LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, May 1, 2023
Top Stories: Hollywood braces for a strike; AFT's Weingarten gets blasted for school closure 'lies;' Teamsters unionize DHL Express at CVG; Coca-Cola strike enters week three & more articles...
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Contract Talks Continue While Hollywood Braces for Possible Writers Strike
Last-ditch efforts to avert a strike by the nearly 20,000 writers represented by the Writers Guild of America are expected to continue Sunday before the current contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers expires at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday… Read more…
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CNN Panelist Blasts Teachers Union Boss Over School Closure ‘Lies’
Weingarten was called to task this week on CNN by senior political commentator Scott Jennings, who excoriated the union boss after she engaged in historical revisionism over her role in school shutdowns - insisting before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, that she had instead advocated for reopening schools as quickly as possible. Read more…
DHL Express Workers Join Teamsters
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters scored a massive organizing victory today for more than 1,100 DHL Express workers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Ramp and tug workers voted to join Teamsters Local 100 in Cincinnati after a yearlong campaign for representation. Read more…
Union enters 3rd week of strike against Liberty Coca-Cola in Philadelphia
Teamsters Local 830 union group has entered its third week on strike against Liberty Coca-Cola in Philadelphia, the tri-state region's largest provider of Coca-Cola products. Read more…