BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 08/21/2023
#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage
SAG-AFTRA & WGA To Hold “National Day Of Solidarity” Rally On Tuesday https://bit.ly/3KN28IC
American Federation of Teachers: SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America day of solidarity https://bit.ly/3YEmt8V
“Things We Lost in the Fire”: A View from the Writers Strike Line https://bit.ly/44jd6g2
Labor News
AFL-CIO 'excited to announce this year’s Labor Day theme: It’s Better in a Union.' https://bit.ly/3sh5g9s
Unions join forces for solidarity rally in Albuquerque https://bit.ly/45esNWR
UAW President Shawn Fain Is Right: The Workweek Should Be Shorter https://bit.ly/44kuvF3
NYC nail salon chain must pay $300K in unpaid wages: Misclassified workers as independent contractors https://bit.ly/3QOjZD2
A major unionization movement is underway at cultural institutions, with workers at over 30 museums across the US currently at various stages of organizing. Workers say prestige doesn’t make up for low pay, bad benefits, and toxic work conditions. https://bit.ly/3QPK0Sf
IAFF continues to respond in the aftermath of the Hawaii Wildfires https://bit.ly/3KOTdX0
United Steelworkers back Cleveland-Cliffs bid for US Steel https://bit.ly/3saohdp
West Virginia University students plan simultaneous walkouts Monday at noon in protest of proposed program and faculty cuts. https://bit.ly/3KJ5xIE
CWA, Frontier continue negotiations while contract stays in place https://bit.ly/47C6Pim
Kentucky: Union officials question courthouse construction worker pay https://bit.ly/3YJFk2d
Navy shipbuilders’ union approves 3-year labor pact at Bath Iron Works in Maine https://bit.ly/3QHeZQt
Union for Philadelphia Orchestra musicians authorize strike if talks break down https://abcn.ws/3YGoEIW
Employees allege 'toxic' workplace infects state agency regulating gambling — Workers at the New York Gaming Commission say sexual harassment, racial discrimination and bullying have plagued workplace
Five wins for UPS workers that could influence pay and standards for others https://wapo.st/3P3Lg2T
NLRB News, Updates & Summaries
Federal worker complaints rise with union activity in Minnesota https://bit.ly/3YKEMsM
The National Labor Relations Board Tightens Restrictions on Workplace Conduct Policies https://bit.ly/3YFkBN3
Politics, Legislation & Government
Striking workers need unemployment pay — and fast, this lawmaker says https://bit.ly/3QH2vZ6
Forward Kentucky: What Daniel Cameron didn’t say when he rolled out his ed plan https://bit.ly/3E1IyEX
Staff at Ohio universities can strike but not faculty under new changes to higher ed bill https://bit.ly/45BNkVm
Workplace Safety & Health
It was a death trap.' These workers died in triple-digit heat. Now their loved ones demand change https://cnn.it/3qD9OXc
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation https://bit.ly/3KP9zPt
Election Workers Named as Victims in Georgia Trump Indictment https://on.msnbc.com/3qBpjil
Jobs, Business & Economy
Lawsuits allege two Kentucky nursing homes were unstaffed, paid serviced not provided https://bit.ly/45sgZAe
These foreign workers have some of the hardest jobs in Idaho. Are they mistreated, too? https://bit.ly/3si44mf
Thousands of jobs, pennies on the dollar: How Illinois uses prison labor https://bit.ly/3OKoED3
Ohio's economy set two records in July, posting an all-time low unemployment rate while hitting a new record for the most jobs. https://bit.ly/45ypZDS
The next phase of the Fed’s historic inflation fight is waiting for rate cuts https://cnn.it/3slAvAb
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