SoCal Hotel Workers Still Fighting For Basic Benefits Long After ‘Hot Labor Summer’
From today’s The Guardian: ast year was a big year for the US labor movement with historic wins and gains for workers at UPS, automakers, and for writers and actors…
Thousands of Cal State Faculty Walk Out in Rolling Strike, Demanding Better Pay
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California State University faculty walked out of classrooms Monday during the crucial end-of-term time, demanding higher pay and marking a high-profile escalation in contract negotiations…
Medieval Times Performers End Strike, Return To Work Without contract
From today’s Orange County Register: Medieval Times performers have ended their nine-month strike and returned to work without a labor agreement, which has many performers fearing their union now will…
SEPTA’s Locomotive Engineers Union Authorizes Strike
From today’s CBS News: The union representing SEPTA’s locomotive engineers (The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen) unanimously voted to authorize a strike on Monday. BLET said they voted to…
Striking Actors and Hollywood Studios Agree to a Deal
From today’s New York Times: One of the longest labor crises in Hollywood history is finally coming to an end. SAG-AFTRA, the union representing tens of thousands of actors, reached…
Starbucks Increases U.S. Hourly Wages For Non-Union Workers
From today’s NPR News: Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most of its U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales. But the company said Monday…
Thousands of Vegas Hotel Workers May Strike This Month
From today’s AP News: Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city’s economic backbone that could…
UAW Reaches Deal, Ending Strike Against Big Three Detroit Automakers
From today’s Reuters: General Motors (GM.N) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have reached a tentative agreement, they said on Monday, with its members winning record pay hikes to end…
UAW Strikes Expands to General Motors SUV Plant in Texas
From today’s ABC News: First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United…
For Decades, “Scabby the Rat” Has Stood for Workers’ Rights
From today’s Chicago Reader: hat does a 20-foot-tall inflatable rat have to do with the long history of public expression in the labor rights movement? The answer: a lot more…