Labor News Update - 04/14/2023

Labor News

“We’re Calling Bullshit”: Why Museum Workers Keep Unionizing https://inthesetimes.com/article/philadelphia-please-touch-museum-union-labor-afscme-strike

Music Supervisors Brace for Impact of Potential Hollywood Writers Strike https://www.billboard.com/pro/hollywood-writers-strike-music-supervisors/

New Jersey State AFL-CIO Stands with Striking Rutgers Workers https://aflcio.org/2023/4/13/service-solidarity-spotlight-new-jersey-state-afl-cio-stands-striking-rutgers-workers

Communications Workers of America (CWA) Union Organizing Update https://cwa-union.org/news/organizing-update-196

Study: Unfair labor practices delay first union contracts https://phys.org/news/2023-04-unfair-labor-delay-union.html

University students unionizing across U.S. for better pay, working conditions https://english.news.cn/20230413/ef774c04926b461ab39be5d832db9459/c.html

UFCW launches picket as contract negotiations with Wilmington nursing home stall https://www.delawarepublic.org/politics-government/2023-04-12/ufcw-launches-picket-as-contract-negotiations-with-wilmington-nursing-home-stall

Union Hotel Workers in New York Suburbs Score Biggest Pay Raise in 100 Years https://www.wsj.com/articles/union-hotel-workers-in-new-york-suburbs-score-biggest-pay-raise-in-100-years-5bc4191c

Nurse practitioners at Bangor's Northern Light Acadia Hospital will hold union vote 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/12/news/bangor/acadia-nurse-practitioners-to-vote-on-unionization/

Actors Equity signals possible strike with Jagged Little Pill leafleting https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/12/23681154/actors-equity-leaflet-jagged-little-pill-opening-possible-strike-chicago-theater

The Union of Pitt Faculty will hold another rally on April 18 before that day’s final bargaining session of the semester. https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/faculty-union-plans

Class Struggle, US Capitalism & The AFL-CIO With Vermont AFL-CIO https://youtu.be/R-lPxyls4Yo

Politics, Government & Legislation

Manchin And Others Could Torpedo Julie Su’s Nomination For Labor Secretary https://labor411.org/411-blog/manchin-and-others-could-torpedo-julie-sus-nomination-for-labor-secretary/

LA. City Council members propose $30-an- hour wage by 2028 for hotel and LAX workers https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-12/minimum-wage-lax-hotel-workers

Lawmakers, Culinary Union debate daily cleaning at Nevada resorts https://www.ktnv.com/news/nevada-lawmakers-culinary-union-debate-daily-cleaning-at-nevada-resorts

Union asks Macon County board for raise, citing 'choking' inflation https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/union-asks-macon-county-board-for-raise-citing-choking-inflation/article_083e5c86-da44-11ed-b3c5-b3443df63ce9.html

Starved of Funds, Famous Bilingual Program Is Failing—And Teachers May Strike https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2023/04/starved-funds-famous-bilingual-program-failing-and-teachers-may-strike

Nationwide, oil companies have abandoned more than a million oil and gas wells—and the cost of cleaning them up. https://inthesetimes.com/article/oil-gas-companies-abanonded-wells-methane-pollution-cleanup

Jobs, Business & Economy

Loyalty and exploitation go hand-in-hand according to a new study. Science Alert reports: “Although managers tend to value employees perceived as loyal, for example, a new study shows they also tend to exploit loyal workers when assigning unpaid work or extra tasks. These managers are not necessarily nefarious, the researchers note. Some may be oblivious, failing to…

https://labor411.org/411-blog/study-the-most-loyal-employees-are-the-ones-who-are-exploited-the-most/

Why most people pick the wrong career, according to a former rocket scientist https://www.fastcompany.com/90878432/why-most-people-pick-the-wrong-career-according-to-a-former-rocket-scientist

This Day in Labor History 

On this day in Labor History the year was 1930. That was the day that 114 agricultural laborers in California’s Imperial Valley paid a harsh price for joining together to try to improve their working conditions. The Great Depression was worsening the already difficult conditions faced by California farm laborers.