LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, June 21, 2024
Top Stories: Milwaukee's construction strike is over; AFT wants to transform healthcare; NEA's staff union problems; UNITE-HERE's new president & 53 more articles below the fold...
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Union workers back at 18 construction sites around Milwaukee as 3-week strike ends
Nearly 500 construction union members are back to work at 18 sites after being on strike for nearly three weeks.
AFT: New physicians’ organizing initiative aims to transform healthcare
On June 18, the AFT announced the launch of the Union Physicians of AFT, a dynamic new group aimed at uniting doctors. Faced with crippling burnout from administrative overload, frustration over financial barriers affecting their patients’ capacity to pay, and lack of respect from corporate owners who put profits over patients, they’re organizing with the AFT to fight back and make their voices heard.
The NEA Faces an Unexpected Labor Adversary—Its Own Staff Union
Staff for the nation’s largest teachers’ union picketed at the organization’s Washington headquarters Thursday, striking for the first time in decades over what they say are unfair labor practices.
UNITE-HERE elects its first female president in 130-year history
Labor union Unite Here on Thursday elected its first female president in its 130-year history, as 2024 shapes up to be an important year for the union representing 275,000 workers, a majority of whom are women, across the United States and Canada.
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