Labor News Update - 05/22/2023

Writers Guild of America Strike Updates

WGA Strike Hub website: https://www.wgacontract2023.org/

Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy has announced her full support for the WGA strikes, a major development that will please Star Wars viewers. On May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America - a combined US labor union embracing both movie and TV writers - launched major strikes in pursuit of improved compensation for writers across Hollywood. Many shows and movies have been indefinitely delayed, with even Netflix's flagship Stranger Things affected. Even Star Wars has not been immune, with both Andor season 2 and The Mandalorian season 4 brought to a halt. https://bit.ly/45nLjg0

Jeopardy! Masters host Ken Jennings slammed for promoting new career move while he ‘refuses’ to support writer’s strike https://bit.ly/41RJnJSb

'Should have waited': Fans slam 'Jeopardy! Masters' host Ken Jennings for promoting trivia book amid WGA strike https://bit.ly/3oqNM8L

How Actors and Writers Striking Together Could Change Everything https://bit.ly/3IxR1lH

Drew Carey Will Pick Up Dinner Tabs for Striking Writers https://bit.ly/3Ira69m

Hollywood Writer Says Streamers Have the Most ‘Egregious Things’ to Address in the WGA’s Battle With the AMPTP: ‘And They Don’t Want To’ (Video) https://bit.ly/41W0IBi

Star Trek actors join writers on Trek-themed picket lines In LA And NYC https://bit.ly/3WpZ7m3

Take Action: Stand with Striking Writers https://aflcio.org/2023/5/10/take-action-stand-striking-writers

Labor News

Three Hundred California Warehouse Workers Vote Overwhelmingly for Representation with Teamsters Local 630 https://bit.ly/3BIxZp4

American Airlines, ALPA reach deal for 21 percent pay hike https://bit.ly/43cV8LP

Lifelong Teamster On How Cannabis Workers Are Rejecting Churn-And- Burn-Model' Toward Prosperous Careers https://bit.ly/3oeeEcl

Victory in WA mushrooms, but still a long way to go https://bit.ly/42Sqgk1

Common Good a Big Subject in Oakland Schools Strike https://bit.ly/3MJpRuy

Victims of deadly Oregon highway crash were farmworkers, union says https://bit.ly/3BKJpbQ

Starbucks Union Drive Hits Cornell With Day Hall Occupation — With the closing of all three Ithaca Starbucks locations, protestors turned their attention to Cornell, seeking the end of Starbucks on campus. https://bit.ly/3MKWick

Despite union-busting allegations, Epic has its first union thanks to Bandcamp https://bit.ly/45gDpoP

A’s stadium deal won’t parallel Allegiant Stadium; Culinary Union played role in site change https://bit.ly/3orX2JP

Sheetz: Teamsters will continue making deliveries to stores https://bit.ly/41TotKs

Rail Workers Union Wins 'Trailblazing' Paid Sick Leave Deal With Norfolk Southern https://bit.ly/421j1VM

Unionized bodies in topless bar: How sex workers became the new frontier of the labor movement https://bit.ly/3Iw8GtU

A Nationwide UPS Strike Could Be Weeks Away https://bit.ly/3pPZoT9

Politics, Government & Legislation

Gov. Beshear’s campaign bus tour makes stops in Lexington, eastern Ky https://bit.ly/3obhij2

Rep. Nixon: New anti-union law is state sanctioned harassment of public sector workers https://bit.ly/3OuS1en

With No Deal on Debt Ceiling Hike, Federal Workers Union Asks US Court to Intervene https://bit.ly/3MpQROr

NLRB News & Decisions 

Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of May 8 - 12, 2023 https://www.nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/weekly-summaries-decisions/summary-of-nlrb-decisions-for-week-of-may-8-12-2023 

Jobs, Business & Economy 

OhioMeansJobs Licking County is making sure Newark High School students see all of the opportunities that are available to them — in high school and after they graduate https://bit.ly/3Ww8HUD

Popeyes shut down a store after teenage workers said they were asked to skip school and do late weeknight shifts
https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-shuts-down-store-following-labor-claims-teenage-workers-2023-5

San Diego: Swami's Cafe Sued After Allegations of Sexual Harassment of Young Female Workers https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/swamis-cafe-chain-sued-after-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-of-young-female-workers/3231026/

Vanishing paychecks: How hundreds of USPS workers fell prey to a fake website scam https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/05/19/usps-fake-website-scam/70227098007/

How Florida's new immigration law will affect undocumented workers https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/05/19/florida-immigration-law-undocumented-workers-desantis-suarez-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn

Local businesses losing workers due to new Florida immigration law https://bit.ly/3MLUy2c

In Florida, agricultural workers are fearful and brace for changes under new immigration law https://nbcnews.to/41SBdke

Just as protections for NJ temp workers roll out, staffing agencies try to stop them in court https://bit.ly/3BK93NL

Entire GameStop Store Quits On Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Release Day https://yhoo.it/3MGb6sx

Workplace Safety

Milwaukee DPW workers chased and shot at in paintball attack
https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-dpw-workers-chased-and-shot-at-in-paintball-attack/43945630#

‘God only knows how many workers have suffered and died’: Employees urge Cal/OSHA to set indoor heat rules https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/05/cal-osha-rules/

This Day in Labor History 

May 22 Chicago's First Teacher's Strike

Today in Labor History, May 22, the year was 1969.  That was the day that began the first strike of the Chicago Teacher’s Union.  The strike lasted three days.  It won teachers a $100 per month pay raise.