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Biden visits UAW picket line in Detroit

The Michigan Daily

By Sneha Dhandapani

Sept. 26, 2023

In a statement released this morning, AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler said Biden’s visit shows his commitment to supporting workers. AFL-CIO is a democratic federation representing 60 national and international organizations and 12.5 million workers. “President Biden is demonstrating once again that he is the most pro-union president in history,” the statement read. “Working people know he has our backs every day and that he understands that UAW members’ fight for a fair contract is deeply connected to the struggle over the soul of our country.” 


 

POLITICS

In metro Detroit, national AFL-CIO head blasts Trump before his Michigan visit

Michigan Advance

By Ken Coleman

Sept. 27, 2023

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Wednesday visited striking United Auto Workers (UAW) employees in metro Detroit. There, she blasted GOP former President Donald Trump only hours ahead of his visit to Clinton Township at a non-union plant in Macomb County. “The idea that Donald Trump has ever, or will ever, care about working people is demonstrably false,” Shuler said at UAW Local 900’s headquarters in Wayne, a stone’s throw from Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant. 


 

JOINING TOGETHER

Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies

WANE

By David Koenig, and Tom Krisher

Sept. 28, 2023

The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three automakers. The union says President Shawn Fain will make the announcement at 10 a.m. Eastern time in a video appearance addressing union members. Additional walkouts will take place at noon Friday without serious progress in contract talks, the union said.


 

Las Vegas Culinary Union strike vote: Hospitality workers gear up to walk out

USA Today

By Bailey Schulz

Sept. 28, 2023

Workers across the country have taken to walkouts and strikes to demand better wages and working conditions. Las Vegas hospitality workers could be the next to join. Members of the Culinary and Bartenders Unions Tuesday night voted in favor of authorizing a strike at nearly two dozen properties on the Las Vegas Strip. While the vote does not mean a strike is imminent, the unions now have the power to call one if it does not come to an agreement with employers. Negotiations are slated to continue next week. The unions aim to “settle a fair contract as soon as possible” but are prepared to strike, according to a statement from Ted Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union, which is affiliated with the labor union Unite Here.


 

SAG-AFTRA, Video Game Producers End Contract Talks; Sides Vow to Make ‘Final Efforts to Reach a Deal’

Variety

By Cynthia Littleton

Sept. 28, 2023

SAG-AFTRA has ended its scheduled negotiations with video game producers for a new Interactive Media contract without reaching an agreement. The union has a strike authorization vote in its back pocket, but a joint statement from SAG-AFTRA and the game producers issued late Thursday signaled the sides are still hoping to avoid a second major work stoppage. SAG-AFTRA has been on strike against Hollywood’s largest employers in TV and film since July 14. “SAG-AFTRA and video game employers concluded scheduled negotiations for the Interactive Media Agreement. No deal was reached and the current agreement will remain in effect while the parties make final efforts to reach a deal,” the joint statement read.


 

Penn R.A.s Vote to Unionize, Expanding Labor Movement Among Undergraduates

The New York Times

By Alan Blinder

Sept. 28, 2023

Resident advisers at the University of Pennsylvania have overwhelmingly voted to unionize, intensifying a swell of labor organizing among undergraduate students across the country. During the election that concluded on Thursday night, the R.A.s voted — 142 to 22, according to labor organizers — to be represented through an arm of the Office and Professional Employees International Union.


 

SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP to resume strike negotiations Monday

ABC7 Chicago

By Riley Hoffman

Sept. 28, 2023

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) will be heading back into negotiations on Monday, Oct. 2. "SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will meet for bargaining on Monday, Oct. 2. Several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance," SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP announced in a joint statement Tuesday evening.


 

UAW President Shawn Fain to provide strike update at 10 a.m. Friday

CBS Detroit

By Joseph Buczek

Sept. 28, 2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is set to provide another update on the UAW's strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers at 10 a.m. Friday. CBS News Detroit will have live coverage of Fain's announcement and have expert analysis and reports from the picket line. The UAW began striking against the Detroit Three at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, following the expiration of contracts.