Posted inCoronavirus (2019-nCoV) Labor and Jobs Organized Labor Pilots United Airlines United Airlines and Pilots Agree on Deal Raising Pay as Much as 40% The proposed four-year agreement would be worth $10 billion over the life of the contract. Posted by By Ivan Penn
Posted inActors and Actresses Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers Drescher, Fran Los Angeles (Calif) Movies Organized Labor SAG-AFTRA Strikes Television Times Square and 42nd Street (Manhattan, NY) Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Striking Actors Picket Across Country in Quest for New Contract In Los Angeles and New York, actors and screenwriters braved the heat to admonish the major studios and demand a new deal. Posted by By Corina Knoll and Matt Stevens
Posted inElectric and Hybrid Vehicles Factories and Manufacturing Fain, Shawn Ford Motor Co General Motors Labor and Jobs Organized Labor Stellantis NV Strikes United Automobile Workers Wages and Salaries United Auto Workers Open Contract Talks in Detroit The U.A.W., with a more confrontational leader, aims to win back wage and benefit concessions and insulate jobs from the rise of electric vehicles. Posted by By Neal E. Boudette
Posted inActors and Actresses Drescher, Fran Labor and Jobs Movies Organized Labor SAG-AFTRA Strikes Television Fran Drescher Takes Center Stage as the Actors’ Union Leader Fran Drescher, who became a household name for her role on a 1990s sitcom, is now president of the union going on strike. Posted by By John Koblin and Nicole Sperling