United Parcel Service faced a potential walkout by more than 325,000 union members when their five-year contract expired next week.
Category: Organized Labor
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UPS Contract Talks Go Down to the Wire as a Possible Strike Looms
With the Teamsters contract set to expire Aug. 1, pay for part-time workers is a major hurdle. A walkout could rattle the U.S. economy.
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Actors’ Strike Leaves Celebrity Podcasts in Grey Zone
Rewatch podcasts and podcasts affiliated with Hollywood studios were at the center of a week of confusion over union policies. “Nobody really knows,” said Sophia Bush of “One Tree Hill.”
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SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strike Shirts, Beyond the Picket Line
In New York and Los Angeles, supporters of the Hollywood labor strikes are supplementing their picket line apparel with custom T-shirts, often with writerly flair.
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Anchor Brewery Workers Want to Save Their Company by Buying It
About 39 unionized workers, who represent two-thirds of the brewery’s employees, agreed to pursue a bid to run it as a co-op, a union official said.
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How TV Writing Became a Dead-End Job
The writers say Hollywood studios are increasingly limiting their roles in television productions, highlighting a trend for white-collar workers.
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Actors’ Strike Won’t Halt 39 Independent Projects, SAG-AFTRA Says
SAG-AFTRA confirmed the productions had no ties to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents big studios. More exemptions could follow.
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Hollywood Directors Stand Apart From Actors’ and Writers’ Strikes
Their union agreed to a deal with the studios last month. With actors and writers on strike, the industry is shut down anyway.
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Actors and Hollywood Studios Are ‘Far Apart’ on Key Issues
The actors’ union and the organization that bargains on behalf of the studios traded statements underscoring how much work needs to be done to reach an agreement.
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Labor Day Looms as Crisis Point in Hollywood Stalemate
Ongoing strikes could disrupt the entertainment industry in fundamental ways, putting the 2024 box office and the fall broadcast lineup in jeopardy.