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On International Workers Day, Orlando hotel workers rally to raise industry standards for all
Issues on the table include wages, pensions, reduced workloads and ending the exploitation of temp workers.
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, UNITE HERE Local 737, Hilton Buena Vista Palace, DoubleTree Orlando, hotel union, Florida hotel union, Orlando hotel union, hotel workers union, Unite Here, union hotel workers rally
Orlando abortion clinics remain open as Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effect
Planned Parenthood clinics will remain operational, while a private clinic south of downtown plans to expand its services.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Abortion Rights, Orlando abortion clinic, Florida abortion, Florida abortion law, Florida abortion clinic, Florida abortion, abortion law Florida, abortion limit Florida, Center of Orlando for Women, DeSantis abortion
Low-cost airline Avelo now offers nonstop Orlando to Miami flights
The service begins June 7 and will operate on Fridays and Sundays.
By Alexandra Sullivan
Tags: Orlando Area News, Avelo Airlines, Orlando International Airport, Miami International Airport, MCO, MIA, Brightline
Disney Springs Patina Restaurant Group workers seek to organize, ask employer for fair union process
Restaurant employees at five restaurants say they feel like 'second-class citizens' compared to unionized Disney workers.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Orlando Theme Parks, Florida Disney union, Disney union, Unite Here Local 737, Unite Here union Disney, Unite Here union, Disney Springs union, Orlando Disney union
Suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell qualifies to run for old position
Two prosecutors suspended by Gov. DeSantis qualified to run in November for their old positions
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Orlando Area News, Monique Worrell, Andrew Warren, Ron DeSantis, state prosecutors, state attorneys
Write in your nominations for Best of Orlando® 2024 now through May 6
Vote for your favorite everything around town.
By Orlando Weekly Staff
Tags: Orlando Area News, Best of Orlando, Best of Orlando 2024, BOO 2024
JetBlue accused of anti-union intimidation tactics at Orlando International Airport
Orlando’s Maxwell Frost joined other members of Congress in calling on JetBlue to allow for their employees to organize without unlawful interference.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, JetBlue union, JetBlue MCO, airport union, airline union, TWU, Transport Workers United, JetBlue TWU, TWU JetBlue, TWU airport union, Orlando TWU, TWU Orlando, Maxwell Frost
During Tampa visit, Biden pins Florida's six-week abortion ban on Trump
'There's one person responsible for this nightmare, and he acknowledges and brags about it.'
By Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix
Tags: Orlando Area News, Abortion Rights, abortion rights, reproductive rights, Florida abortion ban, Biden, Trump, Roe v. Wade, Slideshow
Orange County officially terminates agreement with dissolved OnePulse organization
An assistant county attorney also confirmed that OnePulse had repaid the state for the nearly $400,000 it received through a state grant in 2019.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Pulse, OnePulse, onePULSE, onepulse foundation, Orlando onePulse, Orange County OnePulse, Pulse nightclub, Pulse nightclub shooting, Pulse memorial, Pulse museum
Supreme Court hears Starbucks union case
Meanwhile Clay Blastic, a worker at Central Florida's only unionized Starbucks, will be present at bargaining talks kicking off this week.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Coffee, Labor, Starbucks union, Starbucks Supreme Court case, Starbucks SCOTUS, SCOTUS Starbucks case, SCOTUS Starbucks, Florida Starbucks union, Starbucks Workers United, Starbucks Supreme Court
Florida lawmakers must live in their districts; this Orlando Democrat hasn’t always reported living there
The discovery raises questions about whether Rep. Bruce Hadley Antone was legally eligible to hold office
By Silas Morgan, Fresh Take Florida
Tags: Orlando Area News, Florida lawmaker, Orlando Democrat, Rep. Bruce Hadley Antone
Eatonville among finalists for the selection of a Florida Museum of Black History
Other finalists are St. Johns County and Opa-locka in Miami-Dade County
Tags: Orlando Area News, Eatonville, Florida Museum of Black History
Florida MMA fighter captures 8-foot alligator with bare hands and feet
Dragich is an alligator trapper, according to his social media.
By Chloe Greenberg
Tags: Orlando Area News, Florida alligator, Mike Dragich
It's the last day to register to vote in the Orlando District 5 special election
April 22 is the last day District 5 residents can register.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Elections, Orlando voting, Orlando District 5 special election, Orlando supervisor of elections office
Orlando is the least walkable city in the country, says study
'It’s quicker to fly to Disneyland Paris than to walk between Orlando’s most iconic landmarks'
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando travel, Orlando tourists, Orlando theme parks, Orlando amusement parks, Florida travel, travel study
The Hall on the Yard now closed amid lawsuit over unpaid rent
A sign that reads 'Permanently Closed' hangs on the front door, although the hall has not made an official announcement.
Tags: Orlando Area News, The Hall on Yard, Jamal Wilson, Ivanhoe Place Propco, Shay's Kitchen, Orlando food hall, food hall closing, The Hall on Yard eviction, The Hall on Yard lawsuit
UCF faculty, students rally in support of faculty's contribution to student success amid salary dispute
The university has been criticized by students and faculty for not offering across-the-board raises for faculty this year.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Labor, UCF, UCF rally, faculty union, UFF-UCF, United Faculty of Florida, UCF union, faculty raises, Florida faculty raises, Florida faculty salaries, University of Central Florida, Robert Cassanello
H&M retail workers at Melbourne Square Mall seek to unionize
This would be the first recognized union of H&M employees in Florida.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, H&M union, retail union, retail organizing, Florida union, Melbourne H&M union, H&M Melbourne union, H&M Florida union, Florida H&M union, UFCW, RWDSU, United Food and Commercial Workers
A tale of two Tax Day rallies: Orlandoans rally against U.S. military aid to Israel and demand tax refund from corporate lobbyists
‘We just want to get some of that money back so that our communities can benefit from it.’
Tags: Orlando Area News, Palestine protest, pro-Palestine protest, tourist development tax, TDT, Florida for All, national strike for Gaza, Tax Day, Tax Day protest, Slideshow
Amid Universal’s epic reveals, Disney confirms updated expansion plans for Orlando parks
The expansions aren’t breaking news, but Disney execs finally made them official
By Chelsea Zukowski
Tags: Orlando Area News, Orlando Theme Parks, Disney World updates, Disney World expansion, Universe Orlando, Walt Disney World, Bob Iger, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Slideshow
Milk District businesses ask for support during road construction expected until January 2025
The project will see street blockages for at least the next three weeks, followed by months of construction
Tags: Orlando Area News, Openings, Closings + Moves, Milk District, Milk District businesses, construction project, construction on Robinson, Etoile Boutique, Bull and Bush, Hair Godz, Minuteman Press, Rugged Perspective, Gringos Locos, Sportstown, Stay Still Studio, The Nook, Orlando Utilities Commission, OUC, City of Orlando
Amazon paid anti-union consultants in Central Florida hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2023
And some federally required information reported by the anti-union consultant appears to be fake.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, union busting, Amazon union busting, Nekeya Nunn, Labor Pros, Orlando union buster, Florida union buster, Jeff Bezos union busting
Dining workers at Rollins College will get a rerun union election following allegations of anti-union tactics
A federal labor official agreed with one of the union's objections to the results of the first election, concerning alleged violations of federal labor law by the employer.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Unite Here, Rollins College union, food service workers union, Rollins College, Florida union, hospitality union, Unite Here Local 362, Orlando union, Sodexo, union busting
Orlando gives update on Pulse memorial project
The city aims to select a design concept for the memorial by the end of this year
Tags: Orlando Area News, Pulse, Pulse, OnePulse Foundation, City of Orlando, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Pulse memorial site, Pulse memorial project, Pulse Remembrance Ceremony, CommUNITY Rainbow Run, Larry Schooler
Central Florida advocates uplift effort to expand Medicaid in Florida
A campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida through the ballot box in 2026 was officially launched in February.
Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, Florida Medicaid expansion, Florida Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Florida Medicaid expansion 2026, Medicaid ballot measure, Medicaid ballot initiative, Central Florida Jobs with Justice, Florida Decides Healthcare
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