BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 03/01/2023
Labor
BlueCollarWriter Labor Media Celebrates Women's History Month
Caterpillar reaches tentative contract agreement with UAW https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/03/01/uaw-tentative-deal-reached-with-caterpillar/
UPDATE: More details on UAW and Caterpillar’s tentative agreement
If the government can't or won't keep young kids out of factories, unions will
'Our kids are not for sale': Union workers protest loosening of Iowa child labor laws
As investigations mount, Seattle-area worker describes Amazon’s toll
Restaurant Workers at Rockefeller Center’s Lodi Confront Union-Buster Ahead of Vote
Over 200 hotel workers and supporters protest at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn
"(UMWA) Local Union 1304 member Jay Kolenc has been a member of the United Mine Workers since July 21, 1948. After 46 years, Brother Kolenc retired on July 21, 1994."
https://umwa.org/news-media/journal/actively-retired-spotlight-jay-kolenc/
ICYMI: BMWED-IBT and Norfolk Southern Reach Deal on Paid Sick Leave
https://ky.aflcio.org/news/icymi-bmwed-ibt-and-norfolk-southern-reach-deal-paid-sick-leave
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Stands with Rutgers Unions in Fight for Fair Contract
Delta pilots union gets 34 percent wage increase in newly-ratified contract
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/business/delta-pilots-approve-contract.html
Federal employees union issues warning about cutting DoD civilian workforce https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2023/02/federal-employees-union-issues-warning-about-cutting-dod-civilian-workforce/
Bernie Sanders Reintroduces PRO Act as Labor Activity Is on the Rise
https://truthout.org/articles/bernie-sanders-reintroduces-pro-act-as-labor-activity-is-on-the-rise/
Deal for better wages, lower insurance costs to impact 2,000 Marietta Lockheed employees
Duke University graduate student workers push for recognition of union
An Apple Store Worker Is the New Face of US Labor Law Reform
https://www.wired.com/story/an-apple-store-worker-is-the-new-face-of-us-labor-law-reform/
Ohio Senate holds first train derailment hearing on East Palestine disaster
Congressman Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) Celebrates the Introduction of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act
https://ky.aflcio.org/news/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-celebrates-introduction-richard-l-trumka
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