LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, May 3, 2024
Top Stories: IBEW vows to continue strike; UAW may authorize strike over Gaza protest crackdown; Geico settles NLRB complaint; CNH-IAM talks continue; Johnny Doc's sentencing postponed & more...
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IBEW electricians in Puget Sound vow to continue strike
More than 100 striking IBEW 46 Limited Energy (LE) Electricians and their supporters gathered Tuesday at Gas Works Park for a Solidarity Rally to send a message to the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) that they will stay out “One Day Longer, One Day Stronger” until they get a contract that improves their quality of life.
UAW plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests
The largest union of academic workers, which represents more than 48,000 graduate student workers throughout the University of California system, will hold a strike authorization vote as early as next week in response to how universities have cracked down on students’ Gaza protests.
Geico Settles US Labor Board Case Over Alleged Anti-Union Threats, Surveillance
Geico has settled allegations by the US labor board that it illegally threatened and interrogated upstate New York employees about unionization efforts.
Contract talks continue between Case New Holland and union at Fargo plant
Contract talks are continuing after nearly 700 union workers at the Case New Holland plant in Fargo overwhelmingly rejected the company’s recent contract offer.
Former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty sentencing in embezzlement case postponed
Former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court for his role in an embezzlement scheme but it has been postponed.
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