have missed necessary medical care due to fear of leaving home to visit hospitals, and nurses know that negative health outcomes can linger for a very long time due to months of missed care.
Nurses are also concerned about the long-term impacts of the ' toxic stress ' triggered by ICE violence. During the Minnesota surge, children and families have spent months experiencing federal agents tackling, beating, pepper spraying, and violently detaining family members and neighbors. Community members have witnessed unspeakable violence, including the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on public streets. Toxic stress is especially dangerous for children, and it can impact their mental and physical health for the rest of their lives. Toxic stress increases children's risk for illnesses such as depression, diabetes, asthma, cancer and heart disease, among others.
When ICE leaves Minnesota, they leave behind unhealed injuries, children without parents, and countless people facing an entire lifetime of trauma. That's why National Nurses United remains clear and unwavering in our demands: no further funding for ICE, take away the $140 billion slush fund given to ICE and CBP in H.R.1, and abolish ICE. Calls by some members of Congress to simply reiterate existing legal protections, like requiring judicial warrants for arrests, completely fail to recognize the reality we are living. ICE and this administration have made clear that they have no intention of abiding by the law.
We are past the point of reforms. Since its inception over 20 years ago, ICE has proven that its mission has never been about keeping our communities safe. Abolish ICE now."
National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members nationwide. NNU affiliates include California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, DC Nurses Association, Michigan Nurses Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, and New York State Nurses Association.
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Original text here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/national-nurses-united-statement-on-announced-end-to-immigration-surge-in-minnesota
National Education Union: NFER Behaviour Report Calls for Investment in School Pastoral Teams
LONDON, England, Feb. 13 -- The National Education Union issued the following statement on Feb. 12, 2026:
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NFER behaviour report calls for investment in school pastoral teams
Commenting on What helps to improve teacher retention?, a new report from the NFER, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Teacher retention and satisfaction are not isolated concepts. They are a reflection of the education system as a whole. With the current system in crisis and schools running on empty, the report findings are no surprise to us. For too long teachers and support
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LONDON, England, Feb. 13 -- The National Education Union issued the following statement on Feb. 12, 2026:
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NFER behaviour report calls for investment in school pastoral teams
Commenting on What helps to improve teacher retention?, a new report from the NFER, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Teacher retention and satisfaction are not isolated concepts. They are a reflection of the education system as a whole. With the current system in crisis and schools running on empty, the report findings are no surprise to us. For too long teachers and supportstaff have been raising concerns about pupil behaviour and making the links to the loss of local authority behaviour support teams as well as unmet SEND and mental health need.
"The previous and current government tried to blame it on Covid but the report findings back the call that the NEU and others have been making for urgent increased investment in school pastoral teams working with support from external specialists."
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Original text here: https://neu.org.uk/latest/press-releases/nfer-behaviour-report-calls-investment-school-pastoral-teams?_locale=en
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