Labor News Update - 08/2/2023

#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage

NBCUniversal Partially Restores Sidewalk for Writers Guild, SAG-AFTRA Picketers https://bit.ly/3DFRjUK

Fran Drescher says SAG-AFTRA is prepared to strike for at least 6 months: ‘We’re in it to win it’ https://yhoo.it/3DEViRC

Strikes Are a Tool to Claw Back Control Over Our Lives https://bit.ly/3QiMMPP

Hotel Workers Strike against Scab Staffing App and Anti-Black Racism https://bit.ly/3ODQD8N

Starbucks workers at 3 Long Island locations on strike over LGBTQ+ decor dispute https://bit.ly/47gBPEw 

Union workers continue strike against Amcor https://bit.ly/3rROTzZ

San Jose city workers union strike vote looms, could create disruption to services https://abc7ne.ws/3KnSSe2

Labor News

TCGPlayer Employees File Unfair Labor Complaint Against eBay for Anti-Union Tactics —  eBay and TCGPlayer are accused of ignoring the TCG union and using tactics to delay workers from negotiating a fair contract. https://bit.ly/43PHuhG

Teamsters-UPS Pact Gives UAW Hope in Detroit Three Talks https://bit.ly/455twKh

TEAMSTERS PICKET BAY AREA WAREHOUSE IN GROWING AMAZON STRIKE https://bit.ly/44Rwqlp

AFSCME Council 31 reaches tentative agreement with state of lllinois https://bit.ly/44HJFoR

Yellowstone workers unionize as widespread dissatisfaction persists in the National Park Service https://bit.ly/3OgRuuE

Starbucks STOP Union Busting! Starbucks Workers National Bus Tour Hits SF https://bit.ly/3rWk0dB

IBEW Local 4 reaches tentative agreement with KSDK Channel 5 https://bit.ly/44REOl9

Alabama's only union talk show, podcast sees surge amid national labor movement https://bit.ly/3Qq735V

Good Book Is Always Better With a Union! https://bit.ly/3QmUPuH

Sappi Westbrook Workers Ratify New Contract with Pay Raises & Pension Improvements https://bit.ly/3rRPlOH

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses hold informational picket to protest staffing crisis https://bit.ly/47dUMaC

NLRB News, Updates & Summaries

eBay charged with multiple unfair labor complaints in struggle with its first union https://bit.ly/3KpTCzg 

Politics, Legislation & Government

Kentucky's education commissioner says he's leaving because GOP politicized education https://bit.ly/3OgTsuX

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signs executive order creating workforce training program https://bit.ly/3rPquuJ

State leaders head to D.C. to develop young apprenticeship chances, strategies https://bit.ly/3OiNkCH

Labor leader, Democratic politician and World War veteran from Penn Hills turns 100 https://cbsn.ws/3Olt3fK

Workplace Safety & Health

How federal law can protect all workers on sweltering summer days https://bit.ly/3rV9LpZ

Senator Duckworth Took Her Daughters to See Barbie. Because the Theater Wasn’t Accessible, She Couldn’t Join Them — “The problem is, we’re always playing defense,” said Senator Duckworth. “We spend more time defending the ADA than we do expanding access.” https://bit.ly/45f43xz

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