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Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees prepare for a news conference Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
October 28, 2024

Duval Schools food workers could strike over contract

Contract negotiations between the workers’ union and the school district’s food service provider have broken down.…

By Chris Will - News4Jax

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Dale Walker has been a member of the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1408 for more than 20 years. He was among union members who picketed along Heckscher Drive on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, during the ILA's first work stoppage since 1977. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
October 1, 2024

Jacksonville Longshoremen demonstrate amid national work stoppage

More than 1,800 people are demonstrating as the International Longshoremen’s Association strikes across the Eastern Seaboard.…

By Will Brown

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The Fraternal Order of Police has reached a tentative contract agreement with the city of Jacksonville.
June 20, 2024

Jacksonville police union reaches contract agreement

Police officers would receive a 13% salary increase in fiscal 2024-2025. Corrections officers would get 15%.…

By Dan Scanlan

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Jacksonville firefighters have reached a tentative contract agreeement.
June 7, 2024

Jacksonville firefighters reach contract agreement

The contract includes a 12% salary increase in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Retirement benefits for new enrollees would move to…

By Dan Scanlan

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Members and staff of AFSCME Local 199 held a drive in June 2023 to get the amount of dues paying members past the 60% threshold created by a new Florida law. If unions fail to reach that threshold, they can be decertified and dissolved. | Daniel Rivero, WLRN
February 16, 2024

Tens of thousands of workers in Florida have just lost their labor unions. More is coming.

A sweeping anti-union bill signed last year has destroyed collective bargaining rights across the state — rights protected by the…

By Daniel Rivero - WLRN

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Sean O'Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, addresses members outside an Anheuser-Busch facility in Jacksonville. More than 400 Teamsters work at the Jacksonville brewery. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
December 8, 2023

Teamsters rally in Jacksonville in negotiations with Anheuser-Busch

More than 100 people attended a Teamsters rally organized ahead of the union’s negotiations with Anheuser-Busch InBev.…

By Will Brown

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