BlueCollarWriter Worker News
Labor News Update - 01/30/2023
Illinois State University's Graduate Workers Union announced a campaign proposal for a new contract, titled "Professionals Not Apprentices."
Union members are poised to reject Disney World contract offer
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/29/business/disney-union-contract-vote/index.html
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released their annual report on union membership. A lot of people are lamenting union density, which declined slightly—but that isn’t the whole story. Here are our three takeaways from the report:
https://aflcio.org/2023/1/23/explainer-new-report-union-members
Luzerne County may be close to finalizing a new union contract with assistant district attorneys/public defenders.
Museum workers filed paperwork with the NLRB on Thursday, seeking to become part of the same union local that Philadelphia Museum of Art workers organized under in 2020.
https://www.inquirer.com/jobs/labor/please-touch-museum-unionizing-workers-afscme-nlrb-20230127.html
‘When we fight, we win’: Unite Here Local 737 prevails with historic contract for Orlando hospitality workers — Sodexo food service workers at OCCC notch a win in the ‘red state’ of Florida
Michigan union membership increases in 2022: what happens after right-to-work repeal? https://news.jrn.msu.edu/2023/01/michigan-union-membership-increases-in-2022-what-happens-after-right-to-work-repeal/
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