LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, Sept. 18, 2023
Top Stories: UAW Strike—Day 4; Drew Barrymore tried to 'scab', reverses course; Like the UAW, Bernie Sanders talking about 4-day work weeks; Chicago Symphony Orchestra has a new CBA & more
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Editor’s note: As a reminder, like we have with the Hollywood strikes and the Teamsters at UPS, due to the volume of news stories surrounding the UAW strike against the Detroit Three automakers, we have created a new news section on the website and for the Daily News Digest entitled UAW BIG 3 STRIKE.
Additionally, we will be sending out a daily compendium (as we did over the weekend) of UAW-strike related articles late each day while the strike continues.
TOP STORIES…
[72 total articles today; Over 24,100 articles posted since January 2022]
UAW Strike—Day 4
GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs
As the auto workers' strike enters Day 4, the two sides are digging in. Read more…
How Shawn Fain, an unlikely and outspoken president, led the UAW to strike
The former union electrician was an underdog in recent UAW leadership elections, but with a tough love approach to auto companies in negotiations, he narrowly won. Now he's taking the union on strike. Read more…
More UAW strike news below the fold…
Drew Barrymore to pause show until Hollywood writers' strike ends
Actor Drew Barrymore on Sunday said she had backed off plans to bring back her daytime talk show while strikes in Hollywood continue, yielding to an outcry of criticism. Read more…
Sanders: ‘Serious discussions’ should take place on 4-day workweek
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a Sunday interview encouraged “serious discussion” on pursuing a four-day workweek. Sanders linked the need to such conversations to the targeted strike launched at the end of last week by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. Read more…
Hormel meatpackers reject contract offer, setting the stage for strike
Union workers and meatpackers in Austin have rejected a four-year contract proposal from Hormel Foods Corp., setting the stage for further discord and a potential strike in the company's hometown. Read more…