LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Frday, September 8, 2023
Top Stories: 53,000 Vegas workers to vote on strike; No progress in SAG-AFTRA strike; A union candidate backs lawsuit against union; A UPS driver explains the $170k; NLRB ruling on past practices...
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[71 total articles today; nearly 23,700 articles posted since January 2022]
More than 53,000 Las Vegas hotel workers will vote this month on a potential strike
If Vegas hospitality workers went on strike, they would outnumber the L.A. hotel workers who have been on rolling strikes since July More than 53,000 Las Vegas hospitality workers will vote Sept. 26 on whether to go on strike if no contract agreements are reached, two of their unions announced Thursday. Read more…
No progress on resolving actors' strike: union negotiator
Hollywood's major studios and streamers have made no contract overtures to striking actors since they walked off the job in July, the performers' chief negotiator said Thursday, urging the companies to make a good-faith effort. Read more…
SAG-AFTRA Political Candidate Backs Plan to Sue His Own Union
SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer candidate Pete Antico has messaged union members in an attempt to drum up plaintiffs in a potential lawsuit against the labor organization. Read more…
This UPS Driver Shared Exactly How Much He'll Get Paid After A Historic Union Deal
…[R]ecently, 33-year-old UPS driver Skyler Stutzman went viral on TikTok for the way he explained what this deal actually means for drivers. In a video that's been viewed over 18 million times, Skyler says, "$170,000 a year is a bit of an exaggeration here, but let me break it down for you. Now, I don't know about you, but I love factual information. So I'm going to do my best to just be transparent about the wages that we make." Read more…
Past Practice in the Past? NLRB Narrows Past Practice Defense for Employer Unilateral Action During Bargaining
On August 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released two decisions that will make it more difficult for employers to implement past practices during a break in bargaining or at an impasse, opening the door for unions to hold employers hostage by dragging out collective bargaining. Read more…