LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, November 2, 2023
Top Stories: Docs want a union; Job openings rise; SAG-AFTRA snagged on AI; Tesla targeted? AFT's Weingarten accused of backing genocide; Rideshare drivers closer to unionizing & more...
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[83 total articles today; Over 26,600 articles posted since January 2022]
Nation: Doctors Are Employees Now. It’s Time for Us to Unionize.
The reality is that the days of the independent physician will never return in America. Instead, doctors must own our roles as employees of large systems in order to begin more effective organizing. Read more…
JOLTS: September U.S. job openings rose slightly to 9.6 million
There were 9.6 million U.S. job openings on the last business day of September, according to a Wednesday Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Openings were up in accommodation and food services, arts, entertainment and recreation while job openings fell in other services, the federal government and information. Read more…
SAG-AFTRA strike negotiations hit an AI-shaped hurdle
[T]alks reportedly hit a more significant bump later in the day on the topic of AI. One of the key concerns behind this year’s strike action – unions are worried for the potential for actors to lose out on roles due to computer generated alternatives, or for their likenesses to be used without their express wish. Read more…
Can the UAW Unionize Tesla?
…[T]he victory will prove hollow for both the UAW and Biden if the Big Three’s higher labor costs render them unable to compete against the predominantly nonunion carmakers that are dominating the nascent transition to EVs, most notably Elon Musk’s Tesla. Read more…
WSWS: Educators denounce American Federation of Teachers president Weingarten’s support to Gaza genocide
Millions continue to take to the streets in protest across the US and internationally, registering their opposition to the US-NATO-Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. However, the reactionary and corrupt bureaucrats who sit atop American unions, fully tied to US imperialism, have either given silent consent to the blatant imperialist war crimes or openly endorsed them. Read more…
Rideshare drivers take another step towards unionization
Workers for Uber and Lyft who want the right to unionize, and the organized labor leaders who support them, plan to announce Thursday they have collected significantly more than the 74,574 signatures needed to advance their proposal to the next phase of the process, MASSterList has learned. Read more…