UAW Expected To Strike Next Week
From today’s NPR News: As a potential strike looms over the Detroit Three automakers, the United Auto Workers union is pushing for a substantial pay raise for its members: 46%…
Climate Change Adds Workplace Costs And Hazards
From today’s Reuters News Service: As Texas baked in this summer’s record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling unwell before collapsing at a customer’s premises. The 57-year-old’s death…
American Airlines Flight Attendants Vote To Authorize Strike
From today’s CNN Business News: The latest aviation employees to vote in favor of a strike are American Airlines flight attendants. The union representing them, the Association of Professional Flight…
Large Majority in U.S. Favor Unions
From today’s Gallup News: Labor unions continue to enjoy high support in the U.S., with 67% of Americans approving of them, similar to the elevated level seen in recent years…
New Jersey Closes 27 Boston Markets After Finding “Violations of Workers’ Rights” and Wage Theft
From today’s Fox Business News: The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) said it started investigating the restaurant chain known for its rotisserie chicken after receiving a…
California May Transform America’s Fast Food Industry Again By Unionizing Them
From today’s Politico: A decadelong quest to organize fast food workers is culminating in the state that gave America McDonald’s and Taco Bell. A protracted showdown between labor unions and…
After Organizing Union Drive, Grindr Employees Given 2 Weeks To Report In Office or Lose Jobs
From today’s Yahoo News: Management at the popular LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr is asking workers to return to the office or lose their jobs, prompting outrage from employees who say…
Colorado’s Creative, Cultural, and Service Workers Unionizing for Leverage
From today’s Denver Post: Anna McGee has hit a wall. So has her boss. A 26-year-old front-of-the-house worker at Denver’s Mercury Cafe, McGee joined other employees last month to demand…
Thousands of L.A. City Workers to Strike Tuesday
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles’ hot labor summer will get a little more heated Tuesday morning, when thousands of Los Angeles city workers plan to walk off the…
Striking Hollywood Writers, Studios Meet To Discuss Resuming Talks
From today’s Reuters News: As the Hollywood writers’ strike approaches the 100-day mark, Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators will meet on Friday with representatives of the major studios for…