LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, June 30, 2023
Top Stories: Southwest pilots want to end mediation; Spirit strikers accept new CBA; Yellow implores White House intervention; Robert Reich wants a Starbucks boycott; SCOTUS news & more...
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Southwest Airlines pilots ask to be freed from mediation. It's another step towards a strike
The pilots' union at Southwest Airlines is asking federal mediators to open the way for a strike, saying that big differences remain over pay and other items despite three years of bargaining over a new contract. Read more…
Spirit AeroSystems union workforce approves new contract, ending strike at Kansas plant
Spirit AeroSystems said it would begin resuming operations at its plant in Wichita, Kansas, on Friday, after union workers on Thursday voted to accept a new contract and end a strike that led to a week-long work stoppage. Read more…
Yellow calls on White House to get Teamsters to table
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. sent a letter to President Biden on Thursday asking for help negotiating with the Teamsters. The letter said the company is “on the verge of closing its doors due to an ongoing, intractable labor dispute with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT).” Read more…
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Robert Reich, Former U.S. Labor Secretary, Pushes Starbucks Boycott
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is expressing solidarity with baristas and other Starbucks workers, calling the famous coffee chain a “union buster” and getting his caffeine elsewhere these days. Read more…