@LaborWeek

A podcast (currently on hiatus) highlighting the most important Organized Labor headlines of the past week powered by @laborradionet and hosted by @haroldpdx

 Pacific Northwest, USA
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David Dayen@ddayen17 Mar 2025
Got a little scoop here. The next general counsel of the NLRB will be Crystal Carey, a virtually unknown lawyer at union-busting law firm Morgan Lewis, whose biggest recent client is Amazon.
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HAPPENING NOW: The D.C. community, healthcare organizations, and unions protest outside Congress to demand no cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
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We’ve been a little busy working on our annual report, but better late than never. Here is our December 2024 monthly report! Look out for our January report coming out this Tuesday. Looking forward to catching up!
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after a huge member meeting, IBEW members rejected the National Grid offer, 617-252, 75% turnout. 3% annual raises and a pricier new for-profit medical plan couldn't cut it. three weeks to hash out a new deal before strike deadline.
keith bb@TRAILSANDWAYS12 Feb 2025
IBEW utility workers just voted 99% (!) to authorize a strike at 6 gas power plants – a majority of electric generation on Long Island – if megacorp National Grid doesn't come back with a fair contract by 11:59pm, Valentines.
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Barnes & Noble workers won their first union contract nationwide at three NYC stores, @RWDSU says. the stores are located at Union Square, on West 82nd Street in Manhattan, and in Park Slope, Brooklyn. the contract covers wage increases, safety protections & health care benefits
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Max Tani@maxwelltani5 Mar 2025
Just one day after unionizing, Sesame Workshop’s CEO announced layoffs, per a note to staff shared with me
More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS4 Mar 2025
BREAKING: Workers at Sesame Workshop are unionizing. More than 200 workers at the non-profit behind Sesame Street have declared the desire to form a union with @OPEIU. This group includes childhood education experts, fundraisers, facilities staff, producers, and more.
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UAW
@UAW4 Mar 2025
The push to unionize Volkswagen has gone national, as VW autoworkers at a large distribution center in New Jersey have reached supermajority support and just became the first VW workers on the East Coast to file to unionize with the UAW. @UAWregion9 uaw.org/breaking-union-drive…

United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America

The labor union representing workers in auto, aircraft and agricultural implement manufacturing and other industries in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

uaw.org
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Restaurant union supporters plan to picket in front of Stephen Starr’s splashy new restaurant, the Occidental, on opening night.
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Our statement on STARR and tonight's election:
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1,600 manufacturing workers in Sacramento are unionizing as Siemens Workers United in joint affiliation with @IBEW and @boilermakernews.
Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is the Siemens Mobility, Inc. located in Sacramento, California. There are 1,600 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of All All full-time and regular part-time production, maintenance and logistics employees. Excluded: All other employees, guards, confidential employees, professional employees, office clerical employees, managers and supervisors as defined in the Act.

ALT Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is the Siemens Mobility, Inc. located in Sacramento, California. There are 1,600 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of All All full-time and regular part-time production, maintenance and logistics employees. Excluded: All other employees, guards, confidential employees, professional employees, office clerical employees, managers and supervisors as defined in the Act.

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Penn State faculty are forming a union. It's long overdue. Please share widely, friends. pennstatefacultyalliance.org

Penn State Faculty Alliance

We are unionizing to ensure investment in education and educators. A union lets all faculty members bring the best they have to offer university community.

pennstatefacultyalliance.org
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Are you a federal worker who has been impacted by @DOGE, or do you have family members who have been? Have federal programs been cut that you and your community rely on? We want to hear your story. act.aflcio.org/forms/share-y…

Share Your Story

The Trump administration has issued a number of executive orders and memos that are already affecting many union members, federal workers and people all across the country. That’s why we are collec...

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Longtime Texas union organizer Tyler Turner is becoming the National President of @OPEIU! Tyler has organized groundbreaking campaigns & negotiated outstanding contracts for @OPEIU_277 for nearly 2 decades. We can’t wait to see all he does for OPEIU members across the country!
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AFA-CWA@afa_cwa20 Feb 2025
Proud to join this letter today. We need urgent investment in our aviation system, not distractions like privatization.
TTD | America's Transportation Unions@TTDAFLCIO19 Feb 2025
NEW: Dozens of aviation industry and labor groups joined together to urge congressional leaders to address FAA staffing and modernization challenges to make the skies safer for everyone. Our letter: ttd.org/policy/letters-to-co…
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🚨🚨🚨 Yesterday, the NLRB’s Buffalo office (Region 3) received word from its landlord that GSA—acting on behalf of DOGE—had unilaterally cancelled the Region’s five-year lease, without any prior notice to the Agency. The Region has been given 90 days to vacate the building.
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IAM Union
@IAM_Union19 Feb 2025
Right now we’re outside of Amtrak Auto Train to let the public know that Drummac is dragging their feet in negotiations, stalling @TCUnionHQ’s members first contract.
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More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS19 Feb 2025
Rand Paul: "You no longer support the aspect of the PRO Act that would have overturned state right to work laws?" Trump Labor Secretary Nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "Yes, sir."
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More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS19 Feb 2025
Trump’s candidate for Secretary of Labor Lori M. Chavez-DeRemer says, “The right-to-work is a fundamental tenent of labor laws, where states have a right to choose if they want to be a right-to-work state, and that should be protected.”
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NEW: 2,400 Grocery store workers for Tony's Fresh Market across 22 stores throughout Chicagoland are unionizing with @UFCW @881UFCW.
Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is Tony's Fresh Market lcoated in Melrose Park, Illinois. there are 1,291 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of all full-time and part time Clerks, assistant managers, and department managers.

ALT Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is Tony's Fresh Market lcoated in Melrose Park, Illinois. there are 1,291 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of all full-time and part time Clerks, assistant managers, and department managers.

Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is Tony's Fresh Market lcoated in Chicago, Illinois. there are 1,109 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of all full-time and part time Clerks, assistant managers, and department managers.

ALT Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is Tony's Fresh Market lcoated in Chicago, Illinois. there are 1,109 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of all full-time and part time Clerks, assistant managers, and department managers.

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