Disney and Marvel VFX Unionization Likely to Spur More: This Is About ‘Respect for the Work We Do’ (variety.com)
Marvel and Disney VFX artists have voted to unionize with IATSE - could the push lead to unionization for artists across the industry?
Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE (variety.com)
A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday (edition.cnn.com)
A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday....
Actors' Equity Files With NLRB After Broadway League Fails to Recognize Unionized Production Assistants (playbill.com)
The group of Broadway producers and theatre owners say the move puts the unionization push in the "proper forum."
Judge: Starbucks violated federal labor law by withholding pay hikes from unionized workers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday.
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.
Gavin Newsom Veto Strikers' Unemployment Bill (SB-799) (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
33 Amazon Japan workers halt deliveries over nonpayment of 'Prime Day' incentives: union - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
NAGASAKI -- Thirty-three Amazon Japan delivery workers in the Nagasaki area boycotted their jobs on the afternoon of Sept. 15, claiming that they were not paid incentives as promised when they received more packages during the shopping website's "Prime Day" sale in July, a labor union has revealed.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour (abc7.com)
Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike (apnews.com)
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”...
How the Government Can Help Build Industrial Unions (inthesetimes.com)
Biden’s UAW Rally Exposes the Bankruptcy of Trump’s Populism (nymag.com)
Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie (www.levernews.com)
Flashback - Mark Zuckerberg on billionaires: 'No one deserves to have that much money' (www.cnn.com)
Summary of the 2023 WGA MBA (www.wgacontract2023.org)
The following is a summary of the deal terms for the 2023 MBA. It is a simplified version of the Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”), which contains the full text of the new provisions.
The Writers Strike Is Over: WGA Votes to Lift Strike Order After 148 Days (variety.com)
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike will end at 12:01 a.m. PT on Wednesday.
SAG-AFTRA authorizes strike against video game companies (www.axios.com)
31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad) (www.nbclosangeles.com)
Biden Will Join Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan, a Historic Move (www.nytimes.com)
In an extraordinary show of support for organized labor, President Biden said he would join workers in Michigan on the front lines of their strike against leading automakers.
SAG-AFTRA Pushes For Another Video Game Strike (insider-gaming.com)
SAG-AFTRA is now targeting the gaming industry, pushing for strike action in a bid to secure better compensation for 'gaming performers'.
The comics industry is breaking its workers, but is it finally time to change that? (www.thepopverse.com)
The system is broken across the entertainment industry, but more so than anywhere else, in the comic book industry.
Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay (www.commondreams.org)
As part of his Labor Day message to workers in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday re-upped his call for the establishment of a 20% cut to the workweek with no loss in pay—an idea he said is “not radical” given the enormous productivity gains over recent decades that have resulted in massive profits for...
Turkopticon and The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Applaud Congressional Letter Holding Big Tech Accountable for Data Worker Abuse (www.dair-institute.org)
Turkopticon and the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) applaud the Congressional announcement of a letter by Sen. Markey (D-Mass) and Rep. Jayapal (WA-07) which demands that Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other tech giants answer questions about the working conditions of data workers, especially those involved in training and...
Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem (fortune.com)
