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Nevada Highway Patrol Group Seeks To Unionize State Officers

Oct 19, 2019

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol Association has filed for recognition as the collective bargaining union for state police officers.

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Democrats To Appeal To Union Voters At Presidential Forum

Aug 01, 2019

The primary season is in full swing.

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KNPR's State of Nevada

Caesars Sale, Sahara Reincarnation Top Recent Gaming Headlines

Jul 05, 2019

Just when it seems one giant wave of gaming headlines ebbs, another follows.

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KNPR's State of Nevada

Unions Savor Legislative Wins, Promise To Stay Active In 2020

Jul 03, 2019

Organized labor helped put Democrats in charge of Nevada's governor’s office and both houses of the Legislature for the first time in 30 years, and that alignment aided both public- and private-sec

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Casino Workers Picket Palms, Call For Negotiation

Jun 27, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than 1,000 members of a powerful Las Vegas casino workers union and other hospitality workers picketed Wednesday evening outside the Palms casino-resort, where owners have refused to bargain with the union.

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Sisolak Signs Bills On Minimum Wage, Bargaining And More

Jun 13, 2019

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed into law an increase of the minimum wage, a collective bargaining bill and other measures fulfilling progressive wish lists and promises he set out in his State of the State address.

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Nevada Lawmakers Work Over Final Weekend In Session

Jun 03, 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev.
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Casino Workers' Union Rallies For Collective Bargaining Bill

May 15, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's powerful casino workers' union is rallying in support of a bill slowly moving through the Legislature that would give state workers the right to collectively bargain.

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Dozens Show At Nevada Hearing For Collective Bargaining Bill

Apr 05, 2019

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are hearing a bill that would give certain state workers the right to collectively bargain.

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Nevada Eyes Collective Bargaining For State Workers

Apr 04, 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — For decades, enacting collective bargaining for state workers has remained an elusive goal of supportive Nevada lawmakers.
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Nevada Bill Seeks Collective Bargaining For State Workers

Feb 08, 2019

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Proposed legislation in Nevada would allow certain state employees to engage in collective bargaining.

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Judge Invalidates Key Parts Of Trump's Executive Orders On Unions

Aug 25, 2018
A ruling by a federal judge late Friday was seen as a victory for public-sector unions.
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Democrats To Push For Nevada State Workers Union

Mar 28, 2017

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Democrats want to give state employees the ability to organize and negotiate work conditions.

Private employees and certain workers paid by local governments including teachers and police can unionize.

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The Two-Way
People rally at the Supreme Court in Washington in January, as the court heard arguments in <em>Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association</em>.

Supreme Court Deadlocks On Challenge To Union Fees

Mar 29, 2016
The 4-4 vote means union opponents have failed, for now, to reverse a long-standing decision that allows states to mandate "fair share" fees from nonunion workers.
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Controversial Union Bill Seen As 'Credit Positive'

Jun 22, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A major credit ratings agency is praising a recently approved bill allowing local governments in Nevada to tweak contracts with their unions during economic downturns.

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Sandoval OKs Widely-Supported Collective Bargaining Overhaul

Jun 04, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a wide-ranging collective bargaining overhaul bill that received support from both businesses and unions.

Sandoval signed SB241 into law on Monday.

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Lawmakers OK Widely-Supported Collective Bargaining Overhaul

May 22, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers have approved a wide-ranging collective bargaining bill supported by business groups and unions.

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Lawmakers Approve Collective Bargaining Transparency Bill

May 07, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers have passed the first of several proposed changes to the state's collective bargaining law.

Assembly members voted unanimously to approve SB 158 on Wednesday. The measure passed on a 19-1 vote in the Senate in April.

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Union, Business Groups Back Collective Bargaining Changes

May 05, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Business groups and union leaders say they support a Republican-backed bill that overhauls several facets of collective bargaining law.

Republican Sen. Michael Roberson presented SB241 to the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee on Monday.

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Bill Unions Called 'Armageddon' Passes Assembly Committee

Apr 09, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An Assembly committee has passed an amended version of a bill that would dramatically change collective bargaining rules for Nevada public employees and has been panned by labor groups as "Union Armageddon."

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Collective Bargaining Opt Out Bill Supported By Republicans

Apr 07, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Republicans are sponsoring a bill that would allow local governments to opt out of future collective bargaining agreements with their employees.

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Bill would Significantly Cut Power of Public Worker Unions

Mar 26, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Union members are strongly opposing a bill seeking to dramatically change Nevada's collective-bargaining rules for public employees.

Republican Assemblyman Randy Kirner is sponsoring AB 182 and testified in favor of the bill Wednesday.

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Lawmakers to Vet Bill Reducing Public Worker Union Power

Mar 25, 2015

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would dramatically change collective bargaining rules for public employee unions.

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The Future of Collective Bargaining

Feb 24, 2012
Las Vegas is a city filled with casinos, hotels, and unions.  So how can unions and employers work well together to achieve what's best for employees?  How can employees protect their rights in the workplace?  UNLV's Boyd School of Law holds its "Democracy and the Workplace" conference from Feb. 23-25.  We talk with the conference's co-organizer, as well as the local union and an employers' attorney about the future of collective bargaining.
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Teachers and Education Reform

Jun 28, 2011
Teachers in southern Nevada and across the country are feeling greater pressures from lawmakers and parents, less job security in light of tougher evaluation systems and stresses in the classroom from bigger classes and tougher students.  What are teachers feeling about the way their field is changing?  What do Clark County teachers feel about the new rules that change the way they will be evaluated and promoted (or fired)?  And, what do educators in southern Nevada think of their new superintendent?  Start the conversation before the show.

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