LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, November 16, 2023
Top Stories: Tesla can ban UAW shirts, court rules; Thousands of Delta Airlines want a union; A ‘Multi-Fronted War’ with SEIU; UAW strikers approve Mack contract; The Red Cup Day strike & more...
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Court rules Tesla employees can’t wear pro-union shirts to work
An opinion published by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday overturned a 2022 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that let employees in a Tesla branch wear United Auto Workers (UAW) T-shirts as part of an organizing drive by the union in Tesla’s General Assembly plant in Fremont, California. Read more…
Thousands of Delta Airlines employees hoping to unionize
“We gather today to emphasize and to advocate for the fundamental rights of Delta workers and Delta employees to organize and unionize. This press conference serves as a platform to discuss the significance of supporting and upholding the rights of employees to form a union,” a Delta Airlines employee said. Read more…
Franchise, Restaurant Associations Describe ‘Multi-Fronted War’ With SEIU
“This is a multi-fronted war that we’re fighting against the SEIU, primarily, and organized labor,” Haller said. “They have dwindling market share, so this is happening now because they want that market share. They are trying to grow and they see market share in this room with each and every one of you, and your employees.” Read more…
UAW members at Mack Trucks vote to ratify new contract
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Wednesday said members at Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks have voted to ratify their new contract with significant local improvements. Read more…
Previously: UAW Warns Striking Mack Workers About Being Replaced: "Negotiations are OVER....This is a REALITY!"
Thousands of Starbucks workers are expected to go on a one-day strike
housands of workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday in what organizers say is the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company’s stores. Read more…