LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, June 28, 2024
Top Stories: SCOTUS dumps Chevron Deference; Illinois Teamsters launch campaign at Amazon DSL; Boeing's labor woes; UAW's Fain in the crosshairs and more...
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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
Here are today’s Top Stories…
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Supreme Court Throws Back ‘Chevron Deference’ in Ruling on Fishermen’s Case Against Government
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of commercial fisherman who challenged the U.S. government’s imposition of charges for onboard federal inspections.
Axios: Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling
New York Times: Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine, Imperiling an Array of Federal Rules
The Verge: Supreme Court ruling kneecaps federal regulators
TDU: Illinois Amazon Drivers Launch Strike, Demand Recognition
Amazon drivers organizing with Teamsters Local 705 in Skokie, IL launched a strike yesterday against unfair labor practices. Just days before, the 100 drivers marched on management to demand union recognition and filed with the NLRB for a vote to join Teamsters Local 705.
Boeing's Labor Countdown: Union Stands Firm As Strike Vote Looms
Boeing Co.is facing significant financial and production challenges following a January incident where a panel blew out mid-air on a 737 MAX jet. Despite these issues, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) reportedly remains resolute in their readiness to strike if necessary to secure better retirement benefits and wage increases for over 30,000 workers in Washington state.
As UAW 'is being watched with a microscope,' new investigation puts Fain in crosshairs
Experts who’ve watched the UAW closely in recent years came to relatively similar conclusions following the release of the monitor’s report: that this is a serious matter for those involved — in fact, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that the monitor could demand Fain's removal.
Former IBEW Local 98 President Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Embezzlement of Union Funds, Filing False Government Reports, and Tax Fraud
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Brian Burrows, 64, of Mount Laurel, NJ, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl to 48 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, forfeiture of $135,689.11, an $1,800 special assessment, and restitution to be determined later, for crimes arising from his embezzlement of funds belonging to Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98”).
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