LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Top Stories: The 'Union Right'; Fontainebleau workers ratify new CBA; Teen Vogue on union salting; Port dispute impacting meat exports & dozens more article...
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The Atlantic: The Rise of the Union Right
Richard Tikey builds coke-oven doors for U.S. Steel. He’s a union guy, through and through: He’s been a union member for 26 years, and is now the vice president of his local, the United Steelworkers 1557 in Clairton, Pennsylvania. He has spent much of his adult life voting for Democrats.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas workers vote to ratify new Culinary Union contract
Hundreds of Fontainebleau workers voted to ratify their new union contract, the Culinary Union announced Monday night. The contract was ratified by a 99.6% vote in favor of the contract.
TEEN VOGUE: What Is Salting, the Organizing Tactic Spicing Up the Labor Movement?
We already know that unions are popular, especially among young people. A 2022 report from the Center for American Progress found that Gen Z is the most pro-union generation in the US, and young organizers have been at the forefront of many labor actions in recent years, including the Starbucks union campaign. This new generation of organizers is embracing all sorts of strategies, including one of the oldest tactics in the pro-union handbook: salting.
Port Labor Dispute Affecting Red Meat Exports
U.S. agriculture is bracing for a potential work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast ports that could greatly disrupt American red meat exports.
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