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Labor News Update - 08/29/2023

#HotLaborSummer Strike Coverage

The 150,000 members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) voted 97% in favor of strike authorization if the Big Three automakers (Ford, General Motors and Stellantis) refuse to reach a fair deal.aflcio.org/2023/8/28/service-solidarity-spotlight-uaw-votes-97-favor-strike-authorization

Kentucky Auto Workers at Ford Are Preparing for a StrikeFive hundred Auto Workers (UAW) from Local 862 held rallies in Louisville, Kentucky, August 24 and 25, part of a wave of practice pickets and rallies around the country. Class struggle was on everyone’s lips. A variety of issues brought them to the picket, but the auto workers there were unanimous about turbocharged wealth inequality leaving workers behind. At the Thursday picket, Local 862 member Aaron Webster said he’s grown tired of feeling squeezed, describing the contract fight as a fight between the rich and the poor.

Fellow unions launch food drive to express solidarity with striking Hollywood actors, writersOrganizers behind a food drive focused on the Hollywood strikes call the effort another example of solidarity as local unions band together in the wake of massive production shutdowns.

Entertainment Community Fund Has Distributed More Than $5.4 Million In Financial Aid To Industry Workers Since Start Of WGA Strike – UpdateUPDATED, 2:52 PM: Requests for emergency financial assistance continue to pour into the Entertainment Community Fund during the industry’s ongoing strikes. The Fund has distributed more than $5.4 m…

'It is high time comedians see their own union': Comics show solidarity with actors on picket linesA handful of comics put on a stand-up show in front of Fox Studios in Century City on Monday to show their solidarity with striking actors and writers.

Every Term You Should Know to Understand Hollywood on StrikeInterim agreements are not waivers.

KU Workers Authorize Strike, Demand Equal Treatment, Fair Contract from Utility

Labor News

AFGE Wins Reinstatement of Unjustly Fired VA Employee, 2.5 Years of Back PayAFGE recently won reinstatement and two and a half years of back pay for a nursing assistant at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Long Beach Medical Center in California after an arbitrator ruled that she had been wrongly terminated.

Disney VFX Workers Bring a Union Contract to LifeFollowing their counterparts at Marvel.

W.Va. Communications Workers Union Leader Surprised, Pleased With Tentative Frontier Contract Agreement - West Virginia Public BroadcastingNow heading to a rank and file vote, the tentative four-year contract agreement reached Saturday between the Communications Workers of America and Frontier Communications covers about 1,400 mostly West Virginia based employees.

Home care workers sue DOL over refusal to investigate wage theftHome aides often make less than minimum wage. Appeals to the Department of Labor were...

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond wrote an op-ed for Word in Black.aflcio.org/2023/8/25/service-solidarity-spotlight-redmond-60-years-after-march-washington-lets-recommit-fight

Ultium workers still pushing for first union contractUltium workers still pushing for first union contract

Contract talks to resume next month between Cives Steel and ironworkers unionUp to 90 workers in Gouverneur are waiting to see how contract negotiations go between the ironworkers and Cives Steel.

The legacy of the United Mine Workers of America

NLRB News, Updates & Summaries

It's Up to Unions to Make the NLRB MatterThe regulatory climate for unions is good. Will they do anything with it?

Board Clarifies 2019 Decision on 'Wright Line' BurdenToday, the Board issued a decision in Intertape Polymer Corp. explaining that the Board’s 2019 decision in Tschiggfrie Properties, Ltd., did not add to or change the General Counsel’s burden under the longstanding Wright Line test.

Teamsters Secure Victory for Entire Labor Movement in Landmark NLRB Case(WASHINGTON) – After a lengthy legal battle at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Teamsters are celebrating a landmark victory with its decision i

Politics, Legislation & Government

The administration’s love letter to unionsWelcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story The administration’s love letter to unions A new Tre…

Kamala Harris touts strength of labor unions to build the middle classA Treasury report on the benefits of labor unions for the middle class showed that unionization improves wages and reduces wage disparities for members.

Biden’s course for U.S. on trade breaks with Clinton and ObamaPresident Biden is reshaping the U.S. approach to trade policy to focus on the needs of Americans as workers rather than consumers, breaking with 30 years of trade policy.

Opinion | Joe Biden: We must keep marching toward Dr. King’s dreamOn this day of remembrance, let us keep showing that racial equity isn’t just an aspiration.

Opinion: 60 years after the March on Washington, let’s recommit to the fight for justiceBy Fred Redmond Sixty years ago this month, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered perhaps his most famous speech […]

Jill Biden to headline Chicago Federation of Labor event in Chicago WednesdayThe reception will provide a venue for the first lady to deliver a White House tribute to organized labor, one of the strongest parts of the Democratic base.

Workplace Safety & Health

Jobs, Business & Economy

American workers have a lot to appreciate this Labor DayEveryone who wants a job has one, businesses are less likely to lay off workers, and employees are getting more flexibility and benefits.

Fewer Americans got jobs in July than expected. But a steady market suggests US may avoid recessionThe job market has cooled over the summer. But it’s still strong enough to defy predictions that higher interest rates would tip the United States into recession.

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

August 29 The Lusty Lady Organizes On this day in Labor History the year was 1996. That was the day that workers at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco made their final push to make their case for the right to join a union. They made history by winning the union vote fifty-seven to fifteen.

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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