JOINING TOGETHER
Culinary Union meets with MGM, says strike deadline quickly approaching
Fox5 Vegas
By Shawna Khalafi
Oct. 23, 2023
“We’ve been negotiating with MGM, Caesars, and Wynn resorts for the last six months, and their strike deadline time is now,” said Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge. The union is now in round two of negotiations. Pappageorge said the clock is ticking for the companies to compromise, and union members are ready to start clocking out. “We are hoping in the next round of negotiations that we will see some significant movement by these companies, and if not, then there will be a strike date and unfortunately a strike,” said Pappageorge.
New developments in strike against Woodland Pulp LLC
WABI
By WABI News Desk
Oct. 23, 2023
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), has filed additional Unfair Labor Practice Charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Woodland Pulp. According to the A-F-L - C-I-O, these new charges are due to the company’s repeated refusal to negotiate in good faith. They say the company has hired replacement workers which is a sign of disrespect to the workers who are on strike. More than 80 workers are now on the picket lines with more union members set to join the strike later this week.
Contract negotiations underway for over 600 Kapiolani Medical Center nurses
KITV
By Kathryn Doorey
Oct. 23, 2023
Negotiations are underway for a new contract for over 600 nurses at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. The nurses began their negotiations with hospital management on September 13, and are represented by the Hawai‘i Nurses’ Association (HNA), Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 50, AFL-CIO.
DCINY Orchestra Musicians Secure First Union Contract
Broadway World
By Chloe Rabinowitz
Oct. 23, 2023
The musicians of the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Orchestra have won their first union agreement. Their victory comes after four years of negotiations. AFM Local 802 represents thousands of highly skilled musicians who drive New York City's thriving cultural and tourism economy. Its members -- who perform on Broadway, at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Radio City, in recording studios, as teaching artists, on late-night TV shows and in other televised bands, in hotels, clubs, festivals and venues across NYC -- are protected by collective bargaining agreements ensuring proper classification, fair treatment and a living wage.
PHL restaurant workers vote to strike
The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
Oct. 23, 2023
Food service workers at two restaurants in the Philadelphia International Airport, who are employed by the company OTG, have voted to authorize a strike if their union negotiating committee deems it necessary. The decision comes as the union has gone over five years without an active contract. And the union says it’s 16 months after workers and OTG reached an agreement on a contract that would include free health care, significant wage increases, back pay, more paid time off, and holiday pay for all workers. Forty employees of Independence Prime and 41 employees of Local Tavern, which are located in Terminals B and F, respectively, voted on Friday. Their union is Unite Here Local 274, and it also includes about 150 other people who work at the other 13 Philadelphia airport restaurants that are operated by OTG. While the contract dispute affects all 235 OTG-employed members, the strike would only include Independence Prime and Local Tavern employees.
Raytheon members vote for, ratify new labor agreement
KGUN 9
By Caleb J. Fernández
Oct. 23, 2023
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is coming to an agreement with Raytheon about a new labor agreement. As North America’s largest aerospace and defense labor union, IAM Communications Representative Elías Flamenco tells KGUN 9 it represents about 1,000 IAM Local 933 members employed with Raytheon in Tucson.
TRANSPORTATION
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen, Norfolk Southern announce new safety initiative
Trains.com
By Staff
Oct. 23, 2023
The Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen and Norfolk Southern will create a new program, the Signal Safety Collaboration — including joint inspections, information sharing, and training — to address signal safety, the two parties announced last week. The one-year pilot program was developed with input from the Federal Railroad Administration.