LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, August 8, 2024
Top Stories: Florida's adjunct unions swept away; ILA sets date for strike prep; UAW strikes Ford supplier; Teamsters win ruling on picketing & 57 more articles below the fold...
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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…
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Florida's historic adjunct union movement collapses in the advent of new anti-union law
An adjunct faculty union at Valencia College formed in 2021 has been decertified by the state, along with all seven other adjunct unions across Florida.
ILA Sets Date to Prep for Potential East Coast, Gulf Port Strike
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is planning to meet in September to look over its final contract demands and, if necessary, prepare its members for a potential strike at Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports.
Dakkota auto parts workers walk out, impacting production at nearby Ford Chicago plant
Workers at the Dakkota Integrated Systems auto parts plant on Chicago’s Far South Side walked out at noon Wednesday, after rejecting a tentative agreement between the United Auto Workers and the company.
Teamsters Win Right to Picket Amazon at Critical Midwest Air Hub
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters scored a key victory in the union’s national fight to organize workers at Amazon after a federal judge ruled the Teamsters are allowed to picket the massive Amazon Air Hub without interference at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
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