LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, July 3, 2023
Top Stories: SoCal hotel workers strike; SAG-AFTRA extends contract: UPS offers 'significant' pay increases, axes two-tier pay & more...
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Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California begin strike, demand higher pay
Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California went on strike Sunday, calling for higher wages and better benefits in what the union is calling the largest U.S. strike in the industry's history. Read more…
Hollywood actors agree to 12-day contract extension as talks continue
Hollywood actors will stay on the job ― for now. After a month of tense negotiations between Hollywood actors' union and the major studios, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) will continue talking , the guild announced late Friday, averting a strike, at least for 12 more days. Read more…
UPS offers Teamsters ‘significant’ pay boost as union’s strike threat looms
Negotiations between logistics giant UPS and the Teamsters union continue to run down to the wire as the company offered an enhanced pay package that the union said is an improvement but still not enough. Read more…
UPS Agrees to Ax Two-Tier Wage System in Win for Teamsters
United Parcel Service Inc. has agreed to end a dual wage system for delivery drivers in its next contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, dramatically lowering the chances of a nationwide strike when the current labor agreement expires at the end of July. Read more…