POLITICS
AFL-CIO: Janet Protasiewicz’s victory in Wisconsin State Supreme Court election
Wis Politics
April 4, 2023
It is with great pride that the Wisconsin labor movement celebrates this victory. Union activists across the state mobilized and rallied working people to engage in the election and carefully consider the qualifications of the candidates. In the end, it was Janet’s judicial record of standing up for fairness and equality that put her over the top.
JOINING TOGETHER
A Strike Begins at Chicago State
Inside Higher Ed
By Ryan Quinn
April 4, 2023
Chicago State University faculty members and academic support professionals began striking Monday, and more walkouts are set to begin this week and next in Illinois. University Professionals of Illinois president John Miller said the union’s members will likely begin striking Thursday at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, and likely are walking out at Governors State University, in Chicago’s Southland, at the start of next week. University Professionals of Illinois is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers union and the AFL-CIO umbrella union organization. AFT president Randi Weingarten attended Monday’s start of the strike.
Cub Food workers vote to authorize strike
KSTP
By Emily Baude
April 4, 2023
Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers union who work at dozens of Cub Foods stores authorized a strike on Tuesday due to what they call “unfair labor practices.” UFCW Local 663 represents more than 3,000 employees at 33 Cub Foods locations in Minneapolis and across the West Metro. Their members voted 94.5% in favor of a strike, the union announced on Facebook.
Actors’ Equity National Council authorizes strike if tour deal cannot be met
Broadway News
By Ruthie Fierberg
April 4, 2023
On April 3, the National Council of Actors’ Equity Association authorized the union’s executive director and lead negotiator, Al Vincent, Jr., to call a strike on all Broadway League tours should he deem it appropriate. The union, which represents over 51,000 professional theater actors and stage managers, has been in bargaining sessions for the past two months regarding a new touring agreement. The current contract expired on February 5 and union members have been working according to terms of the out-of-date contract.
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
Union alleges neglect in South Carolina safety inspections
The Seattle Times
By James Pollard
April 4, 2023
The South Carolina agency tasked with ensuring occupational safety is accused of racial discrimination by failing to routinely inspect disproportionately Black workplaces in a federal complaint backed by a new union that seeks to boost labor organizing across the South.