LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Top Stories: GM ratification in jeopardy; UAW's Fain testifies before Senate HELP committee; NEA staffers authorize strike & more...
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GM workers at multiple plants are rejecting a new 'record' deal. Here's why
Leaders at the United Auto Workers have touted the tentative contract with General Motors Co. as a record deal, but a majority of workers at multiple plants operated by the Detroit automaker are so far voting against it, putting ratification in jeopardy and potentially pushing those leaders back to the bargaining table. Read more…
WATCH: UAW President Shawn Fain testifies in front of Congress
UAW President Shawn Fain testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) during a hearin called "Standing Up Against Corporate Greed; How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families." Watch here…
Staffers at NEA, largest U.S. labor union, vote to authorize strike
Labor unrest is so intense this year that even labor unions are facing internal staff rebellions. The field staff of the National Education Association (NEA), the teachers' union, voted unanimously on Monday to authorize a strike. Read more…