Boeing really can't get out of their own way and now this strike by the Machinists is just entrenched at enormous cost to the company. Boeing and its largest union appear to be digging in for a long fight — even as some striking workers...
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I mentioned the other day that Boeing and the Machinists had come to a deal. Well, a deal requires the membership ratifying the contract that the members very much did.
On Labor Day, we should look at the state of unions. Chris Bohner has a deep dive and despite the public support for unions, nothing has really changed. “We’re organizing.
Workers of the Palace Hotel - part of Marriott Hotels - are on strike in October 2018 in San Francisco to fight for higher wages, workplace security and job safety. (more details at https://web.archive.org/web/20181007004058/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Thousands-of-Marriott-hotel-workers-in-San-13281148.php) If you are going to a professional conference in the near...
I don't listen to podcasts, ever. Terrible way for me to process information. I can read so much faster + engage in my lifelong project to listen to as much.
On June 3, 1824, the Pawtucket, Rhode Island factory strike, one of the first strikes in American history, ended. This is a great entry point into the difficulties of labor.
Workers in Germany's transportation industries have basically shut down the country by going on strike. Millions of travellers in Germany are facing severe disruption to transport services because of strikes by rail and airport staff. A two-day strike by Lufthansa airline ground staff has coincided...
Glad to see unions across Minnesota coming together to maximize power through striking together. Nearly 10,000 workers from a coalition of separate unions, working for a diverse group of employers,.
Faculty in the Cal State system walked off the job yesterday. The universities caved immediately. The union representing California State University faculty reached a tentative agreement with the university system.
I was struck in the post from last week on strikes in 2023 how many people in comments asserted that a strong economy leads to more strikes. This evidently is taken as almost a given by many economists. The problem with this assertion is that...
I was one of the people interviewed for this ABC piece on the rise in strikes this year. Greg Iwinski, a late-night TV writer, walked off the job this year.
I am at a conference and so don't really have time to blog at all, but I do feel the need to at least mention that the UAW has come.