The Association of Professional Flight Attendants who represent 18,000 flight attendants are seeking to be released from mediation as a possible stepping stone to a strike. Five days of negotiations were not enough to come to an...
Read MoreThe lockout of SF hotel workers has been called off for a 60-day “cooling off” period (articles here and here). Probably not a sign of strength for either side (here’s an overstated view from the labor...
Read MoreUFCW president Joseph Hansen called off the strike vote and wants to go back to the table. Exactly why is uncertain – he doesn’t like the last, best and final offer from the stores but either he or (more likely, and...
Read MoreYou just have to read this to believe it. This 80-employee bargaining unit is on strike. The only catch is that 79 of the employees are still working and are asking for the union to call off the strike – only one member is...
Read MoreTwo monuments to the famous sit-down strikes of 1936-37 (culminating in the recognition of the UAW by General Motors) were stolen over the weekend. Unbeleiveable. Here’s hoping for their swift return.
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