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U.A.W. Reaches Tentative Deal With Stellantis, Following Ford
The New York Times
By Neal E. Boudette
Oct. 28, 2023
The United Automobile Workers union announced on Saturday that it had reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram. The agreement came three days after the union and Ford Motor announced a tentative agreement on a new contract. The two deals contain many of the same or similar terms, including a 25 percent general wage increase for U.A.W. members as well as the possibility for cost-of-living wage adjustments if inflation flares.
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SEPTA strike averted as TWU 234 reaches tentative deal
The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Thomas Fitzgerald
Oct. 27, 2023
SEPTA and its largest bargaining unit seemed far apart as Transport Workers Union members prepared for a strike Thursday night by stapling together picket signs, but on Friday the two sides reached a tentative agreement on a new one-year contract, during the fifth day of intensive negotiations at a Center City hotel. The draft agreement, which must be approved by TWU Local 234′s roughly 5,000 members, would avert a strike and keep Philadelphia public transit rolling Wednesday morning after the expiration of the current contract at 12:01 a.m.
Culinary Union, casinos still at stalemate over current contract negotiations
KTNV
By Joe Moeller
Oct. 27, 2023
The Culinary Union has been negotiating a new contract for thousands of workers and the talks haven't been going well. Following six months of negotiations with MGM International, Wynn Resorts, and Caesars Entertainment and two major demonstrations on the Strip, a Culinary Union strike could happen in the coming weeks. Right now, the union is in the middle of another round of bargaining sessions.
SAG-AFTRA, Studios to Continue Negotiations Through Weekend
The Hollywood Reporter
By Katie Kilkenny
Oct. 27, 2023
After a tense week that saw SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios swap proposals over a new three-year labor contract, both sides are expected to meet again over the weekend amid the ongoing actors’ strike, according to a source close to the negotiations.
UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory
AP
By Tom Krisher, Haleluya Hadero and Corey Williams
Oct. 28, 2023
Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union on Saturday as it escalated strikes against General Motors by adding a plant in Tennessee. The Stellantis deal, which still must be ratified by members, leaves only GM without an agreement with the union. But the union walked out Saturday night at a GM factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee, in an effort to increase pressure on the company to reach a deal. The Stellantis deal mirrors one reached earlier this week with Ford. The union says the contract also saves jobs at a factory in Belvidere, Illinois, that Stellantis had planned to close.
United flight attendants protest at Tampa International Airport
Axios Tampa Bay
By Selene San Felice
Oct. 27, 2023
United flight attendants picketed Thursday at Tampa International Airport, one of 20 airports across the country where employees are speaking out against the company. The company's flight attendant's union has been in contract negotiations for more than two years. The existing contract was signed in 2016. "I'm sure nobody in 2016 imagined where we would be today," Erin Dougherty, United AFA's local secretary, told Axios.
San Diego NASSCO workers demand fair contract
CBS 8
By Esmeralda Perez
Oct. 28, 2023
Boilermakers Local 92 Business Manager Luis Miramontes said NASSCO's offers have been insufficient. “It's not enough what they're offering right now and we’re kind of going in circles,” he said.
With the high cost of living in San Diego, many workers represented by Boilermakers Local 92 said they they can't afford rent and are forced to live in Mexico.