LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Top Stories: Unions strike Detroit casinos; Waffle House workers demand $25/hr; SAG-AFTRA demands resumption of negotiations & more...
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3700 Detroit casino workers go on strike against MGM, MotorCity & Hollywood
About 3,700 union-represented employees at MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown were on strike as of noon on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Their union contract with the casinos were supposed to expire Monday, though that deadline was pushed to noon on Tuesday. Read more…
‘I don’t think it’s too much’: Waffle House workers push for $25 an hour
A petition circulating by the Union of Southern Service Workers, a worker organization supported by the Service Employees International Union, includes a push for a $25 hourly minimum wage at the huge restaurant chain that is often seen as an icon of working-class Americana. Read more…
Hollywood unions call for immediate resumption of SAG-AFTRA talks
SAG-AFTRA members are expected to return to the picket lines Monday to continue striking against the Hollywood Studios amid calls from union president Fran Drescher and union leaders for negotiations to resume "immediately." Read more…