LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Top Stories: NLRB okay's use of 'chosen names'; UAW may strike Cornell on Move-In Day; Harris picks Walz; NEA's GOTV may be hurt due to staff lockout & 56 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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NLRB Edge: OM Memo Says Charging Parties Can Use Chosen Names on Charge Forms
Charging parties, petitioners, and witnesses should use their correct or chosen name, regardless of whether it matches their legal identification. Regional offices will safeguard legal names from unnecessary disclosure.
Cornell UAW Workers Could Strike on Move-In Day If University Fails to Meet Union Demands
As students prepare to return to Cornell University for the fall semester, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2300, which represents thousands of service and maintenance workers at Cornell, are considering a strike set to begin on student move-in day if their demands for a fair contract are not met.
Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for vice president
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America's heartland to help win over rural, white voters.
AFL-CIO: “Governor Walz isn’t only an ally to labor – he’s our union brother with a deep commitment to a pro-worker agenda.”
WSJ: The NEA Is the Big Business Boss
The National Education Association is involved in a labor dispute. But it isn’t teachers who are on strike; it’s the union’s own employees. The domestic fight could threaten the NEA’s top goal: mobilizing its three million members to help elect Kamala Harris.
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