LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, Sept. 15, 2023
Top Stories: UAW On Strike; GM CEO gets an awkward question; UAW strike could slam economy; Striking nurses offered options; Studios and striking writers to meet next week & more...
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Editor’s note: As we did with the Hollywood strikes and the Teamsters at UPS, due to the volume of news stories surrounding the UAW strike against the Detroit Three automakers, we have created a new news section on the website and for the Daily News Digest entitled UAW BIG 3 STRIKE. We will be maintaining these separate sections until the volume of news on these labor disputes eases.
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[57 total articles today; Over 24,100 articles posted since January 2022]
UAW strike: 12,700 Ford, GM and Stellantis auto workers walk off the job
Nearly 13,000 U.S. auto workers went on strike early Friday after the Big Three and the United Auto Workers failed to reach an agreement before their national contract expired just before midnight. Read more…
CNN asks CEO about her nearly $29 million in compensation as workers strike
UAW strike could slam the US economy
An extended work stoppage risks causing billions in damage to the economy. A recent analysis from the Anderson Economic Group, a Michigan-based think tank that specializes in the economic impact of labor strikes, estimated that economic losses from a 10-day work stoppage could cost about $5.6 billion. Read more…
N.J. hospital gives striking nurses options and a deadline. Nurses ‘are disgusted.’
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has given its striking nurses a Tuesday deadline to accept its terms, enter into binding arbitration or continue their 43-day work stoppage. Read more…
Striking Hollywood writers, studios to resume negotiations next week
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the industry's studios, streaming services and production companies in union negotiations, said in a statement that they had reached out to the Writers Guild of America on Wednesday and the two sides agreed to resume negotiations next week. Read more…