LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, June 13, 2024
Top Stories: Unanimous Supreme Court hands Starbucks a victory; UAW members authorize a strike at BMW DC; IBEW strike hits 10 weeks; UFCW workers voting on strike authorization & 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
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UNANIMOUS: Supreme Court rules for Starbucks, limits power of judges to protect fired union organizers
In a 9-0 decision, the court overturned a ruling by a federal judge in Tennessee who sided with the NLRB and ordered Starbucks to rehire the so-called "Memphis Seven."
UAW members authorize strike at BMW regional distribution center
More than 100 union workers seeking wage increases are expected to strike if no deal is reached at BMW's distribution center in Nazareth, Pa.
Electricians in Puget Sound region vote down contract offer as strike nears 10 weeks
More than 1,000 electricians in the Puget Sound region will remain on strike after voting to reject a proposal from the National Electrical Contractors Association that would have offered higher pay but could have taken away the electricians’ right to strike.
Thousands of Kroger-owned Food 4 Less workers could strike
Thousands of Food 4 Less workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers in California are poised to strike over contract negotiations, the union announced.
Democrats in Congress say federal mediators should let airline workers strike when it's 'necessary'
A group of 32 senators say federal mediators should speed up labor negotiations between airlines and their flight attendants and other workers, even granting them permission to go on strike “as necessary.”
US importers caught in a vicious circle with labor union strike threat
Threat of strike action at US East and Gulf Coast ports may see importers accelerate efforts to protect ocean supply chains in a vicious circle of disruption in ocean freight container shipping.
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