BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 08/14/2023
#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage
SAG-AFTRA Video Shows Its Members Picketing & Rallying Nationwide As Producers Guild Presidents Join Picket Line Today https://bit.ly/47wAGbK
Lisa Edelstein Reveals She Received 97 Cent Residuals Check for ‘Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce’: ‘That’s Not a Livable Wage’ https://bit.ly/3YtFhYl
Hollywood saw global TV as strike insurance. Workers of the world have other plans https://yhoo.it/448uXGv
How writers', SAG strikes inspired global worker solidarity https://lat.ms/3sdRcgE
Striking Writers and Actors Hold the Line Against Tech Slicing and Dicing https://bit.ly/3OtGZ7x
Celebrity Chef John Tesar was captured on video yelling at striking hospitality workers outside of his Orange County restaurant Knife https://bit.ly/3s3EGjL
UK film and TV workers feel the pinch from US strike: Hollywood action has broad support in UK but is hitting livelihoods decimated by pandemic and arts cuts https://bit.ly/44ag46p
‘Staggering solidarity’: How California’s summer strikes broke down wealth, class barriers https://bit.ly/45pwo4h
Thousands rally on Las Vegas Strip in support of food service workers demanding better pay, benefits https://bit.ly/3DSO6kP
Union workers call on Wabtec to ‘do the right thing’ after over a month of striking https://bit.ly/3KETT1o
In a Summer of Strikes, It’s Time for Pro-Worker Legislation https://bit.ly/47vadLF
Labor News
UPS Teamsters Across the Nation Are Voting on the Tentative Agreement https://bit.ly/44cwGKB
How the Teamsters Went Up Against UPS and Won a Historic New Contract https://bit.ly/3YzwmEw
Orlando union buster fails to dissuade massage therapists from organizing https://bit.ly/3OTdRId
Hawai‘i Ag & Culinary Alliance starts Kokua Fund for Maui displaced hospitality workers https://bit.ly/3s8OwRD
Two weeks after employees filed to organize, Grindr told some they had to change cities or would lose their jobs https://nyti.ms/3OSbS6N
Grupo Simec closes its Republic Steel mill in Canton, leaving union blindsided by the news https://bit.ly/3OQLMBh
Labor Speaks Out On Robotaxis At California Public Utility Commission Meeting https://bit.ly/3DVogg0
AI Could Be a Godsend for Accessing Public Benefits—Or a Nightmare https://bit.ly/3QAszVC
Rhode Island School Transportation Workers Secure Wage Boost, Bonuses in New Contract https://bit.ly/3OVK0Pr
Las Vegas food service workers demanding better pay and benefits are set to rally on Strip https://bit.ly/3qwemhZ
Kissimmee firefighters, officials still at impasse over contract https://bit.ly/45kJqk5
Labor center launches with goal of teaching, protecting workers’ rights https://bit.ly/3DRUclJ
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum: 55 Strong: Inside the Teachers' Strike is a great source to learn more. Pick up your copy from our online shop or come and see us in Matewan! https://bit.ly/44eOEMU
NLRB News, Updates & Summaries
Starbucks’ Civility Rule Violates Labor Law, NLRB Judge Says https://bit.ly/3Ywy9KO
Politics, Legislation & Government
How Issue 1 Was defeated: "Ohioans of all walks of life Democrat, Republican, independent, labor, business, rural, urban
union leader and president of AFL-CIO Tim Burga.Burga was thrilled by the breakdown of votes. Twenty-two of Ohio's 88 counties voted no against lssue 1, making up nearly 60% of the vote. https://bit.ly/455N6WC
Feds bolster public construction wage rules as billions pour into Indiana infrastructure projects https://bit.ly/450GyZg
GM Must Fold Ultium Cells Workers Into National UAW Contract, Says U.S. Senator For Ohio https://bit.ly/45kJkcd
Kentucky Lantern: Court fight raises doubts about Cameron’s commitment to transparency https://bit.ly/3ORZ3IL
Workplace Safety & Health
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: MAIL CARRIER ROBBED IN NORTH AUSTIN DAYS AFTER 2 USPS WORKERS TARGETED ON NW SIDE https://abc7.ws/3DT7qyp
Black lung cases surge, miners seek relief through rule proposal https://bit.ly/47vPes9
Jobs, Business & Economy
WVU recommends cutting 169 faculty positions, 32 majors https://bit.ly/47qNq3H
Report: Alabama CEOS make 226 times more than the average worker https://bit.ly/45hVAtC
Labor History in 2:00: This Day in Labor History
August 14 - A Little Security for Workers
On this day in Labor History the year was 1936.
That was the day that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.
The act was a key piece of the President’s “New Deal” a series of federal programs responding to the ravages of the Great Depression.
Social Security would provide an income for retirees and the disabled, to ensure they did no slide into complete destitution.
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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