BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update

Labor News Update - 08/23/2023

#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage

SAG-AFTRA, WGA hold 'National Day of Solidarity' strikeSAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July 14. The Writers Guild has been on strike since May 2.

Martin Sheen Goes Full President Bartlet In Rousing Speech At National Day Of Solidarity Rally In LA As Kerry Washington & Ron Perlman Blast Studios https://bit.ly/3E97OJs

Is the Hollywood strike a warning about human job losses to AI? https://bit.ly/3YShQbq

New Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Support SAG-AFTRA, WGA Strikes https://bit.ly/45lB4s8

U of MI graduate student workers poised to end long strike https://bit.ly/3YMMD9t

Labor News

It's official! UPS and Teamsters ratify new labor contract avoiding massive strikeUPS and Teamsters have finally ratified a new five-year labor contract after months of negotiations and strike threats.

Teamsters voted by an overwhelming 86.3 percent to ratify the most historic collective bargaining agreement in the history of UPS. The five-year contract protects and rewards more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide, raising wages for full- and part-time workers, creating more full-time jobs, and securing important workplace protections, including air conditioning. https://bit.ly/3smAn3i

Teamsters Local 283 has filed three unfair labor practice (ULP) charges against Detroit Medical Center (DMC) on behalf of Teamster lab assistants and customers service representatives at the hospital. The charges come amid contentious negotiations, as Teamsters demand a fair contract and DMC refuses to bargain in good faith. https://bit.ly/44iHIOM

WGA East & NewsGuild Demand Accountability For Police Raid Of Kansas Newspaper https://bit.ly/3sorGpn

BMHA approves five-year contract agreemnents with unions https://bit.ly/3P3fDGF

NLRB News, Updates & Summaries

Amazon was accused of calling the police on employees in the latest union-busting case — The NLRB alleges the company employed illegal tactics at an Albany warehouse https://bit.ly/3KS1AS1

Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of August 7 - 11, 2023 https://bit.ly/45bmyDn

Politics, Legislation & Government

WGA & SAG-AFTRA Join Labor Organizations Calling On California To Grant Unemployment Benefits To Striking Workers https://bit.ly/3smXlr0

Bill to eliminate work permits in Wisconsin comes amid national push to loosen child labor laws https://bit.ly/3qKyflx

NEW REPORT: Cameron Campaign Backed By Anti-Public School, Pro-Voucher Money https://bit.ly/47FskyP

Beshear fundraiser set for Sept. 7 at IBEW Local 369 hall in Louisville https://bit.ly/45BM2tt

Workplace Safety & Health

Lawmakers continue push to protect workers from extreme heat — Federal labor leaders have created a task force to address excessive heat and worker safety. https://bit.ly/45pjHqv

A Farmworker Dies in Fresno's 100-Degree Heat ASUFW, Padilla Call for New Workplace Protections https://bit.ly/45GgToy

Extreme Heat Is Affecting Workers Nationwide — Companies have a crucial role to play as worker safety concerns flare up. https://bit.ly/3OE3J4w

Jobs, Business & Economy

Economist urges Kentucky lawmakers to end certificate of need law as hospitals warn against repeal https://bit.ly/45lAWZI

Salary information coming to Illinois job postings under new law https://bit.ly/45iCa8g

Labor History in 2:00: This Day in Labor History

August 23 - The Committee Industrial RelationsOn this day in Labor History the year was 1912. That was the day the US Congress approved the formation of the Commission on Industrial Relations. In the early 1900s the terrible work conditions and entrenched resistance to union organizing had led to increasing labor unrest.

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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