Explore union benefits from general coverage to premium healthcare support. Learn how MSK programs fit into plans to keep members active and working.

What happens when a union goes on strike? There are protections for striking workers, but only for lawful strikes. Employees have the right to strike to gain better wages, benefits, or working …

This payment is not guaranteed and is a frequent point of negotiation. Whether strikers are compensated for lost wages is determined by the final agreement between the union and the …

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) states in part, “Employees shall have the right. . . to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or …

Employers do not have to pay striking employees or offer benefits during the strike. Unions often have strike funds that provide some pay or occasionally employee benefits.

CUPE’s strike fund is funded out of a portion of every CUPE member’s union dues, which are set at a minimum .85 per cent of their salary. The strike fund currently sits around $130 million and CUPE …

Yet workers and their families make considerable economic sacrifices to exercise their right to collective action. Providing unemployment benefits to striking workers—and to all workers whose employment …

As an employee, you count on your health insurance plan to provide necessary medical care for yourself and potentially your family. However, what happens if you go on strike and your employer decides to …

Further, union employers contribute more to their employee’s health care benefits. Union employers pay 86% of workers’ health care premiums while nonunion employers pay 79% of their workers’ health …

For about 50 years prior, employers could require the union to conduct a formal employee vote. Now, collecting authorization cards from a simple majority of employees is sufficient unless the employer …

Learn more about overpayments. If a strike is prohibited by state or federal law We process claims for a striking worker unless an employer gets a final court judgement that a strike is prohibited by law. If a …

With SB 5041, unions don’t have to pay workers not to work, even though the member dues they collect each year from each worker could and should build an appropriate strike fund. That is the route …

For example, a strike that is in support of a union's commission of an unfair labor practice or a strike that would trigger the commission of an unfair labor practice by an employer might be a strike to achieve …

In contrast, employers generally oppose expanding UC benefits to actively striking workers, arguing that such entitlement would punish employers by effectively funding the strikes through increases in the …