Labor News Update - 05/25/2023

Writers Guild of America Strike Updates

POLL: THE PUBLIC OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS THE WRITERS’ STRIKE https://bit.ly/3ou1bwZ

“Your Fight Is Our Fight”: John Leguizamo, Busy Philipps, Tony Kushner and Unions Show Solidarity With WGA https://bit.ly/425eWQD

On-location filming in Los Angeles continues to nosedive amid the ongoing Writers Guild strike, plunging 51.5% last week compared with the same time a year ago. The WGA strike is now in its 23rd day with no signs of abating as films and TV shows shutting down production across the county. https://bit.ly/3MSALym

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

Labor News

Southern Workers Are Building a Movement to be Reckoned With https://bit.ly/435VLHv

SAG-AFTRA and Cameo for Business (C4B), the celebrity digital marketplace that connects talent with fans and brands, have reached what the guild is calling a “groundbreaking” agreement that allows its members to work under a SAG-AFTRA contract and count their C4B earnings toward their pension and health benefits. https://bit.ly/3q3O5Hb

UFCW Union Wins $1,000 in Back Pay for Virginia Kroger Member https://bit.ly/420f2Zv

Starbucks Union Demands Company Bargain A National Contract — The company's insistence on separate contracts for more than 300 organized stores has made the process unworkable, union president says. https://bit.ly/3Wzc1P1

Clarios workers reject tentative labor deal 

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Group home and day program workers set to go on strike https://bit.ly/3qaQgZB

Starbucks workers in Rochester first in NH to vote to unionize, but what happens next? https://bit.ly/3q2SDNT

UNITE HERE's Culinary Union Announces Palms Casino Resort Has a Union Contract https://bit.ly/3MX3VfW

ILO complaint filed against US Government for failure to ensure Starbucks workers’ rights https://bit.ly/3qdI3Uj

SF Chronicle News Guild PMWG Workers Demand Justice & Living Wages https://youtu.be/VQfZqT-xW10

How the New York Times Union Finally Got a Pay Raise https://bit.ly/3qdrfg9

Oregon state employee union warns of staffing ‘crisis’ as contract nears end https://bit.ly/3MXP0lG

AFSCME’s Saunders: Help EMS Workers Help Our Communities by Ensuring Safe Staffing https://bit.ly/45u4nZZ

A Great Week for American Labor: The Working People Weekly List https://bit.ly/41ZPtrL

The Labor Movement Just Scored One of Its Biggest Victories in the South This Century https://bit.ly/43tZ9Ml

Employees accuse Intercontinental Hotel of union busting amid Moon Rabbit closure https://bit.ly/3Wu581n

CTU Leader Touts ‘Historic Reset’ in Labor Relations Between Union and Chicago Public Schools https://bit.ly/45uQfQb

Unions Make Things Better (Even If You're Not In One) https://youtu.be/rFDP4hS7j98

Warner Bros. Discovery has corrected changes it made to director and writer credits in its rollout of Max after receiving harsh blowback from the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild. In a statement today, Max said: “We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized. We will correct the credits, which were altered due to an oversight in the technical transition from HBO Max to Max and we apologize for this mistake.” https://bit.ly/432UHE9

Politics, Government & Legislation

White House takes new steps to study AI risks, determine impact on workers https://reut.rs/45nfPa1

If you ever wondered how tyrants and mobs take control of a society, consider how Kentucky politicians so easily demonize the "others." And then resist it. shorturl.at/qsxH4

Minnesota lawmakers approve 9 major worker-friendly changes https://bit.ly/3otSkvi

Group home workers strike, as union leaders are ‘not encouraged’ by state budget talks https://bit.ly/3MwUQsA

Debt Ceiling Furloughs Are Unconstitutional, Union Will Argue Before Court Next Week https://bit.ly/43p3BMd

Take Action: Don’t Default on Working People https://bit.ly/3N4nTFD

NLRB News & Decisions 

Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of May 15 - 19, 2023 https://bit.ly/3pZpTpi

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has charged United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) with violating its employees’ rights through “unlawful” employment agreements. https://bit.ly/424h2jx

Jobs, Business & Economy 

Once dismissed as a fringe theory, the idea that corporate thirst for profits drives up inflation, aka "greedflation," is now being taken more seriously by economists, policymakers and the business press. https://bit.ly/3q2RtSx

A proposed class action in Colorado alleges that Amazon broke state wage and anti-discrimination laws by not letting drivers take breaks to use the bathroom. https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m4wa/drivers-sue-amazon-over-inhumane-conditions-having-to-pee-in-bottles

COVID-19 emergency declaration has ended, but Kentucky’s health care worker crisis hasn’t https://bit.ly/3MxVGFF

Lakewood drywall installer nailed by fines after underpaying workers on big NJ project https://bit.ly/420gwD3

Workplace Safety 

No 'Joy': Union laborers sound alarm about NYC Construction firm https://bit.ly/3MxOd9A

OSHA finds Dollar General exposed workers to hazards https://bit.ly/3MwLJYU

Workers forced to clean up TVA coal ash spill without personal protection settle with company https://bit.ly/3WzNUzK

A Louisville bus driver was shot while on the job last week, leading her to stand before the TARC board of directors Tuesday and ask why her supervisors went to the scene but not to the hospital to check on her. https://bit.ly/3MSqz94

This Day in Labor History 

May 25 - Philip Murray is Born

Unions were created to make living conditions just a little better than they were before they were created, and the union that does not manifest that kind of interest in human beings cannot endure.” 

Those were the words of Philip Murray, born on this day in Labor History, the year was 1886.  Philip Murray was born in Blantyre, Scotland, the son of a union coal miner.