LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, Sept. 23, 2024
Top Stories: Boeing strike marches on; East Coast port strike deadline nears; Humanoid robots are here; Unions don't really want members political preferences & 67 more articles below the fold...
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CNN: Striking Boeing workers not likely to get pensions back...
One of the most painful issues dividing labor and management in the strike at Boeing is the loss of the traditional pension plan for union members in 2014.
Boeing machinists on picket lines prepare for lengthy strike
Aerospace engineers union rejects Boeing furlough request during strike
Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay
Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation's cargo from ships.
The New Age of Work: How Humanoid Robots Will Disrupt Global Labor
In the early 1900s, horses were the backbone of transportation. Within 15 years, automobiles replaced them, transforming how people and goods moved across America. Fast forward to today, we are on the brink of a similar transformation—but this time, humans are the ones being replaced. As humanoid robots rise in capability, we are about to witness a disruption in labor akin to what happened with horses a century ago.
If Unions Don't Want Members' Opinions, They Shouldn't Ask (Most Don't).
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