LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, September 5, 2024
Today's Top Stories: ILA "very far apart" in port negotiations; Musicians rally; Biden to block US Steel sale; Hotel strike is over (for now), dispute continues and 62 more articles below the fold...
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ILA Says Negotiating Parties are 'Very Far Apart' Ahead of Port Strike Deadline
The ILA is wrapping up a two-day "marathon" of meetings on September 5, where it's briefing its wage scale committee on its proposed contract terms and preparing its members for the possibility of a work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast ports. In a video released at the start of the week's meetings, ILA president Harold Daggett said that the union "most definitely will hit the streets on October 1 if we don't get the kind of contract we deserve."
American Federation Of Musicians Drums Up Support For The “Hard Fight Ahead” At NYC Rally
Members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) gathered on the doorstep of the old McGraw-Hill Building to kick off a new round of contract talks on the union’s TV Videotape Agreement, which covers the players on live and taped television programs such as Saturday Night Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
President Biden prepared to block US Steel purchase by Nippon Steel
President Joe Biden is prepared to block Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of US Steel, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would deal a major blow to the $14 billion merger that has become a lightning rod in an election year as candidates on both sides of the aisle vow to protect American manufacturing.
Hotel labor dispute looms over travel industry following Labor Day strike
Thousands of hotel workers who walked off the job over the Labor Day weekend are back at work this week, but the nationwide labor dispute against three hotel chains continues. Travelers should expect continued picketing and disruption, the Unite Here union warned.
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