LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, June 22, 2023
Top Stories: Spirit Aerosystems workers reject contract, vote to strike; Hollywood writers mark 50 days on strike; Analyst: Auto strike likely; Public union membership down since Janus & more...
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Machinists reject contract, vote to strike; Spirit AeroSystems suspends production
Local machinist union members have voted to strike rather than accept the terms of a proposed four-year contract with Spirit AeroSystems. Soon after the vote was announced late Wednesday, Spirit said it planned to suspend factory production before the current contract expired. Read more…
...Spirit tells union not to report to work Thursday...
Hollywood writers strike at 50 days as actors’ contract expires June 30
Fifty days into a strike with no end in sight, about 1,000 Hollywood writers and their supporters marched and rallied in Los Angeles for a new contract with studios that includes payment guarantees and job security. Read more…
Auto analyst on UAW contract talks: 'I think we're going to see a strike'
Auto analysts at Bank of America feel confident in the likelihood of a United Auto Workers strike of at least one of the Detroit automakers later this year — and they expect the union to secure wage and benefit improvements that result in 25% to 30% higher labor costs for the companies over the four years of the contract. Read more…
Public-Sector Union Membership Down 10 Percent Since Janus
Maxford Nelson of the Freedom Foundation, a conservative union-watchdog group, has crunched the numbers and found that 733,745 workers have left the four largest public-sector unions since the Janus decision, which is a decline of about 10 percent. Read more…