LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, February 29, 2024
Top Stories: Teamsters get a TA with AB; Law360 union authorizes a strike; NoVa transit strike enters 2nd week; A mobster gets sentenced to prison for extorting a union & more...
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Teamsters, Anheuser-Busch reach tentative deal to avert a strike
Anheuser-Busch and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract agreement that averts a strike of 5,000 union members who had been prepared to walk out at midnight Thursday. Read more…
STRIKE AUTHORIZATION: 96% of unionized workers at legal news service Law360 voted yes
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 voted to authorize a strike Monday, as a direct result of the company’s persistent intransigence at the bargaining table, unlawful tactics that violate union members’ rights and planned layoffs following record profits in ‘23. Read more…
WSWS: Northern Virginia transit workers’ strike enters second week
Workers at the Fairfax Connector transit system in Northern Virginia entered their second week on strike yesterday after negotiations between the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 and the company, Transdev, failed to come to an agreement Monday. Read more…
Reputed mobster gets four years in prison for extorting NYC labor union
A Mafia member was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a long-running scheme in which he and others extorted funds from a New York City labor union, federal prosecutors said. Read more…
U.S. Attorney: “Vincent Ricciardo is the tenth defendant sentenced in the case for conduct in connection with the scheme to infiltrate and divert funds from the Labor Union and other schemes.”
AI-enabled cameras nearly caused bus drivers’ strike in Fresno
Bus drivers for Fresno's on-demand paratransit service Handy Ride narrowly avoided a strike this week, ultimately scoring wins in terms of both wages and protections against artificial intelligence software on vehicles. Read more...
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