LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Top Stories: Fired Google workers file ULPs; UAW authorizes strike at Stellantis; Shawn Fain's May Day vision; Dartmouth grad students strike Wages rise & 59 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
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Fired Google workers who protested Israel deal file complaint with labor board
The terminated Google workers who staged protests at two company offices earlier this month over the company’s contract with Israel have filed a formal complaint with the national labor board alleging the company violated their labor rights by firing them.
UAW warns of strike authorization vote at Stellantis Warren plant over safety concerns
United Auto Workers-represented workers at Stellantis NV's Warren Stamping Plant are expected to hold a strike authorization vote Monday over unresolved health and safety concerns at the facility, the union said.
Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World
“A general strike isn’t going to happen on a whim. It’s not going to happen over social media. A successful general strike is going to take time, mass coordination, and a whole lot of work by the labor movement.” — Shawn Fain
Dartmouth Grad Students Go On May Day Strike
The union representing hundreds of Dartmouth College graduate student-workers says it will go on strike Wednesday, May 1 after eight months of bargaining and what the union calls the college administration’s “grossly inadequate” responses to union proposals.
Wages and Benefits Rise More Than Expected
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 4.2 percent for the 12-month period ending in March 2024 and increased 4.8 percent (annualized) in March 2023.
California Sees Loss of Nearly 10,000 Fast Food Jobs Following $20 Minimum Wage Implementation
California’s choice to set a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers last September, approved by Governor Gavin Newsom, has caused big changes in the state’s fast-food industry.
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