LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, April 29, 2024
LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, April 29, 2024
Top Stories: Hotel workers to rally on May Day; UAW gets a deal at Daimler; An Uber & Lyft fight in Massachusetts; CVS pharmacists join a new union; The Supreme Court eyes the NLRB & 61 more articles.
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
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Thousands of hotel workers to rally on May Day in 18 cities ahead of contract negotiations
Unionized hotel workers demanding significant pay raises will rally on May Day in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities, as talks are beginning with operators Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings and Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Daimler Truck reaches deal with United Auto Workers, averts U.S. strike
Daimler Truck agreed to a new labor contract on Friday with over 7,300 hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) at six facilities in the U.S. South, averting a strike at the 11th hour.
As showdown with Uber and Lyft draws near, labor groups are split on their aims
Even if they were to be formally deemed employees under state law, they wouldn’t be allowed to organize under the National Labor Relations Act, like most private-sector workers, because they haven’t been considered employees under federal law — although a newly tightened independent contractor rule could change that.
A CVS Health pharmacy in Vegas becomes first to join new pharmacy union
A CVS Omnicare pharmacy in Las Vegas has become the first location to join a new national pharmacy union, a milestone for organizers trying to help thousands of U.S. pharmacy workers address what they call unsafe working conditions.
Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
As Starbucks—and Elon Musk’s SpaceX—take aim at the New Deal-era body, the Roberts Court could severely curtail the right of workers to organize. Here’s how.