BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update

Labor News Update - 08/24/2023

#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage

Hollywood studios and streaming services on Tuesday released the terms of a revised proposal to striking writers, but the union urged members to continue picketing as the new offer failed to address all their concerns. https://reut.rs/45icsRl

Why Are SAG-AFTRA and WGA on strike? Hollywood runs on low pay and exploitation https://bit.ly/3Eafb3c

With contracts set to expire Sept. 14, auto union chief says talks with Detroit 3 aren’t going well https://bit.ly/3QS9uON

UAW members vote on strike in case Ford, GM deal doesn’t happen https://bit.ly/3KUQono

Something Must Change’: New Jersey Nurses Strike for Safe Staffing https://bit.ly/3stLveCb

Teachers with Youngstown Education Association strike on first day of classes https://bit.ly/45mULA3

Labor News

'We've sharpened our tools': UAW Local 862 president talks potential strikeUAW Local 862 president Todd Dunn speaks with the Courier Journal about the ongoing UAW negotiations and the potential for a strike.

Supermajorities of Faculty at Howard and Frederick Community Colleges Vote to Join AFT https://bit.ly/47L8Jgt

Short pay and no bathroom breaks for new bus routes. JCPS bus drivers deserve better. https://bit.ly/3OLhWwL

The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement with the operators of one of the nation’s largest discount retail chains to improve workplace safety significantly in stores nationwide. A key pillar of President Biden’s plan — Bidenomics — is empowering to grow the middle class. https://bit.ly/3OQCJ1U

Teamsters Local 350, which represents all of the sanitation workers in San Francisco, is calling on the autonomous vehicle (AV) company Cruise to take measures to prevent more alarming incidents with its vehicles from occurring in the city. The union is making the demand following numerous instances of Cruise AVs blocking waste and recycling trucks, including a notable incident at the intersection of Van Ness Avenue and Hayes Street. https://bit.ly/3sqXXMsb

United Steelworkers (USW) members from USW Local 550 in Paducah, Ky., raised $1,300 for the COPE Food Pantry in Massac County, Ill., as part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Feds Feed Families initiative. https://bit.ly/3P8BAUR

Orono town workers win union certification https://bit.ly/3OMrnfs

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

King County Metro union increases salaries, training with new3-year labor deal https://bit.ly/3qMVqeX

Trader Joe’s Workers Are Carrying Out an Experiment in Independent Unionism https://bit.ly/3YMJXbL

About 200 attend WVU cut protest at the Mountainlair https://bit.ly/3qAzRhP

National teachers union issues letter to WVU Board of Governors regarding proposed cuts https://bit.ly/3YN2btOb

Health Care Worker Unions Are on the Side of Patients https://bit.ly/3YUszC3

NLRB News, Updates & Summaries

Medieval Times Broke The Law By Getting Union’s TikTok Account Banned: Feds https://bit.ly/45mwxWr

Region 16-Fort Worth Wins Administrative Law Judge Decision Finding The Saldivar Group Unlawfully Threatened, Interrogated, and Fired a Worker for Complaining to Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division https://bit.ly/47L8EJH

Politics, Legislation & Government

Kentucky: Will Daniel Cameron try the phony apology/fake-out with us? — "I wonder if Attorney Gen. Daniel Cameron, the Republican nominee for governor, will try to sucker unions with the same sort of phony apology he trotted out for teachers when he unveiled his education plan." https://bit.ly/3KSSGnk

100 Days In, Brandon Johnson Is Steadily Shifting Chicago’s Political Terrain https://bit.ly/3QPWKIu

Workplace Safety & Health

Rail union wants new rules to improve conductor training in the wake of 2 trainee deathsThe nation's largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths in Maryland

Farmworkers work in difficult conditions for low pay, but lack workplace protections: https://bit.ly/3snQRZ3

Powerful Labor Union Demands Action After Second Serious Injury on Jersey City Job Site https://bit.ly/3sonYMf

Jobs, Business & Economy

US Steel, Cliffs Spar Over Union’s Rights in Dueling SEC FilingsUnited States Steel Corp. and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. exchanged blows via regulatory filings that wrangled over the rights of the United Steelworkers to bid for the iconic American steelmaker in the event that the company is presented with a “bona fide” takeover offer.

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

August 24 - Weaponizing the War Against LaborThe year was 1877. That summer during what came to be known as “The Great Upheaval,” police, the US Army, and the National Guard brutally crushed a national railroad strike. The simmering anger of working people had many elected officials and industrialists on edge.

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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