Today's AFL-CIO Press Clips
OINING TOGETHER
Post-Gazette journalists begin strike, as contract impasse continues
WESA
By Patrick Doyle and Julia Zenkevich
Oct. 18, 2022
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists started a strike at noon on Tuesday, following unmet demands from the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh that the company "end its illegally declared impasse to contract negotiations" and return to the bargaining table with the union. “The workers who produce the Post-Gazette are taking a stand against the hostile and illegal treatment at the hands of John and Allan Block,” said Zach Tanner, the president of the local guild, said in a statement this morning. “We, the workers, are standing together today, ready to fight to win back our contract and work toward signing a new collective bargaining agreement that preserves the Post-Gazette for the Pittsburgh region.” “It is a sad day in Pittsburgh when the people who write, produce and distribute what was once a great newspaper are forced to walk off the job, but the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has left their employees no other choice,” said Darrin Kelly, president of the Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council.
Alaska Airlines Pilots Approve New Agreement on Wages, Schedules
Aviation Pros
By Lauren Rosenblatt
Oct. 18, 2022
Pilots at Alaska Airlines voted to approve an agreement with the company Monday after almost three years of negotiations over working conditions and wages. The vote comes after Alaska Airlines management and the leadership of its pilot union, the Air Line Pilots Association, agreed to a tentative deal in September, which included pay raises and new work rules that would increase schedule flexibility and decrease the number of days pilots are away from home. The union said the agreement would also increase job security because Alaska Airlines agreed not to outsource flying to regional carriers without a specific exemption from the union.
HarperCollins Union Workers Planning Second Strike in November
Publishers Weekly
By Emell Derra Adolphus
Oct. 18, 2022
Representatives for unionized HarperCollins employees announced October 17 that they will go on strike for a second time this year after more than 11 months of negotiations has failed to generate a new deal. The strike, authorized by Local 2110 of the UAW with a 95.1% vote, will take place Monday, November 7, if employees are unable to reach a contract with the publisher.
Philadelphia Museum of Art workers reach contract agreement, ending three-week strike
The Art Newspaper
By Anni Irish
Oct. 18, 2022
“We are all incredibly moved by the support we have received from the community, union siblings, city politicians, state politicians and the general public,” says Adam Rizzo, union president for Local 397 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). “We are more united than ever and ready to keep fighting for positive change at the institution we love.”
RETIREMENT SECURITY
KPNX-PHX
October 17, 2022
"This has been fundamentally unfair for American seniors. Why do Canadians get to pay less for the same prescription medication when the medication is often invented and manufactured here in the United States?" said Sen. Mark Kelly.