LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024
Top Stories: 37K UC workers strike; NEA staffers faced an unlikely adversary: The NEA; 50K higher-ed students have unionized; Boeing makes cuts before Christmas & dozens more articles...
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37,000 UC workers to strike, citing staffing shortages and pay issues
Thousands of patient care and service workers at UC San Diego Medical Center and other University of California campuses across the state will stage a two-day strike starting Wednesday, alleging unfair bargaining tactics, allegations the UC system denies.
In These Times: Teachers Union Staff Faced An Unexpected Labor Adversary—The Union That Employs Them
The National Education Association is the largest union in the country—so large that its 350 employees have a union of their own, and had to fight for a fair contract.
50,000 Students In Higher Education Have Unionized In Just 2 Years
More than 50,000 students who work at U.S. universities have unionized over the past two years, the National Labor Relations Board announced Monday.
Boeing to cut nearly 20,000 employees before Christmas
Boeing said in a notice filed with Washington’s Employment Security Department on Monday that it has so far laid off 2,199 workers in the state, among job cuts that will eventually total about 17,000 across the company.
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