LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, November 30, 2023
Top Stories: SAG-AFTRA contract ratification not a certainty; UAW goes after non-union auto companies; Nurses to be locked out after 1-day strike; 15 most powerful teachers unions & more...
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SAG-AFTRA Votes: Contract Unlikely To Win by Huge Margin
Actors voting “no” are making their voices heard, showing how little trust there is that studios will act “in good faith” on AI protections. Read more…
UAW will try to organize workers at all US nonunion factories after winning new contracts in Detroit
Less than two weeks after ratifying new contracts with Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union announced plans Wednesday to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories. Read more…
Ascension will not allow nurses to return to work for 4 days after another 1-day strike
Hundreds of nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph in Wichita will not be allowed to return to work for four days after a planned one-day strike for the second time this year. Read more…
ICYMI: NLRB Denies Employer’s Motion for Reconsideration of Cemex
…[B]y denying the employer’s motion to reconsider in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC, 372 NLRB No. 157 (2023), the National Labor Relations Board not only validated the applicability of its new Cemex standard, but also foreshadowed an intense appellate review process expected in the federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. Read more…
ICYMI: 15 Most Powerful Teachers’ Unions in the United States
In terms of influence, unions shape public policy through the number of members (who pay dues) and the amount of political contributions that they are able to send to political campaigns or to lobby for specific policies and bills. Read more…