The UAW, in a news release on Feb. 21, said it plans to spend $40 million on organizing workers in non-union auto plants and battery facilities. They also emphasized that…
…critical guardrails against the misuse of AI, gained meaningful wage increases and other important gains.” Read the full story by Cynthia Littleton for Variety, published February 23, 2024, here: https://variety.com/2024/music/news/american-federation-of-musicians-amptp-contract-tentative-deal-1235920912/…
…and knocked on almost 10,000 doors in Queens, NY, alone. 86 different NYC CLC local union affiliates participated. Read the full story by AFL-CIO NYC CLC News, published here: https://www.nycclc.org/press-release/2024-02/union-members-get-out-vote-queens-elect-labor%E2%80%99s-candidate-tom-suozzi…
…responder protocol, and, three months from the date, the creation of OSHA. Read the full story by Zach Dennis and Nancy Guan for the Savannah Morning News, published here: https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/local/2024/02/05/residents-of-woodbine-georgia-remember-thiokol-explosion-53-years-later/72472010007/…
…among other policies. Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said, “The greed and abuse from Molson Coors must end now.” Read the full story by Teamsters News, published here: https://teamster.org/2024/02/teamsters-strike-molson-coors/…
The American Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) called it “a worldwide day of action.” On Feb. 13, thousands upon thousands of unionized flight attendants were driven to picket lines from…
…over 400 violations of federal labor law, including unlawful firings, refusal to bargain, and others. Read the full story by Starbucks Workers United News, published February 20, 2024, here: https://sbworkersunited.org/press/starbucks-baristas-at-21-stores-nationwide-petition-to-join-union-in-campaigns-largest-single-day-filing…
…as early as 2030. It will run between Merced and Bakersfield, and has become a reality due to being an infrastructure project that has received tens of billions of dollars…
…and professional staff of the SUNY system, is holding a rally on Feb. 29 at the facility. Read the full story by UUP News, published February 16, 2024, here: https://uupinfo.org/BrooklynNeedsDownstate/?link_id=9&can_id=c391694fd8b02fc3ccce6d9b77243167&source=email-union-matters-february-9-2024&email_referrer=email_2207974&email_subject=union-matters-february-16-2024#/…
Thousands of Flight Attendants picketed outside more than 30 airports worldwide. Employed by airlines such as American, Alaska, Air Wisconsin, United, Southwest and others were in attendance. They were members…
