LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, May 13, 2024
Top Stories: Mercedes workers begin voting; Apple workers vote against unionizing; Hard bargaining or bad faith bargaining? Locked out Boeing firefighters claim safety at risk & 64 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
Here are today’s Top Stories…
[There are 69 total articles in today’s News Digest and 36,502 articles posted since LaborUnionNews.com was launched in 2022.]
US auto workers union seeks tough victory at Mercedes plant in Alabama
Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting Monday on whether to join the United Auto Workers union, a significant test of whether the labor group can maintain momentum in the historically anti-union American South.
Apple Store in New Jersey Votes Against Unionizing
Apple Inc. retail employees in New Jersey have voted against unionization, the Communications Workers of America said, a setback for organizing efforts at the tech giant.
MEANWHILE: Apple employees in Maryland vote to authorize strike
Hard Bargaining or Unlawful Bargaining: What A Difference A Board Member Makes
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held that an employer’s proposal and adherence to proposals could in itself be deemed to be unlawful bad faith bargaining.
Boeing firefighters locked out by company say safety is being compromised
Friday marks the sixth day of Boeing firefighters being locked out by the aerospace company in a contract dispute.
Marijuana industry labor relations are reaching a crossroads
There’s much that sets the still-emerging U.S. marijuana industry apart from traditional sectors of American business.
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