LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, May 2, 2024
Top Stories: Boeing may lock out firefighters; NLRB: Amazon's CEO comments violated law; UAW organizers can't get a contract; Red state bills may clash with NLRA (or not) & 57 more articles...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
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Boeing: Firefighters face lockout if no deal by Saturday
Boeing said late Tuesday it will lock out its union firefighters at facilities across the state unless a contract is ratified by Saturday.
Amazon CEO’s Comments Violated Labor Law, NLRB Judge Rules
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy made comments to the media in 2022 that violated federal labor law, a US National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday.
UAW organizers in contract clash with union (registration required)
Amid a changing of the guard in the top leadership of the United Auto Workers last spring, several dozen staff organizers formed an independent staff union hoping to secure a collective bargaining agreement. They were seeking what they so often try to win for so many others: job security, raises and transparency.
Red State Bills Resisting UAW Growth Risk Labor Law Override
A United Auto Workers organizing campaign at southern plants including Volkswagen AG, Hyundai Motor Co., and Mercedes-Benz has reinvigorated union resistance from Republican state lawmakers and inspired secret-ballot-election bills that set up a clash with federal labor law.
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