LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, October 2, 2023
Top Stories: 75,000 healthcare workers may strike; ILWU files for bankruptcy; Newsom rejects unemployment for strikers; Mack Trucks and UAW agree to new CBA; AI replacing artists & more...
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TOP STORIES…
[71 total articles today; nearly 25,000 articles posted since January 2022]
A contract for 75,000 workers is about to expire. The largest US health care strike in history could be next
More than 75,000 health care employees who work at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente facilities plan to strike from October 4 through October 7 if a labor deal is not reached. Read more…
International Longshore and Warehouse US dockworkers union files for bankruptcy
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) representing U.S. dockworkers has filed for a chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to resolve a pending litigation with the Oregon affiliate of the International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI). Read more…
California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to strikers
California won't be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike, with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoing a bill Saturday that had been inspired by high-profile work stoppages in Hollywood and the hotel industry. Read more…
UAW workers and Mack Trucks reach deal to avoid strike
About 4,000 workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) reached an agreement with Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks just before Sunday at midnight ET (0400 GMT), the union and the company both said. Read more…
Workers are worried about AI taking their jobs. Artists say it's already happening.
Some fear that AI will wreak havoc on the job market. A report by Goldman Sachs in March predicted as many as 300 million jobs could be disrupted by the new technology, and the tidal wave of AI advances has left many workers worrying that their jobs could soon be replaced by technology. For some working in art and design this future has already arrived. Read more…
BELOW THE FOLD: 66 MORE NEWS ARTICLES
AI NEWS
AI will become smarter than humans posing ‘major national security threat’
Sen. Booker leads discussion on potential harms and opportunities in AI
BARGAINING NEWS
Philadelphia Orchestra musicians vote against latest contract offer
San Francisco Symphony signs new contract after nearly a year-long battle
ECONOMIC NEWS
Almost Half Of All Young Adults In The US Are Living With Their Parents
7 key stats that help explain Amazon’s economic impact in the U.S.
EDUCATION UNION NEWS
Judge Rules Against Teacher Union in Effort to Block Illegal Strike Lawsuit
Teacher certification renewals are high, but unions say shortages persist
Prominent Alaskan leftists back Mat-Su School Board Candidate
Rochester Public Schools and Association Are Still in Negotiations
GENERAL UNION NEWS
One of nation’s key labor leaders, North Texan Robert Martinez, is retiring
Lawsuit from A’s supporters seeks to block union’s Nevada ballot measure
Self-driving vehicle testing in Pittsburgh area shifting gears to focus on trucking industry
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
TWU Local 234 members vote to authorize strike against SEPTA
Pittsburgh Regional Transit cuts to bus lines take effect Sunday, despite rider opposition
Police and fire pension consolidation testimony heard in Springfield
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Nurses union, hospital at odds over status of County behavioral health unit
The 5 States at Risk as 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Workers Prepare for a Strike
HOLLYWOOD ON STRIKE
SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP Hold First Contract Talks Since Strike Began
Strike Ends: Hollywood Studio and Writers Guild Agreed To Use AI
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
Governor Signs Into Law Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Legislation
The Role of An Employment Law Firm in Empowering Labor Unions
NLRB NEWS
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company Allowed to Ban ‘Indecent’ Conduct
Musicians’ union accuses Philadelphia Orchestra management of ULPs
7 Recent Labor Board Moves That Could Haunt You This Fall and Beyond
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
The economy will decide whether Biden or Trump wins the working class
UAW strikers sour on Biden and Trump following visit to the picket line
NY Governor: Border is ‘too open,’ demands a ‘limit on who can come across’
Donald Trump Criticizes Biden’s Push for Transportation Electrification
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks Told to Hand Over ‘Playbook’ for Unionization Response (paywall)
NLRB judge: Starbucks violated law in offering benefits to nonunion workers
TEAMSTERS @UPS Archives
UAW BIG 3 STRIKE
Ford CEO says UAW holding labor deal ‘hostage’ over fate of battery plants
How Stellantis and Its Not-So-Detroit CEO Are Taking On the UAW
Stellantis’ last-minute move with the UAW saved Michigan jobs — for now
