BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 08/9/2023
#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage
IATSE Approves Another $2M to Help Members During Hollywood Strikes https://bit.ly/45guFhC
SAG-AFTRA told members on Monday that there will be further official picket lines at Universal until the studio adds cement barriers, or K-rails, outside its main Lankershim Blvd. entrance. https://yhoo.it/3OMC4j9
Municipal workers who collect trash and direct traffic are joining actors, writers and hotel workers as Los Angeles becomes an epicenter of labor activity https://wapo.st/3Or3HNt
L.A. Hotel Workers Are On Strike To Stem the City’s Housing Crisis https://bit.ly/45j0o1v
More than 1,700 Nurses on Strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital https://bit.ly/451eTr4
UAW calls Stellantis contract offer 'trash'
The UAW is asking the Big Three automakers to raise wages by the same percentage that their CEOs’ pay has risen https://bit.ly/3OmKE6W
UAW leader defends union's lofty demands, (literally) trashes Stellantis contract proposals https://cnb.cx/45mjVy2
N.J. hospital and union leaders plan to meet as strike reaches fifth day https://bit.ly/3s4G2eg
Youngstown teachers union issues strike notice https://bit.ly/3YustRe
Labor News
Memphis Bakery Workers seek public support for 2-month strike https://bit.ly/3QBuzx7
An official with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says that ongoing marijuana prohibition makes the agency’s job “complicated” when it comes to ensuring the safety of workers in the cannabis industry. https://bit.ly/3Qznehl
UPS Job Searches Surge After Union Deal Significantly Boosts Wages https://bit.ly/44YRyXe
Starbucks Workers Union Picket Midtown Shop In National Day Of Action https://bit.ly/3Oqd0gv
‘No Robo Taxis In San Francisco! Labor & Public Rally At Newsom Controlled CPUC To Protest Robo Taxis https://bit.ly/3s15pOb
AFSCME Council 31 members ratify contract with Illinois https://bit.ly/47rSiFJ
WGA East & Editors Guild Win Joint Campaign To Organize Workers At Documentary Powerhouse Story Syndicate https://bit.ly/3DLaLj0
Union-Seeking Fiction Podcasters Make Their Case At Amazon In NYC https://bit.ly/44XeNRi
AEW Star Matt Jackson Discusses Potential Pro Wrestling Union, SAG-AFTRA Strikes https://bit.ly/455C3wz
How We Turned Our Backs on an Abusive UPS Manager https://bit.ly/44VnFa6
Guggenheim Museum Staff Ratifies Union Contract https://nyti.ms/3YuH4MU
Starbucks loses court challenge against order to rehire union supporters https://bit.ly/3qnoIRe
Talent Manager Echoes Bethenny Frankel’s Call for Reality TV Union: ‘There Just Isn’t Any Protection at All’ https://bit.ly/3s2QCT3
Story Syndicate Workers Win Voluntary Union Recognition From Management https://bit.ly/3QzGWtk
NLRB News, Updates & Summaries
Marvel Studios VFX Workers File for Unprecedented Union Election at National Labor Relations Board https://bit.ly/442lBvQ
The Labor Nominee Making Sure Staffers Get Home for Bedtime https://bit.ly/47nNVLW
Politics, Legislation & Government
McConnell had a bad day at Fancy Farm https://bit.ly/3OjWZsA
Ohio has officially voted NO on Issue 1, maintaining essential constitutional freedoms. Hear from Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga on this incredible victory: https://bit.ly/3qmhYD2
TEAMSTERS CALL ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REFORM CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY LAWS https://bit.ly/3ON9ZZ0
UPS drivers’ new $170k per year deal shows that unions (and Joe Biden) may just save the middle class after all
Bidenomics and a strong labor movement are in full effect as full-time UPS drivers win a high six figures. https://bit.ly/3ONnxDZ
Defending Bluegrass Values, a group backed by the Democratic Governors Association, launched a new TV ad titled “Following,” slamming Daniel Cameron for his track record of following in disgraced former Governor Matt Bevin’s footsteps, including his unpopular and dangerous health care plan that would rip coverage away from at least 95,000 Kentuckians. https://bit.ly/3Qxbzjg
Workplace Safety & Health
In a Summer of Record Heat, These Striking Workers Are Making Climate Demands https://bit.ly/3OA3g3E
Labor History in 2:00: This Day in Labor History
August 9 - The Start of a Wave
On this day in Labor History the year was 1927. That was the day that the California School Employees Association was founded.
Today the union includes more than 215,000 members. But it all started with just nine men and one woman.
Labor History in 2 is a daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.
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