LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, October 9, 2023
Top Stories: UAW strikes Mack Trucks; A Las Vegas strike is close; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike marks one year; AZ Diamondbacks cross picket lines; Hollywood strike costs 45K jobs & more...
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[71 total articles today; Over 25,000 articles posted since January 2022]
Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal
Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. Read more…
Las Vegas casino operators make little progress in negotiations with the culinary workers union
A strike in Las Vegas by hospitality workers is close after unions representing close to 53K culinary workers and bartenders in Las Vegas warned that they have seen no real movement this week in contract negotiations with casino-resort operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment. Read more…
Striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette employees and supporters mark 1 year on strike
Striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom and production employees and their supporters rallied outside the newspaper's offices Friday to mark one year since the newspaper strike began. Read more…
Diamondbacks Respond to Team Decision to Cross Strike Picket Lines for Series vs Dodgers
With the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles to face the Dodgers for Games one and two of the NLDS, the club found itself in hot water online after it was revealed that they crossed a union picket line to stay at the JW Marriot L.A. Live hotel in Downtown LA. Read more…
Ongoing Hollywood strike leads to 45,000 job losses, $5B economic impact
According to an employment report released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, the ongoing strike led by scriptwriters and actors in Hollywood has resulted in a significant loss of jobs within the US entertainment industry. Read more…