LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, October 12, 2023

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[65 total articles today; Over 25,500 articles posted since January 2022]

UAW update: 8,700 members at Ford Kentucky plant join picket line

Thousands of UAW members were added to the strike during a surprise announcement Wednesday evening. Read more…

'You Just Lost Kentucky Truck Plant': How Ford-UAW Labor Talks Broke Down In Just 10 Minutes

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Walgreens customers affected by pharmacist walk out at hundreds of stores

Some stores have temporarily closed due to the lack of staff, although the majority of the 9,000 nationwide Walgreens stores remain open. Read more…

Case Headed to NLRB Might Prohibit Employers from Holding ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings

A case is pending before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with potentially large ramifications for employers and workers. A brief filed in April by Jordan Wolfe, counsel for NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, with the NLRB calls for barring employers' "captive audience" meetings and prohibiting employers from restricting email to only business use. Read more…

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Hotel Ordinance on March Ballot Would House Homeless Next to Paying Guests

The "Los Angeles Responsible Hotels Ordinance" came before the City Council on August 5, 2022 after the hotel labor union which authored the motion -- UNITE HERE Local 11 -- gathered enough valid signatures (roughly 120,000) to qualify. Read more…

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Talks break down between SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood studios

Negotiations between the SAF-AFTRA union and the alliance representing the major studios in Hollywood have been suspended and the union said today the latest offer from the studios was worse than the one proposed before the strike began. Read more…