In a victory for New Orleans labor rights advocates, unionizing city workers on Thursday gained the right to sit down at the bargaining table with members of Mayor LaToya Cantrell s
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Local union leaders, workers, and Loyola faculty gathered in a Monroe Hall lecture room to discuss the ongoing history of collective labor organizing. The event was introduced by sociology professor Cody Melcher and included delegates from labor unions such as Unite Here, the Workplace Justice Project at Loyola Law, United Teachers New Orleans, Painters and.
LaToya Cantrell announced last week that hundreds of unfilled government positions could get permanently cut to help pay for an across-the-board pay increase for the city workforce. But many worry about understaffing issues being exacerbated.