LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, July 27, 2023
Top Stories: L.A.'s hotel strikes over more than money; Mediator working to settle Wabtec strike; Teamsters want Yellow's previous offer; Captive-audience meetings 'risky'; UPS part-timers 'furious'
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WSJ: Los Angeles’s Inhospitality Union
UNITE-HERE wants to impose a 7% guest fee and put vagrants next to tourists in hotels. Read more…
Wabtec, union workers resume contract talks through federal mediator
Wabtec and union workers resumed negotiations Wednesday morning and still have yet to come to an agreement. Read more…
Teamsters demand Yellow’s previous $11-per-hour offer
A Tuesday letter from Teamsters leadership to local unions representing all of Yellow Corp.’s network said emergency negotiations that began on Sunday haven’t yielded an agreement. The union says its “bottom-line proposal” seeks the $11-per-hour wages and benefits hike previously offered by the company. Read more…
Anti-Union Captive Audience Meetings Are Risky With Law in Flux
A company’s use of “captive audience” meetings to counter union organizing drives has become a more complicated endeavor now that a handful of states have enacted restrictions and a national-level ban is potentially on the way. Read more…
180,000 UPS Part-Timers Left Out of Teamsters’ Deal – Biden Pressured Teamsters to Settle Early
The contract leaves over 180,000 part-timer UPS workers with no path to making full-time status or wages equivalent to what full-timers earn, maintaining a sub-category of part-time, precarious workers at UPS. Read more…