JOINING TOGETHER
Strikes end at 2 of 3 Detroit casinos after new contract ratified
Detroit Free Press
By JC Reindl
Nov. 19, 2023
Strikes ended Sunday night at two of the three Detroit casinos after workers there voted to ratify new labor agreements. The Detroit Casino Council said the strikes concluded at 9 p.m. at MotorCity Casino and Hollywood Casino at Greektown following successful ratification votes by union members of the new five-year contract agreements.
Wells Fargo employees at two branches mount unionization campaign
Reuters
By Reuters
Nov. 20, 2023
Wells Fargo (WFC.N) employees at two of the bank's branches filed for union elections on Monday, laying the groundwork for potential unionization in an industry that has largely been immune to such labor campaigns. In a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), bankers and tellers at Wells Fargo branches in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Bethel, Alaska declared their intent to join the Communications Workers of America's Wells Fargo Workers United (WFWU).
Yes! Weekly
By Erika Frazier
Nov. 20, 2023
A majority of employees in a “bargaining unit” employed by Eastern Music Festival, Inc. have voted to recognize a labor union, specifically Local 342 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), as their representative with respect to their employment by EMF.
Striking Coffin Butte mechanics resume work, concerns remain unresolved
Albany Democrat-Herald
By Kosiso Ugwuede
Nov. 20, 2023
Two months after a group of mechanics began striking in front of the Coffin Butte Landfill on Sept. 11, the seven-man unit has returned to work. On Monday, Nov. 13, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701 notified Valley Landfills Inc. of the mechanics' unconditional return to work, according to spokesperson Aurora Biggers. "By extending an unconditional return to work offer, IUOE 701 forced the company to remove scab workers and get our members back to work," Biggers said in a statement.
Las Vegas Culinary Union members ratify new 5-year contract with Ceasars Entertainment
KTNV
By Bryan Horwath
Nov. 20, 2023
Las Vegas Culinary Union members employed at Caesars Entertainment voted 99% "Yes" to ratify their new 5-year contract. "Congratulations to 10,000 hospitality workers," union leadership said.
Striking hotel workers reach a tentative contract agreement with a fifth hotel
Los Angeles Times
By Suhauna Hussain
Nov. 20, 2023
Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hotel workers in Southern California who have been striking on and off for nearly five months, said it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Le Merigot Santa Monica.
UAW members ratify record contracts with Big 3 automakers
The Washington Post
By Jeanne Whalen
Nov. 20, 2023
The United Auto Workers said its members have ratified new contracts with all of the Big Three automakers, ushering in raises of at least 25 percent over 4½ years and ending an acrimonious strike that brought some of the labor movement’s biggest wins in decades.
UFCW 655 wins ‘historic’ NLRB fight in cannabis organizing drive
Labor Tribune
By Ed Finkelstein
Nov. 20, 2023
“We won’t back down, and we’ll fight for employees who are wronged.” With that emphasis, UFCW Local 655 President David Cook announced an “historic,” unprecedented settlement of Unfair Labor Practice charges against Shangri-La cannabis dispensary here where the union was organizing its employees and the company engaged in egregious anti-union tactics that included firing 10 workers without cause and as Cook put it, “engaging in manipulation and intimidation.”
LABOR AND COMMUNITY
Community food drive in Rapid City collects nearly 1,700 pounds of food
News Center 1
By NewsCenter1 Staff
Nov. 20, 2023
A community food drive held in Rapid City by the City’s Public Works Department and AFSCME Union was a resounding success, collecting nearly 1,700 pounds of non-perishable food items and more than $900 in cash. The food drive, which ran from November 1 to the early morning of November 6, collected more than four times the amount of food and raised nearly four times the amount of cash as the inaugural food drive held last year.
IBEW Local 309 honors retirees with service award luncheon
Labor Tribune
By Staff
Nov. 20, 2023
IBEW Local 309 honored its longtime members with a retirees luncheon Nov. 4 at Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsville. Veteran members were honored for 50, 55 and 70 years of service.