…employees were paid in meal vouchers, which led to the penalty of back wages. Read the full story by Elizabeth Pritchett for Fox News, published December 21, 2022, here: https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-chick-fil-a-owner-fined-violating-child-labor-laws-paying-workers-food-report…
…including more being built, particularly by Amazon, correlate with serious injuries and illnesses among the workers. Read the full story by RWDSU News, posted on December 21, 2022, here: https://www.rwdsu.info/news–and–events…
…sick time benefits, a decrease of weekly rehearsal hours after opening, and an additional personal day. Read the full story at Actors’ Equity News, published December 19, 2022, here: https://www.actorsequity.org/news/PR/ProductionRatification2022/…
The Minnesota Nurses Association, which represents 15,000 nurses, just won new contracts. A prior overwhelming strike authorization vote had driven Twin-Cities-area and Duluth hospitals to the bargaining table, and ultimately…
…Liz Schuler said the Act, “enshrines long overdue protections for marriage equality into law.” Read the full story, in SAG-AFTRA, published 12/3/2022 and AFL-CIO News, published 12/8/2022 here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-passage-respect-marriage-act-long-overdue https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-applauds-president-biden-and-congress-enactment-respect-marriage-act…
…If they are unionized, they can work together to improve their working and playing conditions. Read the full story by Chris Isadore for CNN, published December 15, 2022, here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/business/nlrb-unfair-labor-practice-athletes-usc-pac-12-ncaa/index.html…
…the employees, who are part of Starbucks Workers United, has been agreed to. Read the full story, by Claudia Irizarry Aponte in The City, published December 12, 2022, here: https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/12/12/23506271/starbucks-reserve-roastery-chelsea-nyc-end-strike…
By a 710-to-16 margin, workers at Ultium Cells LLC Auto Electronic Battery Plant in Warren, Ohio voted to unionize with United Auto Workers Region 2B. General Motors and the Korean…
…for better jobs through the passage of the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act. Other prominent lawmakers and union and community leaders showed their support online while over 7,000 activists,…
…integral to most film and television productions, the workers are not represented by a union. Read the full story by Brian Welk in IndieWire, published December 12, 2022, here: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/12/iatse-vfx-workers-union-drive-1234791102/…
