LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, February 1, 2024
Top Stories: Teamsters settle race suit; Striking teachers union fines mount; Chicago Tribune, other newsroom staffers strike; Avatar artists unionize & more...
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Teamsters union pays $2.9m to settle racial discrimination lawsuit
The lawsuit claimed that “rather than maintaining or increasing diversity at Teamsters, IBT [International Brotherhood of Teamsters] fired more than a dozen people of color and turned the Organizing Department from a diverse department into a majority white department”. Read more…
Newton teachers strike fines approach $600K as school canceled for 10th day
Newton Public Schools students stayed home for a 10th canceled school day in a row on Thursday as the Newton teachers’ union continued striking over failed contract negotiations. Read more…
'$15 million Apart On Our Proposals'
More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike
More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation began a 24-hour strike Thursday to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. Read more…
'Avatar' VFX Artists to Unionize With IATSE After 75% Vote in Favor
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said Wednesday that 75% of a group of 76 VFX artists who work on James Cameron's "Avatar" film series through Lightstorm Entertainment have voted to unionize with the below-the-line workers guild. Read more…