LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, April 18, 2024
Top Stories: UAW practice strikes Daimler; Disneyland characters file for an election; Starbucks settlement may be slow; Google fires employee protestors & more...
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UAW members practice strike in Cleveland in run up to Daimler deadline
With contract negotiations at the Daimler Freightliner Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant currently underway between corporate and United Auto Workers, members of the labor union practice a strike on Tuesday in front of the facility.
Disneyland cast members file for union election with NLRB
Disney Cast Members who work in the Parades and Characters departments and the president of Actors’ Equity Association have revealed that the union has filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board for union recognition, with Equity serving as their bargaining representative.
Starbucks’ Path to Settling With Union Laden With Legal Hurdles
Starbucks Corp. and the Workers United union are set to begin long-awaited negotiations next week, kicking off a process that must contend with federal labor board complexities before the hundreds of pending charges against the coffee giant could be put to rest. Resolving open cases isn’t as simple as Starbucks and the union agreeing to the terms of a deal.
Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel
The workers held sit-ins at the company’s offices in California and New York over Google's $1.2 billion contract to provide custom tools for Israeli's military. They were fired on Wednesday evening after police earlier arrested nine people.
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