Labor Week

Labor Week For May 4th, 2024

We're back - and we've got a new format (spoiler alert - the show is MUCH shorter!)

Unions are part of college protests, the UAW gets an 11th hour win at Daimler, and the union difference includes a BIG boost in pay!

Want to hear more of the interviews the Labor Radio Podcast Network conducted at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago? Check out the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly at https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/. 

For articles mentioned in this episode, visit this episode at LaborWeek.org.

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Labor Week is produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

 

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Labor Week Is Coming Back - But In The Meantime, Let's Talk Movies (and TV!)

That's right - a new, re-tooled Labor Week is coming back at the end of this month. In the mean time, Harold appeared on two other Labor Radio Podcast Network shows in the past few weeks to talk about "laboriffic" films and TV, and he thought you might like to hear some of what he had to say.

First Harold talks to the Labor Heritage Foundation's Elise Bryant and Chris Garlock about working class film and television shows nominated for SAG Awards this year on Labor Heritage Power Hour. Listen to the full episode here.

Then, Harold joins New England SAG-AFTRA Local President Andrea Lyman, Alliance of Women Film Journalists President Jennifer Merin and Seth Harris to present Power At Work's Labor Oscars. Listen to the full episode here.

 

Labor Week is produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

 

Our music is from BADiTUDES’ Joe Hill Punk Exposure. Find out more about BADiTUDES at https://www.facebook.com/BADiTUDES/.

 

Find out more about the Labor Radio Podcast Network at https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

 

No Labor Week AGAIN This Week!

This really isn't working out so well for us, is it folks?

Stick with us - we'll get on track sometime soon...

For articles mentioned in regular Labor Week episodes, visit this episode at LaborWeek.org.

Want to send Harold hate mail about not being able to get his show out on a regular basis? Email him at news@laborweek.org or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Labor Week is USUALLY produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

 

Our music in our REAL episodes is from BADiTUDES’ Joe Hill Punk Exposure. Find out more about BADiTUDES at https://www.facebook.com/BADiTUDES/.

 

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Labor Week For August 26, 2023

The Teamsters say YES to UPS, GEO says YES to the University of Michigan, and the Writer's Guild says "NO, you will not divide us" to the AMPTP. PLUS - the NLRB says union busting companies now have to automatically recognize their unions!

This is Labor Week for August 26, 2023 – powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

For articles mentioned in this episode, visit this episode at LaborWeek.org.

Did we miss something in this week's news round-up? Check the expanded edition on our Patreon feed. If we still missed something, email us at news@laborweek.org or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Labor Week is produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

 

Our music is from BADiTUDES’ Joe Hill Punk Exposure. Find out more about BADiTUDES at https://www.facebook.com/BADiTUDES/.

 

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This is NOT Labor Week for August 18, 2023

Harold's house is under construction and unfortunately it got in the way of his being able to record and post a full episode of Labor Week this week.

Patreon sponsors still have access to links to the articles he WOULD have mentioned in the show - find them at https://patreon.com/LaborWeek. If you can't afford the $5.00 per month, you'll find many of the articles on our Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Find out more about the Labor Radio Network and find your new favorite podcast (besides this one) at https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

Labor Week is produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

Our music is from BADiTUDES’ Joe Hill Punk Exposure. Find out more about BADiTUDES at https://www.facebook.com/BADiTUDES/.

Labor Week for August 12, 2023

Thousands of workers swarm the streets of Los Angeles, construction workers are getting a raise thanks to the Biden Administration, and the AMPTP says, “let’s try this one more time."

 

This is Labor Week for August 12, 2023 – powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

 

Articles mentioned in this episode:

 

 

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices 

 

L.A.’s striking hotel workers are being roughed up by employers’ security, union says

 

Unite HERE 11 Video

 

Writers Blast Latest AMPTP Efforts to Resume Negotiations: “Insulting and Out-of-Touch”

 

WGA & AMPTP To Resume Bargaining On Friday

 

Hollywood strikes' economic impacts are hitting far beyond LA

 

California Economy Lost $3 Billion in First 100 Days of WGA Strike, Economist Says

 

SAG-AFTRA Takes Up Bethenny Frankel’s Fight To Unionize Reality Show Contestants & End “Exploitative Practices”

 

Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at Marvel

 

Statement on CBA negotiations

 

NRL and players reach pay deal as bitter dispute ends

 

White House unveils wage rule for federal projects, in win for unions

 

AFL-CIO: Biden Administration’s Wage Boost for Construction Workers Is a Win for Working People

 

UAW boss throws wage hike offer by Jeep parent Stellantis in the trash as strike looms: ‘Management’s chosen to spit in our faces’

 

Workers Caught Coca-Cola Breaking Labour Laws

 

United Steelworkers secure historic four-year contract at Kumho Tire following lengthy struggle

 

Meat processor ordered to pay fines after teen lost hand in grinder

 

Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing

 

Teamsters Amazon Strike Extends to Central Valley Warehouse

 

British Columbia port workers ratify contract offer, ending Canada labor dispute

 

BLET conducting strike authorization vote at NJ Transit

 

UPS Job Searches Surge After Union Deal Significantly Boosts Wages

 

(We exceeded Podbean's character limit in the show notes... visit https://www.LaborWeek.org to see the full list of article links.)

 

Did we miss something in this week's news round-up? Email us at news@laborweek.org or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Labor Week is produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

 

Our music is from BADiTUDES’ Joe Hill Punk Exposure. Find out more about BADiTUDES at https://www.facebook.com/BADiTUDES/.

 

Want more Labor Week? Listen to the FULL episode by becoming a show sponsor through our Patreon page.

Labor Week For August 4, 2023

Yellow Trucking is shutting down, the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 272-to-1 last year, and the studios are FINALLY going back to the table with the Writers Guild. This is Labor Week for August 4th 2023 – powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

 

Articles mentioned in this episode:

 

Yellow Lays Off a Swath of Its Workforce, Winds Down Operations

 

TEAMSTERS NOTIFIED THAT YELLOW CORP. OPERATING COMPANIES HAVE CLOSED

 

The Yellow trucking company meltdown, explained

 

Labour minister threatens possibility of imposed agreement after B.C. port workers reject latest deal

 

TEAMSTERS AT TFORCE FREIGHT RATIFY NATIONAL AGREEMENT

 

Starbucks News:

https://vxtwitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1686891849917890560

 

https://twitter.com/WorkersUnitedMA/status/1685328956394704898?s=20

 

https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1686873113555075079

 

https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1687203603906449408

 

Long Island Starbucks Workers March on Boss Who Fired One of Their Own

 

https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1687657695426564096

 

6 CT restaurants owe their workers pay, Dept. of Labor says

 

Union workers at the Convention Center BV launched our first ULP strike of the year

 

Solid State Books Workers Ratify First Union Contract

 

Tentative union agreement averts strike at 6 Twin Cities area Kowalski's grocery stores

 

Kowalski’s Markets workers to get $2-$4 per hour raises under new contract

 

Powell's Workers, Fed Up With "Poverty Wages," Move Closer to a Strike

 

Uber-Backed Group to Reboot Gig-Worker Ballot Initiative in Massachusetts

 

Instacart just slashed pay for delivery drivers — from a minimum of $7 per order to $4. Now they're more reliant on your tips.

 

https://twitter.com/IWOrganizing/status/1686110039038128135?t=yoXaV3JbhRRv8e_eGPQNNg&s=19

 

Labor’s plan for fighting climate change and creating jobs in Washington

 

Brooklyn Defender Services union pickets after 2 years without contract

 

Teachers hold large-scale rally in central Seoul

 

NLWU Bargaining Blog 7.31.23

 

Studios Seek To Reopen Talks With WGA On Friday

 

NYC Council Unanimously Passes Resolutions Supporting SAG-AFTRA, WGA Strikes: ‘Bob Better Sell That Yacht Quick!’

 

NBCUniversal Partially Restores Sidewalk for Writers Guild, SAG-AFTRA Picketers

 

IATSE to Host L.A. Food Drive to Support Entertainment Workers Amid Strikes

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2X79ipCRS/

 

THE BASEMENT ESCAPE ROOM ORGANIZES WITH ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION

 

TSA Officers Celebrate First Paycheck with 31% Raise – Largest in TSA History

 

San Jose city employees begin vote on whether to authorize strike

 

Portsmouth talks about collective bargaining: Firefighters, EMTs try to secure rights for employees

 

A done deal: Iqaluit Housing Authority, striking workers ratify 5-year contract

 

200 Loretto Hospital workers begin strike

 

Confluence Health Mares Campus nurses voted to unionize

 

GM criticizes autoworkers union's contract demands

 

Nike told to compensate Cambodia workers following factory closure

 

GM's electric vehicle arm Ultium says it won't recognize its workers under the same union contract as ordinary GM employees

 

Amalgamated Sugar Company union workers preparing for potential strike

 

eBay charged with multiple unfair labor complaints in struggle with its first union

 

National Labor Relations Board orders Colchester software company to reinstate 4 employees

 

Grindr retaliated against employees for trying to unionize by forcing them back to the office, labor complaint alleges

 

https://twitter.com/forthemanyunion/status/1686060145279746048?s=20

 

https://twitter.com/MazonUnited/status/1686536600916754432

Nigeria's labour unions suspend strike after meeting president

 

Roberts re-elected UMWA President

 

WGA East President Michael Winship Will Not Run for Re-Election: ‘Time Has Come for Me to Pass Responsibility to the New Generation’

 

Workers at companies that tested out a 4-day workweek are happier and more efficient — and firms made more money. One lawmaker says it's 'here to stay.'

 

https://aflcio.org/paywatch

 

StationsMudList.org

 

Fact Check Team: Which industries are being threatened by the rise of AI?

 

Workers are mad as hell this summer

 

‘To them, we are like robots. The things that make us human are ground out of you’: the inside story of a strike at Amazon

 

https://twitter.com/ILRLaborAction/status/1686015258282819586?t=vyHP_0WjCyM6jUvoaqa5yA&s=19

 

 

Alabama’s only union talk show, podcast sees surge amid national labor movement

 

https://libcom.org/article/real-del-monte-miners-strike-1766

 

https://fxtwitter.com/ErikLoomis/status/1687463375188480000?t=Rmexlk84WMFFEJtkW6gT9Q&s=19

 

NATCA HONORS THE 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF PATCO STRIKE

 

Starbucks United Adopt A Store Day of Action

 

Did we miss something in this week's news round-up? Let us know - email us at news@laborweek.org or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Find out more about the Labor Radio Network and find your new favorite podcast (besides this one) at https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

 

Labor Week is produced and edited by Harold Phillips, under a SAG-AFTRA Micropod Agreement.

 

Our music is from BADiTUDES’ Joe Hill Punk Exposure. Find out more about BADiTUDES at https://www.facebook.com/BADiTUDES/.

 

Want more Labor Week? Listen to the FULL episode by becoming a show sponsor through our Patreon page.

 

This Is Labor Week

This is Labor Week, powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

There’s a lot happening in the world of Labor right now, and it can be easy to lose track of what workers are fighting for, where negotiations are taking place, or when a strike might be looming on the horizon.

Labor week helps you keep track of the most important Organized Labor headlines of the past week by sharing the headlines in a half-hour podcast you can listen to while you’re on the way to work or headed out for the weekend. Want to go beyond the headlines? You’ll find each story Labor Week shares in the show notes attached to each episode.

Subscribe today to stay in the loop about what's happening in the world of Labor. The first episode drops August 5th.

Harold is grateful to BADiTUDES for giving him permission to use their song What You Want from their album The Joe Hill Punk Exposure in the show.