LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 29, 2023

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[64 total articles today; Over 23,000 articles posted since January 2022]

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Disney VFX Workers Bring a Union Contract to Life

VFX crews at Walt Disney Studios have filed to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board in a historic gain for the visual effects labor movement. Read more…

NEW NLRB RULES FAVOR MANDATORY UNION RECOGNITION & LIMIT EMPLOYEE VOTING IN SECRET-BALLOT ELECTIONS

The National Labor Relations Board drastically changed the process for unions seeking recognition of most private sector employees in the United States. Abandoning 50 years of established law, in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific (372 NLRB No. 130), the NLRB created new rules that will impose two types of mandatory union recognition bypassing or overriding the results of secret-ballot employee voting in NLRB-conducted elections. Read more…

First Cemex Bargaining Order Requested on Behalf of Trader Joe's United

Trader Joe's United lost an election in New York in a tie vote. Now, the union is seeking a bargaining order under Cemex. Read more…

Auto union boss wants 46% raises, 32-hour workweeks in ‘war’ against Detroit carmakers

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union since March, has declared “war” on the Detroit Three automakers, with contract demands that even he calls “audacious,” including proposals for a 46% raise, a return to traditional pensions and a 32-hour workweek. Read more…

Harris, Yellen tout unions' economic benefits with new Treasury report

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held a rare joint press call on Monday to tout the benefits of union membership, releasing a new Treasury report that shows wages for union members are 15% higher than non-union workers. Read more…

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