BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 08/3/2023
#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage
Hollywood producers seek sit-down with striking writers, the first sign of stalemate break https://nbcnews.to/44WUSlx
SAG-AFTRA Urges Studios To Return To Bargaining Table As WGA Prepares To Meet With AMPTP On Friday https://bit.ly/3DGvy7u
Hollywood Stars Donate $1 Million Each To SAG-AFTRA Foundation To Aid Fellow Performers During Dual Strikes https://bit.ly/3KpFhCP
New York City Council's Labor Committee Approves Resolution Supporting SAG-AFTRA & WGA Strikes https://bit.ly/3YlZ8Za
SAG-AFTRA brings its labor fight to New York https://lat.ms/44SRCHP
Hollywood Studios Are Trying To Call Their Decision To Cheat Writers an ‘Act of God’ https://bit.ly/45bg3Qv
Amalgamated Sugar workers union votes on potential strike https://bit.ly/45dXDyO
Thousands of San Jose city workers hold strike vote https://bit.ly/3DDA86k
Powell's Books union votes to authorize strike https://bit.ly/3KukIVN
Labor News
Cecil E. Roberts has been re-elected by acclamation to his seventh full term as International President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), the union announced today. His running mate, Brian Sanson, was elected to his first full term as International Secretary-Treasurer. https://bit.ly/47cUqkB
Wellness Advisors and other cannabis workers at Sunnyside, a subsidiary of Cresco Labs, have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 777. https://bit.ly/47hwWeb
Yellow and Holland trucking employees await their fate on pensions, 401Ks and health care as shock over shutdown continues https://bit.ly/3Og9YeV
UAW President Shawn Fain reveals 'audacious' member demands he says push back on greed https://bit.ly/3KnbCtO
UAW Says Costly EV Transition Won’t Change Union’s Demands — Union president outlines labor’s priorities in talks with carmakers, indicating a widening gulf between the two sides
UAW to show list of economic demands to automakers this week, will seek worker pay if plants close https://bit.ly/3Okxjw3
Arizona attorney general seeking comments on proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger https://bit.ly/3QrA7tN
As new contract talks get underway between GM, UAW, Bowling Green's Corvette Assembly Plant contributes to shifting EV market https://bit.ly/3QiIOqk
WGA East President Michael Winship Will Not Run for Re-Election: Time Has Come for Me to Pass Responsibility to the New Generation' https://bit.ly/3Yjllas
What HBO's Succession Teaches Us About Capitalism https://bit.ly/45ez04H
Amazon’s Next Union Battle Is Likely to Be With Its Drivers https://bloom.bg/3OiagSA
Maintenance of Way union sues BNSF over reduction of workforce, outsourcing https://bit.ly/3KoAZvs
New MBTA union agreement aimed at boosting employee numbers https://bit.ly/43UKF7Z
Union, town offer up details behind stalled Bradford library talks https://bit.ly/43RPFdA
Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville did not endorse the tentative contract with UPS at a private meeting in Washington, D.C. https://bit.ly/459EeyM
TSA Workers Win Largest Pay Increase in Agency’s History https://bit.ly/453pW2K
NLRB News, Updates & Summaries
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of July 17 - 21, 2023 https://bit.ly/44SFcQb
Board Adopts New Standard for Assessing Lawfulness of Work Rules https://bit.ly/43TFgOc
National Labor Relations Board orders Colchester software company to reinstate 4 employees — The employees were wrongly fired for sharing information about salaries, an administrative law judge found. https://bit.ly/3KpmmrS
Politics, Legislation & Government
Rail Labor, Industry United in Urging Congress to Fund Railroad Retirement Board https://bit.ly/3Qkd0kZ
Kentucky: Despite his campaign’s attempts to spin their way out of an increasingly desperate situation, time and time again Daniel Cameron has shown that he has an anti-public school agenda https://bit.ly/45c8CbL
Signaling that he knows he’s in trouble, Daniel Cameron is trying to give his failed record of attacking public education an election-year makeover, offering a desperate and fake apology to educators for the Kentucky GOP’s history of attacking public education at a recent campaign stop. https://bit.ly/47eQ3FO
A new social contract: America’s workers deserve their fair share of economic gains https://bit.ly/3KrAH78
Politicians urge Taylor Swift to postpone LA concerts in solidarity with striking hotel workers https://bit.ly/45va1dV
Still in pursuit of racial equity: http://eepurl.com/iw0V0E
Workplace Safety & Health
Big Business Is Fighting Efforts to Protect Workers From Heat https://bit.ly/3KrW7kp
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Labor History in 2:00: This Day in Labor History
August 3 - The Wheatland Riot
On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. That was the day that became known in California as the “Wheatland Riot.” The Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies, were trying to organize hop pickers, who worked near the city of Wheatland in Northern California. Living conditions for the hop pickers were rough.