The Union Movement In The USA Died Today

[petee]

mighty Joe strikes again

Major business group, GOP blames Biden for UAW strike

The United Auto Workers announced a strike at three plants — one each at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — overnight.

www.politico.com

 

[hitmouse]

The writers have got a tentative agreement:

‘Exceptional’: Hollywood writers hail tentative deal to end strike

Writers Guild of America says agreement with studios on pay and conditions ‘due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power’

www.theguardian.com

 

[petee]

doctors in MN

Doctors with Minnesota's Allina Health vote to unionize

Clinicians hope bargaining with Allina will help them advocate for more support staff, to get more time with patients.

m.startribune.com

"Allina Health doctors have voted to unionize by a wide margin, after a union vote closed this week"

 

[hitmouse]

WILDCAT:

Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start three-day walkout

Some employees at CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance's U.S. pharmacies launched a three-day walkout starting Monday to push the companies to improve working conditions and add more staff to their stores.

www.reuters.com

 

[not-bono-ever]

 

[not-bono-ever]

I know it’s tik tok but this is good

 

[hitmouse]

Interview with a worker organiz/sing at a previously non-union grocery store:

More background here:

Trader Joe’s United Alleges More Retaliation

Members claim the grocery chain's management fabricated a write-up of National President Jamie Edwards, among other unfair labor practices.

theshoestring.org

Nice to see anarchists actually involved in workplace organising as well.

 

[hitmouse]

Not had time to read it yet, but big new thing from Kim Moody looks worth reading:

Labor’s Upsurge and the Search for Workers’ Power – Spectre Journal

Kim Moody writes about how we should understand the UAW strike against the backdrop of a larger wave.

spectrejournal.com

 

[petee]

another victory, small, but a victory

5 NYC board game cafés now unionized - The Chief

With the election of a union at The Brooklyn Strategist in Cobble Hill on Dec. 13, nearly 100 workers at five different tabletop board game cafés in Manhattan and Brooklyn have now unionized with …

thechiefleader.com

 

[petee]

and, since i can't find a single thread about labor action in france, this:

The Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th anniversary of its founder's death

The Eiffel Tower is closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel.

apnews.com

 

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UAW secures historic union election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant

Vote makes Chattanooga factory first auto plant in US south to unionize via election since the 1940s

www.theguardian.com

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.

inthesetimes.com

 

[petee]

UAW secures historic union election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant

Vote makes Chattanooga factory first auto plant in US south to unionize via election since the 1940s

www.theguardian.com

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.

inthesetimes.com

(there's a standalone UAW thread here)

 

[hitmouse]

Bit of an old story but one I've only just caught up with, some questionable judgement from Sean O'Brien:

Teamsters president faces backlash over ‘unconscionable’ GOP convention speech

Sean O’Brien accused of bolstering ‘most anti-union party and president’ by senior members of his own union

www.theguardian.com

Viewpoint: O’Brien Speech Played into Republicans’ Phony Pro-Worker Rebrand

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke at Trump’s Republican National Convention on Monday. This was a bad move. Much of the speech would have been fine if he had delivered it somewhere else. O’Brien railed against corporate greed, singling out Amazon and the private equity vultures that killed...

labornotes.org

Who's easy to get mixed up with Shawn Fain, but there are clearly important distinctions between the two. Oh well, I suppose O'Brien is unlikely to be remembered as the absolute worst Teamsters president.

 

[petee]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-hotel-workers-strike-boston-greenwich-contract-negotiations-stall-2024-09-01/

Some 10,000 U.S. hotel workers began a multi-day strike in several cities on Sunday after contract talks with hotel operators Marriott International (MAR.O), opens new tab, Hilton Worldwide (HLT.N), opens new tab, and Hyatt Hotels (H.N), opens new tab reached an impasse, the Unite Here union said.

Unite Here, which represents workers in hotels, casinos, and airports across the United States and Canada, said thousands of workers at 25 hotels are on strike in some major travel destinations including San Francisco and San Diego in California, Hawaii's capital city Honolulu, Boston, Seattle, and Greenwich, Connecticut, with workers from additional cities ready to join the walkout as the Labor Day holiday weekend continues.

The strike is taking place with the industry facing a 9% increase in Labor Day weekend domestic travel compared to last year, according to AAA booking data.

 

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Respect to the Nashville cab drivers:

Nashville Uber and Lyft drivers warn of ‘ruined vacations’ as they vote to strike

Recently formed Tennessee Drivers Union to take action at city airport as wave of Labor Day tourists is expected

www.theguardian.com

 

[hitmouse]

Explicitly not a union, but this looks like an interesting development - not sure if it might be petee's sort of thing?
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