LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Top Stories: AP gets a deal; Alaska Airlines attendants fight for better deal; Animators unionize; Pizza Hut lays off & more...
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AP strikes Christmas Eve deal with union on contract
The Associated Press (AP) News Guild announced Sunday it has struck a deal with management on a three-year contract after 19 months of negotiations that culminated in a final end-of-year push. Read more…
With some flight attendants on welfare, Alaska Airlines faces contract fight
Flight attendants Rebecca Owens, 34, and Thresia Raynor, 54, both based in Anchorage, set up a private Facebook page in September for “Alaska Airlines FAs experiencing hunger and homelessness.” It’s filled with tales of financial distress, offers to Venmo help and tips on where to get free food in the cities to which the airline flies. Read more…
Warner Bros. Discovery Recognizes Unionization Of Their Animation Studio And Cartoon Network
Five months after the SAG-AFTRA strikes ended and the studios came to an agreement with the unions, Warner Bros. Discovery now recognizes the efforts by production workers at Cartoon Network and WB Animation to form a union under The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839. Read more…
Pizza Hut franchisees lay off more than 1,200 delivery drivers in California as restaurants brace for $20 fast-food wages
The layoffs, effective throughout February, affect Pizza Hut delivery drivers across California, including at Sacramento, Palm Springs, and Los Angeles locations. The Pizza Hut franchisees are reducing staff as fast-food chains in the state brace for a new law that increases worker pay to $20 an hour in April. Read more…