LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, Oct. 7, 2024
Today's Top Stories: Boston hotel strike now indefinitely; Chicago mayor to appoint school board after mass resignation; Boeing & striking IAM back to the table & 68 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…
[There are 85 total articles in today’s News Digest and 44,188 items posted since LaborUnionNews.com was launched in 2022.]
Boston hotel workers continue to strike for new contract
Boston hotel workers are entering another day of striking for a new contract. This comes as a union representing hourly workers tries to reach an agreement with many of Boston’s leading hotels.
Mayor Brandon Johnson to reveal Chicago School Board appointees after mass resignation
Mayor Brandon Johnson today will reveal his interim appointees to the Chicago School Board, days after the entire board announced their resignations, causing upheaval in Chicago Public Schools.
Boeing Returns to Wage Talks After Two Weeks of Strike Stalemate
Two weeks after Boeing Co. tried and failed to end a strike with the brash move of a direct offer to workers, the planemaker and its largest union are taking another stab at a more conventional pattern of consultation and shuttle diplomacy to end the stalemate.
68 MORE ITEMS BELOW THE FOLD…
Includes news articles on AI, bargaining news, economic news, education union news, government union news, healthcare union news, labor disputes, NLRB news, organizing news, political news & more…
AI NEWS
BARGAINING NEWS
Hotel Del union members may join Hilton Bayfront members on strike
Maintenance workers at Worlds of Fun authorize strike after contract negotiations
The New Yorker Union Votes to Authorize Strike Ahead of Magazine’s Annual Festival
Hotel Del Coronado workers are set to hold a strike authorization vote
ECONOMIC NEWS
OnLabor: The economic effects of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage
Paramount Sued By Former Employees Alleging Mass Layoffs Without Prior Notice
When it comes to mortgage rates, this may be as good as it gets for a while
EDUCATION UNION NEWS
Mayor Brandon Johnson to reveal Chicago School Board appointees after mass resignation
Homeschooling rates surge across the country in the wake of COVID
Peltola’s scam on women: She votes for men to linger inside women’s bathrooms
Beaverton School District requests state mediation in contract talks with teachers union
GENERAL UNION NEWS
It’s Time for a National Monument to Labor Hero Frances Perkins
More Black and Latina women are leading unions – and transforming how they work
ILA President and Chief Negotiator Harold J. Daggett Subjected to Death Threats
US Department of Labor announces over $1M in grants awarded to support mine safety
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Missing money from McKeesport police evidence room has DA wondering
NE town understands issues highlighted by nationwide Postal Union rallies
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
WSWS: University Hospital and HPAE union conspiring against nurses in New Jersey
Michigan Medicine union leader: ‘Message must be clear’ as 2,700 plan to strike
Palm Springs nurses urge voters Desert Regional Medical Center stay a public hospital
New details revealed on contract agreement between Nurses Union, Kapiolani Medical Center
LABOR DISPUTES
Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Teamsters on strike outside Marathon’s Detroit refinery
More Boston hotel workers are on strike, this time indefinitely
Teamsters Charge Bigfoot with Additional Unfair Labor Practices During Strike
LEGAL NEWS
Littler: Massachusetts Expands Reasons for Use of Earned Sick Time
Ogletree: Key Insights From Recent Washington Court Ruling for Employers
NLRB NEWS
Punching In: Atlanta Amazon Workers Try Two-Part Safety Campaign
NLRB sides with nurses in Longmont United Hospital wage case
NLRB Moves To Voluntarily Dismiss Joint Employer Rulemaking Appeal
Apple ‘strongly’ disagrees with accusations of unlawful workplace rules
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of September 23 - 27, 2024
ORGANIZING NEWS
Maryland Unions Seek Influence in Election Beyond Membership Numbers
Harvard Business Review: What It Takes to Form a Union — and Where to Begin
PODCASTS
POLITICAL NEWS
Ohio legislator trying to unseat Congressman in race affected by Springfield immigration
Biden’s Julie Su asked whether jobs reports data can be trusted after revisions
Harris criticizes Trump, Vance in Flint speech for risking EV auto jobs
Stand With Steel Laborers, Not Union Bosses: Trump’s Path to the Union Vote
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
UAW NEWS
Stellantis files new suits against United Auto Workers union
After Historic Chattanooga Win, the UAW Is Bargaining for Better Conditions at VW
Starting Monday, Oct. 7, more layoffs in Sterling Heights, UAW warning letter
WSWS: Warren Truck autoworkers speak out on eve of mass layoffs
