LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tues., Oct. 8, 2024
Today's Top Stories: NLRB says companies should pay for noncompetes; Boeing starts educating SC workers on unions; Teamsters' O'Brien unloads on Dems; Chippendales' dancers want a union & more...
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NLRB’s Abruzzo says companies should pay for requiring noncompetes, ‘stay-or-pay’ pacts
The National Labor Relations Board's top prosecutor on Monday said her office will seek more money for workers who are required to sign agreements not to join their employers' competitors, doubling down on her earlier claims that the pacts signed by millions of U.S. workers are unlawful.
NLRB: General Counsel Abruzzo Issues Memo on Seeking Remedies for Non-Compete and Stay-or-Pay Provisions
Boeing Starts Union ‘Education Sessions’ as Labor Movement Stirs
Boeing Co. has started offering workers at a planemaking factory in South Carolina “education sessions” about the implications of joining a union, as a crippling strike at its sites in the Pacific Northwest puts the spotlight on the resurgence of organized labor in the US.
WATCH: Sean O’Brien Says Democrats ‘Bought And Paid For By Big Tech’
Teamsters’ General President Sean O’Brien has been criticized both inside and outside his union for not endorsing Kamala Harris for President. Earlier this week, O’Brien sat with Theo Von’s podcast for a more than two-hour interview. About 40 minutes into the interview, after discussing last year’s UPS contract, Von asks O’Brien about the “major groups” who push back against the Teamsters.
Chippendales Dancers Look to Unionize With Actors’ Equity
The Chippendales Dancers are seeking to unionize with Actors’ Equity Association, which has been expanding the union’s representation of 51,000 professional actors and stage managers on Broadway and in live theater.
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