LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, August 12, 2024
Top Stories: ILA and East Coast ports are at impasse; Teamsters target Amazon in Kentucky; Teachers have it great in NJ; NLRB under employer attack & 64 more articles below the fold...
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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…
[There are 68 total articles in today’s News Digest and 40,265 items posted since LaborUnionNews.com was launched in 2022.]
Labor Talks at US East and Gulf Coast Ports Reach an Impasse
A labor strike that would halt cargo-handling operations at ports from Houston to Boston just weeks before the US presidential election is looking increasingly likely.
Teamsters' union in Louisville takes on Amazon, plans to organize in Northern Kentucky
Coming off the heels of negotiating a record contract with UPS, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has its sights set on organizing Amazon, the global e-commerce giant.
Teamsters Local 89, the union hall representing UPS and other workers in Louisville, has been assigned to organize the Amazon Air Hub workers at the facility located at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
New Jersey Ranked One Of The Best States For Teachers In America
The Teaching Profession is one of the most unique career fields in the United States. Most teachers typically work 50-60 hours a week from September to May. When not working during the school year, many teachers pick up Summer jobs or work for the Summer School program.
Employers Intensify Constitutional Attacks Against Labor Board
Employers are increasingly turning to the US Constitution for ammunition to disrupt the work of the National Labor Relations Board, as companies have notched early victories in their challenges to fundamental aspects of the agency.
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