LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, March 29, 2024
Top Stories: UAW membership's new low; Machinists union fights to 'save' Boeing; Free riders are upset; A California franchisee's frustration; Talks to end Coors' strike collapse & more...
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UAW membership hits lowest point since Great Recession
The United Auto Workers at the end of 2023 had its fewest members since the Great Recession, despite record contracts with the Detroit Three automakers, a frenzy of labor action nationwide last year and a vocal organizing push. Read more…
In These Times: This Union Is Organizing to Save Boeing From Itself
The Machinists are bargaining a contract with the airline giant for the first time in 16 years, and members are gearing up for strike votes this summer. Read more…
Teamsters criticized for posting ‘free riders’ list of workers not paying dues
In a move that has angered some local town workers, a union representing them has posted a “free riders” list online and on bulletin boards in municipal buildings naming employees who have allegedly stopped paying their dues. Read more…
Ice cream chain franchisee raises new questions about California's fast-food labor law
"It's upsetting that someone can write a law like this, hand it over to unions, and walk away from it." Read more…
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Molson Coors Contract Negotiations Collapse in Texas
With the ongoing strike at the Molson Coors brewery in Fort Worth now in its second month, the union is promising to hold the line -- and scoffing at the company's bargaining efforts. Read more…
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