LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, December 28, 2023
Top Stories: Shawn Fain's May Day strike dream; Fast Company highlights 2023 strikes; 32BJ and RAB agree; Charter school teachers decertify union; Wells Fargo petition pulled & more...
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Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is to Lay the Ground for a National Strike
Imagine it’s the evening of April 30, 2028. The nation is roiling as millions of workers coast to coast prepare to walk off the job in an unprecedented May Day national strike. Read more…
Fast Company: Tales from the picket lines: 6 workers on how strikes changed their lives in 2023
This year was a monumental one for the labor movement, from teachers and actors to automakers and healthcare workers taking to picket lines. Read more…
32BJ building workers and Realty Advisory Board reach tentative contract agreement, narrowly avoid strike
At about 1 a.m. on Thursday morning, the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations and 32BJ SEIU union members — who represent 17,000 of New York City’s commercial building cleaners — reached a tentative contract agreement ahead of the current contract’s Dec. 31 expiration date. Read more…
San Diego Charter School Educators Vote Out Union
Aside from legal maneuvers, union officials used intimidation and pressure to avoid being voted out. Chiscano and another Gompers educator filed charges maintaining that SDEA agents targeted them on social media for opposing the union hierarchy. California law makes it illegal for union officials to intimidate or retaliate against employees who exercise their right to refrain from union membership. Read more…
Wells Fargo workers in Bethel withdraw union petition as colleagues move to unionize
Bank workers at the Wells Fargo branch in Bethel have withdrawn their petition to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. Read more…
Ski patrollers warm to unions to cope with low pay, high costs in resort areas
It’s been a busy year for labor organizing in the United States. Auto workers, Kaiser Permanente nurses and actors have all gone on strike — and won big wage gains. Now, the unionization movement is making its way to higher elevations, such as ski resorts in the Mountain West. Read more…