What Happened To….Marriott Downtown Hartford Hotel’s Request for an Election
Two years ago, the new Marriott Downtown Hartford opened, with great fanfare, next to the new Connecticut Convention Center. (The Center, incidentally, is a terrific facility if you have not visited...
View ArticleUAW / Foxwoods – What It Means in Connecticut
USA Today reports that the United Auto Workers (who are dominating the headlines this week with their strike and settlement with General Motors) filed formal petition papers with the National Labor...
View ArticleUAW Lands First Soft Punch in Battle for Union Recognition at Foxwoods Casino
As I noted nearly a month ago, the historic battle for recognition by UAW at Foxwoods Casino was likely to be a long drawn-out affair. As with any boxing match, it can be foolish to to draw any...
View ArticleFoxwoods Union Election Update: Workers Reject Engineers Union
It’s been a little while since we last checked in with the unionization efforts at Foxwoods. The appeal process of the election of UAW has begun its slow arduous process so don’t expect to hear much...
View ArticleUAW Withdraws Petition to Represent Slot Workers at Foxwoods
Just days after the UAW suffered a defeat in trying to organize off-track betting workers at Foxwoods, the UAW has decided to withdraw its petition to represent a group of about 80-120 slot...
View ArticleState Officials Ask Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of 2002 Layoffs
Last Friday, lawyers representing two government officials petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether former a 2002 state decision to layoff only union personnel violated those...
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