BlueCollarWriter Worker News
Labor News Update - 02/3/2023
UPS and the Teamsters prepare for high-stakes talks with union contract set to expire https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/03/ups-teamsters-labor-fight-union-contract.html
Amherst Cinema union employees, management sign first-ever contract https://www.ctpublic.org/2023-02-03/amherst-cinema-union-employees-management-sign-first-ever-contract
U.S. labor board has cleared the way for 86 technicians at Nissan Motor Co's (7201.T) Smyrna, Tennessee plant to vote on whether to join a union, rejecting the automaker's claim that the unit should include thousands of production workers.https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/nissan-face-union-vote-tennessee-plant-after-labor-ruling-2023-02-03/
REI workers walk out of Orange store amid union fight
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/rei-workers-walk-out-of-orange-store-amid-union-fight.html
PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR GATEWAY HUDSON TUNNEL PROJECT WITH UNION JOBS https://www.nycclc.org/news/2023-02/president-biden-announces-funding-gateway-hudson-tunnel-project-union-jobs
Going First At Bargaining Table Means A Lot, But No Word Yet If It Will Be DGA, WGA or SAG-AFTRA https://deadline.com/2023/02/hollywood-union-labor-talks-who-goes-matters-1235247361/
More than 600 city of Portland workers out on strike https://www.opb.org/article/2023/02/02/more-than-600-city-of-portland-workers-strike/
National union and political leaders rally for striking Temple graduate students, while school issues warning https://www.inquirer.com/news/temple-graduate-students-strike-randi-weingarten-20230202.html
Hourly school workers want unemployment benefits - Roughly 100,000 school and college workers are excluded by law from collecting unemployment when they're laid off or furloughed for the summer. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/school-bus-drivers-hourly-employees-unemployment-benefits-capitol/89-300fa4a6-357e-4b75-ad54-5446028a35e1
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