LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2024
Top Stories: AFL-CIO—Union workers "will decide this election"; Hotel workers strike; Federal workers worry about Trump's plans & 57 more articles below the fold...
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Here are today’s Top Stories…
[There are 65 total articles in today’s News Digest and 42,267 items posted since LaborUnionNews.com was launched in 2022.]
AFL-CIO president: Union workers are powerful. We will decide this election.
We are the ones who are going to decide this presidential election. In swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nevada that are going to come down to 1% or 2%, union voters are 20% of the electorate. That’s one in every five voters.
More than 10,000 US hotel workers strike during Labor Day weekend
More than 10,000 hotel workers at 24 hotels stretching from Boston to the West Coast to Hawaii went on strike early Sunday morning, disrupting travel during a busy Labor Day weekend.
In D.C., federal workers worry about Trump’s plans to relocate jobs across the country
Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and its suburbs.
57 MORE ITEMS BELOW THE FOLD…
Includes news articles on AI, bargaining news, economic news, education union news, government union news, healthcare union news, labor disputes, NLRB news, organizing news, political news & more…
AI NEWS
How AI Image Tools Are Generating New Content-Moderation Problems
‘AI is coming for all of us:’ Voice actor weighs in on SAG-AFTRA’s games industry strike
AI is coming for coders — the very people who created it — but not quite yet
BARGAINING NEWS
Aramark workers at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia vote to authorize strike…
Maine’s mill workers celebrate Labor Day, bring attention to contract negotiations
Gov. Justice’s Greenbrier Resort comes to last-minute deal on union healthcare
Boeing’s next big problem could be a strike by 32,000 workers
ECONOMIC NEWS
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
California Legislature chills on union demands amid budget concerns
Teamsters Criticize Governor Newsom’s Autonomous Truck Regulations
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Recent victories and progress in ongoing labor efforts
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Union workers cry foul over layoffs at immigration service centers
Eau Claire and the police union are negotiating a new contract
Biden formally announces 2% average pay raise for feds in 2025
Legionella, heavy metals found in water at Chicago federal office building where EPA staffers work
63,000 Florida workers have lost union representation due to new law
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Unionized workers at Allegheny Valley Hospital vote to authorize a strike
Nurses union calls on Governor DeWine to save Trumbull Regional Hospital
LABOR DISPUTES
WSWS: Dakkota workers seething after UAW rams through contract with threats of lockout
Solidarity with Striking AT&T Workers Brings Football Fans Together Across Team Rivalries
LEGAL NEWS
Lawsuit targets university union, professional group in bid to fight antisemitism
US federal appeals court dismisses LGBTQ+ suit against Department of Education
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson laments presidential immunity decision in TV interview
Social Media Algorithm Ban for Teens Sent to California Governor
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
From union groups at Cornell to REI and Greenstar, Ithaca union workers force action
JetBlue Ground Operation Crewmembers Seek IAM Union Representation
Report shows Illinois unions declining despite growth in new petitions
POLITICAL NEWS
Biden, Harris visit Pittsburgh on Labor Day…
...Campaign snubs Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over labor actions...
AFSCME: “The Union Movement Is Very Excited About Harris and Walz”
Harris-Walz campaign readies Labor Day blitz, courting union votes alongside Biden
Pelosi praises CA bill giving illegal migrants money to buy homes
