LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, July 26, 2024
Top Stories: NLRB reverses course on blocking charges and more; Video-game actors go on strike; Jobs with highest union membership; NEA cuts off staff benefits; Uber, Lyft win in Cali Court & more...
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NLRB Issues Fair Choice–Employee Voice Final Rule
Today, the Board issued its Fair Choice–Employee Voice Final Rule, restoring three key policies that provide workers with a fair opportunity to decide whether they want union representation in the workplace and a process that respects workers’ choices: the blocking charge policy, voluntary recognition of a union, and construction industry bargaining relationships.
Video Game SAG-Aftra Union Members to Go On Strike
SAG-Aftra members of the video gaming industry are going on strike against all video game companies signed to the interactive media agreement, including Activision Productions and Electronic Arts.
American Jobs With the Highest Union Membership in 2023
In 1983, one-in-five American adults (20%) were in a union. By 2023, only one-in-ten (10%) were in a union, a record low for the country. However, there are still some industries that see rates of union membership that are on the higher end of the spectrum.
Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatens to Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits
The National Education Association, the nation’s largest union, is threatening to cut off health insurance to about 300 Washington, D.C.-based workers on Aug. 1 in an effort to end a bitter contract dispute.
California top court upholds ballot measure treating Uber, Lyft drivers as independent contractors
California's top state court on Thursday upheld a measure approved by voters allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to consider drivers in the most populous U.S. state as independent contractors rather than as employees entitled to greater benefits.
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