LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Top Stories: UAW may strike Stellantis; Jobs created may be revised downward; Hotel union uses non-union labor; Animation Guild extends contract & 59 more news articles below the fold...
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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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UAW threatens to strike Stellantis over failing to honor union contract
A strike against a Detroit automaker might be looming after the United Auto Workers union said it was prepared to file grievances over a failure to honor its contract. When the UAW secured a deal with Stellantis in 2023, it secured a right to strike if the automaker failed to keep its investment commitments, including keeping an assembly plant in Illinois open.
Fed Confronts Up to a Million US Jobs Vanishing in Revision
US job growth in the year through March was likely far less robust than initially estimated, which risks fueling concerns that the Federal Reserve is falling further behind the curve to lower interest rates.
Hotel union’s hypocrisy unmasks the cynicism of the ‘Safe Hotel Act’
The Hotel Trades Council wants it both ways: It’s seeking to force all city hotels to use union-only labor, with no outside contracting allowed — even as the union itself spends millions on farmed-out services per year, including to non-union firms.
Animation Guild Extends Contract Through Sept. 20th for AMPTP Talks
The Animation Guild (TAG) updated its members on negotiations with AMPTP. The contract was extended to Sept. 20th to allow for more talks.
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