BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 04/25/2023
Labor News
Writers Guild of America, East, members at CBS News Streaming are currently in negotiations with CBS for a renewed contract. Determined to get a fair deal, these workers are facing a challenge in securing fair wages, and they need your help. https://aflcio.org/2023/4/24/service-solidarity-spotlight-help-win-fair-wages-union-members-cbs-news-streaming
UFCW Convention Starts: Assets Up, Membership Down, Reformers in Motion
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/04/ufcw-convention-starts-assets-membership-down-reformers-motion
Coca-Cola Consolidated isn’t saying much about this week’s vote by Local 175 of the Teamsters Union to rejected the company’s contract offer and authorize a strike in West Virginia. https://wvmetronews.com/2023/04/24/coca-cola-consolidated-reacts-to-teamsters-vote/
This uptick in strikes coincides with a surge in union organizing at US academic institutions. Since early 2022, graduate and undergraduate workers at 20 private academic institutions, representing over 25,000 workers, have won union elections filed with the National Labor Relations Board. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/us-universities-wave-strikes
Goddard College workers reach contract agreement, end strike https://www.wcax.com/2023/04/21/goddard-college-workers-reach-contract-agreement-end-strike/
Wildcat Materials employees rally after five- day strike https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/wildcat-materials-employees-rally-after-five-day-strike/article_f3bd28f8-e05d-11ed-a404-978c5fe82a5a.html
Workers' Memorial Day: Honoring Those Who Lost Their Lives, Suffered Injuries, Illnesses from Work https://ohsonline.com/articles/2023/04/21/workers-memorial-day.aspx
Sega of America employees file to form union https://stevivor.com/news/sega-of-america-employees-file-to-form-union/
The Culinary Workers Union held two pickets on Monday outside Valley Hospital to let healthcare facility leaders know if a contract cannot be agreed upon with the union, workers plan to strike on May 9. https://news3lv.com/news/local/culinary-workers-union-picket-valley-hospital-set-strike-date
Mercer County-based Internation Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local #269 recently held an informational picket line at a hotel construction site to decry the use of out-of-area workers.
Building subs one step closer to joining Columbus City Schools union
Over 1,900 Penn student workers begin unionization effort, citing inadequate support
https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/04/penn-graduate-student-workers-union
As NYC teacher contract negotiations heat up, educators worry raises won’t match inflation
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/4/24/23696601/uft-nyc-contract-inflation-raise-mulgrew-teachers-union
Trader Joe’s workers vote yes to a union in California, but employees at a New York City store fail to get the 50% plus one approval
https://www.supermarketnews.com/news/trader-joe-s-workers-vote-yes-union-california
Politics, Government & Legislation
The bank crisis is the latest argument to expand Postal Service banking
Teachers union pushes Cincinnati Public Schools to support changes to city's tax abatement program https://www.wvxu.org/education/2023-04-24/teachers-union-pushes-cps-to-support-changes-to-citys-tax-abatement-program
The federal energy secretary has submitted a letter to regulators in support of completing the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would cross nine West Virginia counties to transport natural gas to East Coast markets. https://wvmetronews.com/2023/04/24/u-s-energy-secretary-weighs-in-for-expedited-progress-on-long-delayed-mountain-valley-pipeline/
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit
NLRB News & Decisions
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of April 10 - 14, 2023 https://www.nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/weekly-summaries-decisions/summary-of-nlrb-decisions-for-week-of-april-10-14-2023
Tell Your Senators: Confirm Julie Su as Secretary of Labor! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-confirm-julie-su-as-secretary-of-labor/?link_id=0&can_id=03cf3a4da8bc5e187dcf000a3360189a&source=email-exposed-wage-theft-at-one-of-americas-largest-employers&email_referrer=email_1891478&email_subject=e
Jobs & Economy
Disney anticipates a third round of layoffs starting before the beginning of the summer in order to hit its goal of cutting 7,000 jobs. http://rssfeeds.whas11.com/~/737052575/0/whas/home~Disney-begins-large-wave-of-layoffs
The AFL-CIO account updated a Drake meme to show the rapper cringing at a blue checkmark and smiling at the suggestion “form a union.” The caption read, “We’re still here, but we don’t give our money to union-busting billionaires. Bye bye blue check!” https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jon-favreau-marks-elon-musk-235316299.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABPglAEdk37Zq_0eWS52X9zihMYrj5KjeGbdH4nEwJRidQSOTEah1sh1odHtkD1lwyP7OTrcnp4aJkc89BL_zl60DIQUhdu73Q4KMQoHIzLM1nDmOW08X3SQUdlsLPFlvi4DYkDhbFWUVZchMo77JDYRMJD2wWHBhNJZ4-NQFAvi
This Day in Labor History
An explosion took the lives of 22 miners at the Clinchfield Coal Company's Compass No. 2 Mine in Dola, West Virginia.
https://twitter.com/MineWorkers/status/1650848623708520451?s=20
Labor History in 2:00 Podcast:
The Governor of South Carolina sent 1,000 state troopers and National Guardsmen to Charleston. They were sent there to deal with striking hospital workers who wanted union recognition
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