BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 03/30/2023
Labor News
MLB, union reach historic collective bargaining agreement for minor league players https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/mlb-union-reach-historic-cba-for-minor-league-players/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons
UM graduate students go on strike; university asks state for return order
The brand-new leaders of the United Auto Workers are making ambitious demands but face stiff organizing challenges as they seek to jump-start the union, ahead of a momentous contract expiration this September at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler).
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/03/auto-workers-convention-lurches-towards-reversing-concessions
United Airlines reaches tentative labor agreements with ground workers union
El Milagro in Chicago threatened workers for speaking out: NLRB
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2023/3/29/23662248/el-milagro-chicago-threatened-workers-nlrb
Union accuses Apple of firing workers in retaliation for organizing
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23660480/apple-cwa-fired-workers-allegations-unionization
Support Trades Apprenticeships: In the States Roundup
https://aflcio.org/2023/3/29/support-trades-apprenticeships-states-roundup
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Labor Activists Participate in Leadership Intensive Training
LA School District reaches historic deal, meets demands of union workers following 3-day strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb5-jkb9VGU
Parents and union workers protest Iowa child labor law changes
https://www.wowt.com/video/2023/03/25/parents-union-workers-protest-iowa-child-labor-law-changes/
VA employees, nationally and in Utah, are asking Congress for a wage bump
Union Pacific reaches tentative agreement with largest labor union
San Antonio Philharmonic musicians reach 'bridge' union contract, new orchestra's first
Union Workers at Hispanic Society Begin Strike Over Stalled Contract Negotiations
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hispanic-society-workers-will-continue-to-strike-1234662728/
Machinists Union hold strike sanction vote ahead of Spirit contract talks
Legislation & Politics
Trump II would mean another dose of snake oil for American workers
https://ky.aflcio.org/news/trump-ii-would-mean-another-does-snake-oil-american-workers
Teamsters Condemn Florida Bill to Kill Public Sector Unions
https://teamster.org/2023/03/teamsters-condemn-florida-bill-to-kill-public-sector-unions/
Florida Senate passes bill that would undermine most of state’s teacher unions
19 arrested as hundreds protest Kentucky lawmakers' vote to override governor's veto of transgender bill
Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gig-workers-paid-sick-leave-new-seattle-law-98221551
Jobs & Economy
Jobless claims edge up to 198,000, higher than expected
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/03/30/jobless-claims-edge-up-to-198000-higher-than-expected-.html
NLRB News & Decisions
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of March 20 - 24, 2023
On March 10, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion finding that Neises Construction Corporation (“Neises”) of Crown Point, Indiana, it is required to bargain with the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters (“the Carpenters”) and pay $192,400 in fines, among other remedies, based on a finding of contempt of prior court orders. https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/seventh-circuit-court-of-appeals-imposes-192000-in-penalties-and-other
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