JOINING TOGETHER
Labor Unrest in 2024 Poised to Leverage Union Contract Gains
Bloomberg Law
By Rebecca Rainey and Ian Kullgren
Jan. 2, 2024
After a year of record-breaking strikes, expiring contracts in 2024 signal another significant but likely smaller potential wave of labor unrest. More than 1.1 million workers are covered by large union contracts that are due to end next year, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of filings with the federal mediation service.
'Overworked & Underpaid' Say Workers At Princeton's Labyrinth Books
Patch
By Sarah Salvadore
Jan. 2, 2024
Before the end of 2023, bookstore workers at Princeton’s Labyrinth Books filed to unionize. The workers filed a petition with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission on Dec. 21 to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). According to workers, staff at the bookstore are “overworked and underpaid,” deciding to unionize. The owners meanwhile said they would bargain in “good faith” with the employees.
Denver 7
By Katie Parkins
Jan. 2, 2023
Workers at the Westminster Alamo Drafthouse Cinema plan to rally Tuesday evening against what they call "unfair labor practices" at the movie theater, the Communications Workers of America said in a news release Tuesday. The company has failed to pay staff on time, according to the CWA. Alamo Drafthouse has prohibited workers from going home when they're injured and failed to pay workers' compensation, the CWA said. Alama Drafthouse is accused of ignoring gas leaks and failing to react appropriately to active shooter threats and sexual harassment complaints, according to the CWA news release.
NLRB
Unions poised to capitalize on U.S. labor board rulings that bolstered organizing
Reuters
By Daniel Wiessner
Jan. 2, 2023
The coming year will reveal the full impact of a U.S. labor board's recent rulings that were seen as providing a major boost to union organizing and whether those changes can withstand legal challenges amid a series of high-profile labor campaigns. Democratic President Joe Biden's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) paved the way in 2023 for workplaces to unionize outside of the decades-old secret ballot election process, made it easier for unions to organize franchise and contract workers, and expanded the type of worker conduct protected by U.S. labor law, among other significant moves.