LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, August 22, 2024
Top Stories: Canadian rail lockout may affect U.S.; AT&T and CWA head to mediation; BLM protesting activity not protected; NEA ends lockout & 58 more articles below the fold...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
Here are today’s Top Stories…
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Canadian railroads lock out union workers, shutting down freight trains
Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Thursday locked out their union workers, shutting down freight rail across Canada.
AT&T and Communications Workers of America enter federal mediation as strike continues
AT&T and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have entered a federal mediation as workers in AT&T Southeast continue their strike against the company.
Workers’ BLM Protest Activity Not Shielded by Federal Labor Law (paywall)
Workers at a Birmingham bar weren’t protected by federal labor law when they participated in Black Lives Matter protests against racial discrimination, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.
National Education Association union announces deal to end strike by staffers
After locking out its employees for over six weeks, the National Education Association (NEA) bureaucracy has reached a deal with the 300 employees of the National Education Association Staff Organization (NEASO).
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