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Detroit is ‘epicenter of this fight,’ labor leader Shuler tells Motor City-area striking workers
Michigan Advance
By Ken Coleman
Oct. 20, 2023
Shuler made her third visit to metro Detroit in the last several weeks. She marched in the annual Labor Day parade in Detroit and three weeks later rallied with Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant striking workers. She described Detroit as the “epicenter of this fight.” “We need to stay strong. One day longer; one day stronger,” Shuler stated. “Because going to tell those executives you can not face down this labor movement and win. We are the ones who are going to win.”
JOINING TOGETHER
Culinary Union talks heat up amid 'disappointing' negotiations
KTNV
By Joe Moeller
Oct. 20, 2023
The Culinary Union is preparing for another rally next week as they continue negotiations for a new contract. The effort comes after 95% of members of the culinary and bartenders union voted in favor of authorizing a strike. On Monday, the union will meet with MGM Resorts, then with Caesars Entertainment next Friday. Finally, union leaders will head to Wynn Resorts to meet on October 30.
UAW stays additional strike expansion
The Hill
By Taylor Giorno
Oct. 20, 2023
The autoworkers union will not expand its strike against Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis, United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain said during a live stream on Friday. Over the past 24 hours, two of the “Big Three” automakers made new offers to the autoworkers union as its strike stretches into its fifth week, United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain said during remarks.
Dropkick Murphys visit striking UAW workers at Toledo Jeep plant (Video)
WTOL
By WTOL.com
Oct. 22, 2023
Dropkick Murphys visited Toledo Jeep workers to show support for the UAW strike.
Actors and Hollywood Studios to Restart Negotiations
The New York Times
By Nicole Sperling
Oct. 21, 2023
The major entertainment studios and the union representing tens of thousands of striking actors will return to the negotiating table on Tuesday, less than two weeks after talks were suspended because the sides remained far apart on significant issues. The restart of negotiations was announced in a joint statement on Saturday from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the studios, and SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Rita Giordano
Oct. 22, 2023
More than a month after their last contract expired and over two months after a strike authorization vote, the union musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra finally approved a new contract Saturday night. The players ratified an agreement with their Philadelphia Orchestra-Kimmel Center (POKC) Inc. bosses that addresses many of the American Federation of Musicians Local 77′s chief demands. “We are an ensemble, and we stuck together and refused to accept substandard deal after substandard deal. This contract is a victory for the present and future for the Philadelphia Orchestra and its world-class musicians,” said David Fay, who plays double bass and is chair of the orchestra’s Members Committee.
SAG-AFTRA, Studios to Return to Negotiations on Tuesday
The Hollywood Reporter
By Katie Kilkenny
Oct. 21, 2023
SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios have finally set a date to return to the bargaining table. On Oct. 21, the two parties announced that they would resume negotiations on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at SAG-AFTRA Plaza. A core group of top executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance.
UAW Strike: Local labor unions show support for UAW workers on strike
Fox4
By Rebecca Butcher
Oct. 21, 2023
The Tarrant County Central Labor Council held a cookout on Saturday for United Auto Workers on strike as other labor unions showed up to show their solidarity. "All of us are supporting the labor movement for one reason only. We intend to win," said Gene Lantz, the president of the Dallas AFL-CIO.
Over 1,300 PeaceHealth workers in Southwest Washington plan to strike, citing unfair labor practices
KGW8
By KGW Staff
Oct. 22, 2023
Over 1,300 Washington healthcare workers from PeaceHealth Southwest and St. John plan to walk off the job and onto picket lines Monday morning, according to the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP). The healthcare workers are members of the OFNHP, AFT Local 5017, AFL-CIO. This comes after the healthcare workers authorized a strike in early October, including service and maintenance tech workers at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver, Wash. and lab professionals at PeaceHealth St. Johns in Longview, Wash.
IN THE STATES
The Public’s Radio
By Ian Donnis
Oct. 20, 2023
Organized labor is having a moment in America. Strikes by Hollywood writers and auto workers in Michigan show how unions are flexing their muscle in response to changes in technology. At the same time, corporate giants like Amazon and Starbucks have squelched the impact of organizing among their employees. Here in Rhode Island, organized labor remains an influential force at the Statehouse. One familiar face in that movement, Pat Crowley of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, is poised to take over the leadership of that union. So can labor maintain its local relevance? Do expanded benefits for public employees come at the expense of taxpayers? And what role can unions play in addressing income inequality and the economic anxiety felt by many Americans? I’m Ian Donnis and this week I’m going in depth with secretary-treasurer of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO Pat Crowley.
The small change that would prevent workplace deaths in Pa. (Opinion)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Daniel P. Bauder,
Oct. 20, 2023
Working people should not have to go to work and never come home. Yet nearly every other day, a worker will lose their life on the job in Pennsylvania. These deaths are unfortunately not an anomaly, and they are preventable. In 2021 — the most recent year for which data is available — 162 Pennsylvanians lost their lives at work. Nationwide, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration tallied nearly 5,200 preventable workplace deaths, of which the most frequently violated standards led to problems with fall protection, ladders, scaffolding, and respiratory protection.
LABOR AND COMMUNITY
Money, canned goods pour in to help those in need on Make A Difference Day
Mansfield News Journal
By Lou Whitmire
Oct. 22, 2023
Richland County residents, agencies, businesses and local labor unions turned out in full force to donate nonperishable food items, hygiene items and monetary gifts for the 20th annual Make A Difference Day food drive Friday. Norm Shoemaker, president of the Mid Ohio Labor Council, was among the labor members who came to help load the donations in pickups outside Dan Lew Exchange on North Park Street in downtown Mansfield.