LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, August 21, 2023
Top Stories: Museum workers unionizing across America; Academics boycott major conference; Shipbuilders' get a new contract; Yellow bankruptcy sparks bidding war; AI replacing advertising jobs & more.
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Jacobin: Workers at 30+ museums across the US currently at various stages of organizing
A major unionization movement is underway at cultural institutions, with workers at over 30 museums across the US currently at various stages of organizing. Workers say prestige doesn’t make up for low pay, bad benefits, and toxic work conditions. Read more…
Hotel Strike: 1,000 academics drop out of major scholarly conference
Faculty groups representing about 1,000 academics have dropped out of the American Political Science Association’s annual conference, which is going ahead in two weeks despite a major hotel workers’ strike in Los Angeles. Read More…
Navy shipbuilders’ union approves 3-year labor pact at Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works and its largest union on Sunday announced they reached an agreement on a new contract, avoiding a repeat of a strike in 2020 during the last contract talks. Read more…
Yellow bankruptcy sparks bidding war, $1.5 billion bid submitted for trucking terminals
Thomasville, North Carolina-based Old Dominion Freight Line submitted a $1.5 billion bid to purchase newly bankrupt Yellow Trucking’s North American holdings, according to reports. Read more…
Big advertisers looking to AI to increase productivity
Replacing on-site film crews, website writers, more... Some of the world's biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle to consumer goods multinational Unilever, are experimenting with using generative AI software like ChatGPT and DALL-E to cut costs and increase productivity, executives say. Read more…