BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update 11/28/2023

#SolidaritySeason Strike Coverage

Sunergos strike could be extended indefinitely, union workers call for boycott of coffee shopContract negotiations between the union and Sunergos begin again on Tuesday.

Opinion | A Labor Strike Over ShopliftingSeattle-area Macy’s workers say thieves jeopardize their safety, and the union walked out.

Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center announce one-day strike for Dec. 6The nurses union will engage in its second strike this year as contract negotiations with the hospital inch past the one-year mark.

Orioles workers hold Black Friday protest at Camden YardsDozens of Orioles Team Store employees and union allies picketed at Camden Yards on Black Friday, saying the store's new operator has slashed work hours and health care benefits.

Southwest and American Airlines workers take key strike stepsPassengers need to be worried about potential travel disruptions even though barriers to strikes remain for Southwest's pilots and American's flight attendants.

Stockton city employees will walk off job for 72 hours alleging unfair labor practicesAs many as 200 employees running the city's water, sewer, and stormwater utilities will strike on Tuesday.

Santa Clarita bus drivers strike enters 50th day. No progress reportedEmergency transit service has been in place since the strike started and limited routes are in use, but negotiations between the drivers union and Santa Clarita Transit are not progressing.

Unions Should Start Planning for a Mass Strike on May Day 2028Calls for a general strike usually skip over the hard work of organizing one. But UAW leader Shawn Fain is urging unions to align their contract expiration dates for May 1, 2028 — setting up the possibility of a mass May Day strike.

'We deserve more': Hundreds of Guilford County Schools’ cafeteria workers strike for more payFeatured photo: Guilford County Schools cafeteria workers hold up signs during a protest for higher pay on Nov. 27. (photo by Sayaka Matsuoka) There has been

USC and graduate students union reach tentative pact with big pay boosts, bias protectionsUSC and unionized graduate student workers agree to a tentative contract with big pay boosts and anti-harassment protections, averting a strike.

Photos: Local 1562 Machinist Union continue strike at Howmet AerospaceLocal 1562 Machinist Union members continue their strike at Howmet Aerospace in Kingston, N.Y., on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.

Amazon workers on strike in Garner for better pay and working conditionsAmazon employees and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were off the job in Garner and across the world on Monday morning.

Ten weeks on strike: Grand Rapids healthcare workers stand strongGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Workers at the Grand Rapids call center of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) are fighting for their jobs. Since September 13 they and more than 1,000 clerical workers across the state of Michigan have been on strike demanding that the massive insurance company keep job...

Thousands of Hotel Workers in LA Area Remain on Strike | Cleaning & Maintenance ManagementWhile their representing labor union has secured some agreements, thousands of hotel workers in the Los Angeles area are still on strike.

Working people feel a new sense of power and leverage. They’re looking at work in a different way. Use our map to see where workers are on strike across the country.aflcio.org/strike-map

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Portland public school classes resume after first-ever teachers strike Over the weekend, Portland Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, reached a tentative agreement to end the more than three-week strike.

Paper mill strike ends in Baileyville after more than a monthWorkers walked off the job Oct. 14.

99 percent of Wynn workers ratify union contract agreementCaesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International workers approved the “historic” contracts earlier this week by roughly the same margin.

Medieval Times performers end 9-month strike, return to work without contractUnhappy with the outcome, a performed filed a petition with the U.S. labor board requesting a vote to remove AGVA union officials from power.

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Labor News

UAW President Shawn Fain: 'U Are Welcome'By BERRY CRAIGAFT retireePresident Joe Biden praised United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain as a union "leader with a backbone like a ramrod" who's "done one hell of a job."

The union difference: Arlington County and Alexandria city workers secure first contracts Two Virginia jurisdictions have negotiated historic first contracts.

Opinion: American union workers are tapping into their power and fighting back. It's paying off.This emerging social justice unionism is guided by a larger sense of solidarity and can serve as a light in the present darkness to lead us forward to hope

Iowa Planned Parenthood workers to picket in Des Moines, claiming unfair labor practicesOn Tuesday, Planned Parenthood workers will picket outside a Des Moines clinic to protest unfair labor practices as contract negotiations continue.

Expanding Our View of Bargaining for the Common Good ✦ OnLaborIan Kalil on the history and importance of bargaining for the common good.

Teamsters allege Florida water delivery company illegally threatened workers during union campaignThe Teamsters lost the election in a tie that left the union just one vote shy of a victory, after ReadyRefresh held 'captive audience meetings'

Nurses charge Mohawk Valley Health System with unfair labor practiceWhen nurses gather on a corner, hold signs and talk to reporters, is it a press conference or a picket? Union, MVHS disagree

Frontier No. 1 Mine Victims Remembered 100 Years Later - UMWA On August 14, 1923, the Wyoming towns of Kemmerer and Frontier the devastating news that an explosion occurred inside the nearby Frontier No. 1 Mine, killing 99 miners. As always happenes, the tragedy left children, wives and mothers left behind to deal with the aftermath. That fateful morning, 136 men reported to the mine […]

Grafton County Sheriff’s Office Joins Teamsters(NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H.) – Workers at the Grafton County Sheriff’s Office have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 633 in Manchester. These 24 worke

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Lambeau Field Service Workers Seek UnionA National Labor Relations Board-supervised election will be held on Sunday.

Lancaster Co. Labor Union negotiating record number of contractsRecord number of labor contracts up in the air during holiday season

Next on the United Auto Workers' to-do list: Adding more members who currently work at nonunion factories to its ranksWooing those workers will be expensive and require a lot of creativity, since many of them are employed in ‘right-to-work’ states.

Kansas City Public Schools faces grievances from maintenance and cafeteria workers’ unionKansas City Public Schools’ SEIU Local 1 union claims the district has delayed pay hikes and left other contract promises unfulfilled. Workers expressed frustration at a board meeting in mid-November, emphasizing issues like understaffing and inadequate training.

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