The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit.
Category: Organized Labor
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U.A.W. Members at General Motors Ratify Contract
The deal was backed by 55 percent of the United Automobile Workers members voting. Tentative accords at Ford and Stellantis seem headed for approval.
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Starbucks Workers Plan Walkout During Red Cup Giveaway Day
Unionized employees say promotional events like Thursday’s exacerbate staffing and scheduling problems at the chain’s stores.
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G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition
Many longstanding General Motors workers have been voting against the tentative accord, which they feel insufficiently improves retirement benefits.
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Actors to Start Voting on Contract on Tuesday
The SAG-AFTRA board voted on Friday to send the tentative deal with studios to its members for a ratification process that will end in early December.
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Las Vegas Hotel Strike Averted After Unions Strike Deals with Resorts
Two big unions reached contract agreements with the three largest resort operators ahead of a series of events crucial to the city’s economic rebound.
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Las Vegas Unions and MGM Resorts Reach Tentative Labor Agreement
The deal, the second in two days with a major resort operator, was announced on the day before a strike deadline set by two major unions.
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The Actors Union and Hollywood Are Close to a Deal
An end to the monthslong labor fight is in sight, but the industry’s changing economics could temper some of the actors’ gains.
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Biden to Celebrate Auto Plant Reopening in Illinois
The trip, including a meeting with the head of the United Automobile Workers, offers the president a chance to shore up critical union support.
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‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract
A couple who work at a Ford factory that was on strike for 41 days said the terms of a tentative contract agreement would be transformative for them.
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A Mixed Mood as Hollywood Strikes Finally End
Celebratory feelings are competing with resentment over the work stoppage and worries about the business era that is coming.