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☆ Election Updates: Biden heads to Pennsylvania to talk taxes and hit Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

In an unprecedented trial, Mr. Trump is spending most of this week, and much of the coming month or two, in a Manhattan courtroom facing criminal charges. In 2020, he narrowly defeated Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes. “I went to school here, right?” Mr. Trump, a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, reminded his audience. They say it is imperative that Mr. Biden campaign in western Pennsylvania, as well as swing areas like Erie County, which Mr. Biden flipped in 2020. Mr. Trump said last week that he would not, reversing a position he held during his term in the White House.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, ” Michael Tyler, Trump, Mr, “, Trump’s, Michael Gold Organizations: Trump, Biden, Affordable, Mr, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Scranton, Pittsburgh, United Steelworkers . Unions, Democrats, U.S . Steel, steelworkers, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Scranton, Manhattan, Israel, Michigan, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Erie County, Arizona, Schnecksville, Pa

☆ Opinion: ‘Civil War’ is more than a reflection on America’s divisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyAlex Garland’s “Civil War” has mostly been discussed as a reflection of, and a warning about, America’s current partisan divisions. Unlike the actual US Civil War, this one doesn’t seem to have any particular racial or racist connotations. But it’s the same kind of cop out that powers most of Hollywood’s most iconic Vietnam war movies. Hollywood Vietnam war movies generally aren’t about whether America did the right thing, nor are they about how America’s choices affected people in Vietnam. Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" (1987), starring Matthew Modine as Joker, is based on the events of the Vietnam war.

Persons: Noah Berlatsky, CNN —, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky Alex Garland’s “, ”, he’s, Garland, Nick Offerman, Lee, Kirsten Dunst, Joel, Wagner Moura, Jessie, Cailee, Sammy, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Lee Wagner, Trump, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, Jesse Plemons, that’s, Francis Ford Coppola’s, Stanley Kubrick’s, don’t, —, Dawn ”, Stanley Kubrick's, Matthew Modine, It’s, transfixed Organizations: CNN, Union, Hollywood, America, Central, Warner Bros Locations: Chicago, Vietnam, Viet, American, Washington, California, Texas, Hollywood Vietnam, American Vietnam, Hollywood

☆ Gabrielle Union teases the possibility of a 'Bring It On' sequel with Kirsten Dunst: 'We may have something cooking'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gabrielle Union told BI she and "Bring It On" costar Kirsten Dunst "may have something cooking." AdvertisementIf you're holding out for the possibility of a "Bring It On" sequel, you might not be completely out of luck. Union told BI. "We have talked about doing a 20-years-later thing that becomes a generational cheerleader movie," Reed told BI. Dunst told Entertainment Tonight at a Los Angeles screening of "Civil War" on Tuesday.

Persons: Gabrielle, Kirsten Dunst, Dunst, —, Gabrielle Union, Torrance, Union's Isis, Solange Knowles, Hayden Panettiere, Anne Hathaway, Alex Garland's, she'd, Union, Peyton Reed, Jessica Bendinger, Reed Organizations: Gabrielle Union, BI, Service, East, TV Festival, Union, SXSW Locations: San Diego, East Compton, Los Angeles

☆ Union households tend to have over $100,000 more in wealth than nonunion families, Federal Reserve data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank, looked at just how much better union workers are faring. By analyzing the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, CAP found that in 2022, union households held $338,482 in median wealth. Black, nonunion households have a median household wealth of $61,500; meanwhile, Black union households hold around $164,6000 in median household wealth. Union membership rates have declined for decades, reaching a record low of 10% in 2023. The researcher VanHeuvelen previously told BI that the decline in union membership would be like if the wage premium for going to college disappeared.

Persons: it's, Zachary Parolin, Tom VanHeuvelen, VanHeuvelen Organizations: Service, American Progress, Reserve's Survey, Consumer Finances, CAP, Business, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Statistics, of Labor Statistics, Research, Bocconi University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Workers, —, United Auto Workers, UPS Teamsters, SAG Locations: United States

☆ Norfolk Southern proxy fight draws heavyweight politicians and regulatory scrutiny a year after derailment
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Norfolk Southern' has underperformed both its peers and the broader market over the last year. Norfolk Southern responded on Monday, rejecting that slate and announcing it would nominate former Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson and former U.S. For Ancora, which has a successful track record as an activist investor, the proxy fight at Norfolk Southern would be its largest ever. EdgePoint controlled 3.4 million Norfolk Southern shares as of Dec. 31, or about 1.5% of shares outstanding. Norfolk Southern has yet to set a date for the annual shareholder meeting.

Persons: Alan Shaw, Norfolk Southern Scott Mlyn, John Kasich, Donald Trump, Ancora, Shaw, Jim Barber, Jamie Boychuk, Richard Anderson, North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp, Heitkamp, Anderson, Frank Blake, Matt Freed, Joe Biden, Biden, Trump, it's, there's, Ancora's, Hunter Harrison, Norfolk Southern, Martin Oberman, Oberman, Amit Bose, Bose, Jim Chadwick, Chadwick, Ancora beneficially, Barber, Boychuk, Harrison, Mandel Ngan, Ancora's Chadwick, Amy Miles, Miles, Claude Mongeau, CNBC's Leslie Picker, Heidi Heitkamp Organizations: Norfolk Southern, CNBC, Norfolk, Ancora Advisors, EdgePoint Investment Group, Republican, Amtrak, Delta Airlines, Cargill, Home Depot, U.S, Energy, Workers, East, Trump, Biden, Southern, PSR, Federal Railroad Administration, Surface Transportation, Federal, UPS, Teamsters, Canadian, . Norfolk Southern, CSX, Deutsche Bank, AFP, Getty Locations: Norfolk Southern, East Palestine , Ohio, Ohio, Norfolk, North Dakota, Medtronic, East Palestine, Cleveland, Ancora

☆ Delta paying $1.4 billion in profit sharing payments to employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Delta Air Lines is paying out $1.4 billion in profit sharing, more than double what it paid employees a year ago. The payout is up 146% from the profit sharing payment of a year earlier, and well above the $108 million for 2021. This is the second largest profit sharing payout by Delta, trailing only the record $1.6 billion it paid for 2019. But there are union contracts that include profit sharing payments, including the pilots at Delta, who get the same profit sharing formula as the nonunion employees, as well as some unionized employees at other airlines. The average profit sharing payment came to about $14,000 for Delta employees.

Organizations: New, New York CNN — Delta Air Lines, Delta, Association of, Management, Unions, United Auto Workers, General Motors, UAW, Ford Locations: New York

Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesThe Conservative government has said it won't negotiate unless the union calls off the strike. “I ask the junior doctors’ committee to cancel their action and come back to the table to find a way forward for patients and our NHS." Britain has endured a year of rolling strikes across the health sector as staff sought pay rises to offset the soaring cost of living. If it goes ahead, the strike would be the junior doctors' last on the current mandate, which expires at the end of the month. “He bears responsibility for the canceled operations and appointments desperate patients will face once again,” said Wes Streeting, Labour's health spokesman.

Persons: Robert Laurenson, Vivek Trivedi, “, Victoria Atkins, Rishi Sunak, ”, Wes Streeting Organizations: British Medical Association, Health Service, BMA, Conservative, NHS, Labour Party Locations: England, Britain

Before last year, paid sick leave was generally not offered to railroad workers. That's instead of joining all the other major freight railroads in negotiating jointly with rail unions on an agreement over pay and benefits. The rail industry reached the brink of a strike in the fall of 2022 before Congress and President Joe Biden intervened to force rail workers to accept a contract. Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern now have paid sick time agreements in place with all their unions. Canadian National also trails behind the big U.S. railroads, but still offers sick time to about 46% of its U.S. workers.

Persons: —, Ed Dowell, CPKC “, ” CPKC, That's, Patrick Waldron, ” Waldron, “, CPKC, Joe Biden, wouldn't Organizations: Rail, CPKC's, American Train, Association, Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Union Pacific, Norfolk, Canadian Locations: OMAHA, Neb, Kansas City , Missouri, CPKC's U.S, Minnesota, U.S, Calgary, United States, Kansas City, Kansas, Canadian Pacific, North America, BNSF, Norfolk Southern

☆ Dartmouth basketball team could become first unionized college athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Basketball players at Dartmouth will get a chance to vote on whether to join a union, a potential breakthrough in efforts to unionize the lucrative business of college sports. The NLRB’s regional director in Boston ruled that because Dartmouth “has the right to control the work performed by the Dartmouth men’s basketball team, and the players perform that work in exchange for compensation, I find that the petitioned-for basketball players are employees.”Dartmouth will challenge the finding, Dartmouth President Sian Beilock told CNN Tuesday. We believe our athletes are students,” she told Poppy Harlow on CNN This Morning. Professional sports is one of the most heavily unionized sectors of the economy, with athletes in all four major team sports played in the United States being union members. But there is less a question that those students are employees, since they receive W-2 forms and pay as their compensation.

Persons: Dartmouth “, ”, Sian Beilock, “, Poppy Harlow Organizations: New, New York CNN — Basketball, Dartmouth, National Labor Relations Board, Dartmouth men’s, ” Dartmouth, CNN, Employees International Union, NLRB, Northwestern University Locations: New York, Boston, United States

☆ Labor unions, with power and popularity rising, are still trailing on one big battle
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Natalie Rose Goldberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

High-profile strikes by writers and actors against Hollywood brought the union power to the mainstream as pictures of celebrities holding picket signs flooded social media. But one big win continues to elude labor: the need to translate its rising popularity into an increase in rank-and-file union membership, which has stagnated in recent decades. It's not a lack of support from the public that's holding unions back from making more progress in growing their ranks. Even before the big wins of 2023, polling conducted in recent years showed rising union popularity, with support at its highest level since 1965, according to 2022 data from Gallup. 'The Great Reset'In 2023, it was a banner year for American workers who support the labor movement.

Persons: Biden, —, Heidi Shierholz, I've, Thomas Kochan Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Local, Chrysler Corporate, Division, Hollywood, UPS, Teamsters, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union, Economic Policy Institute, Gallup, AFL, CIO, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cornell, ILR, SAG, Writers Guild of America Locations: Ontario , California, American, Michigan, America

☆ Some Amazon employees discuss unionizing over the company's return-to-office mandate
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewA small number of Amazon employees are discussing unionizing over the company's return-to-office policy. AdvertisementAmazon's RTO policy is unusually strict. Some Amazon employees recently took to the Slack channel to announce their resignations specifically over the return-to-hub policy. "Tomorrow is my last day at Amazon," one of the employees wrote in December. Unionization among corporate tech employees is rare.

Persons: —, RTO, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Service, Business, Amazon, Amazonians Locations: Staten Island

Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to government data released Tuesday. That showed little movement from 2022, when 10.1% of workers were union members. Despite U.S. polls showing growing enthusiasm for unions, membership rates have been on a decades-long decline. Men had a higher union membership rate last year, at 10.5%. And Black workers have a higher union membership rate, at 11.8%, than white workers, at 9.8%.

Organizations: U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hollywood, Workers, Starbucks, U.S, of Labor Statistics Locations: Vegas, U.S

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Vita Coco, Archer-Daniels-Midland, Gilead Sciences and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Archer-Daniels-Midland — The food processor's shares dropped more than 22%, making the stock poised for its second worst day in its history back to 1972. Archer-Daniels-Midland announced weak fourth-quarter earnings guidance and placed Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar on administrative leave amid an investigation into the company's accounting practices. StoneCo — Shares of the Brazilian payments company rose more than 6% following an upgrade to a buy rating from Goldman Sachs. The financial firm cited an attractive entry point and a constructive outlook on the next freight cycle as catalysts for the change. Vita Coco — The coconut water company tumbled more than 5% after William Blair downgraded shares to market perform from outperform.

Persons: Archer, Vikram Luthar, Goldman Sachs, Trodelvy, Bernstein, Hunt, Gus Richard, Coco, William Blair, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Alexander Harring, Hakyung Kim, Tanaya Macheel, Pia Singh, Samantha Subin Organizations: Arkhouse Management, Brigade Capital Management, Daniels, Midland, SolarEdge Technologies, Riley, Bloomberg, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways —, JetBlue, Gilead Sciences, . Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, UBS, Northland Capital Markets Locations: Brazil, Norfolk, Suez

☆ The workplace is transforming because workers want good jobs, not just jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Despite threats to job security such as layoffs, the rise of return-to-office mandates, and the prospect of artificial intelligence taking over jobs, workers have realized what's akin to letting a genie out of the bottle: Their jobs don't have to be just jobs. The push to make jobs back into careers, and good jobs, is just beginning. "And we've also seen just the massive gap between CEO salaries and frontline worker pay." Even so, there's been what Bruno called a "national consciousness raising" around what a quality job is. And thinking toward a future full of quality jobs is a message workers are taking to heart.

Persons: Ingrid Vilorio, She's, Vilorio, It's, Rob Bruno, Bruno, what's, —, Julie Su, Biden, Biden administration's, Su, there's, Zers —, Federal Reserve Banks, Keith Wardrip, Wardrip Organizations: University of Illinois, Workers, Treasury Department, Gallup, United Auto Workers, BI, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Locations: California, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign, America, Philadelphia, Atlanta

☆ UAW launches bid to organize Tesla and 'entire non-union auto sector'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) speaks as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) joins striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line outside GM's Willow Run Distribution Center, in Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, U.S., September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union said on Wednesday it is launching a first-of-its-kind push to publicly organize the entire nonunion auto sector after winning new contracts with the Detroit Three automakers. "To all the auto workers out there working without the benefits of a union, now it's your turn," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a video posted on a website urging auto workers to sign electronic cards seeking union representation. "I want this type of contract for all auto workers and I have a feeling the UAW has a plan for that," he said at an event with Fain. The UAW for decades has unsuccessfully sought to organize auto factories operated by foreign automakers.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Fain, Tesla, Elon Musk, David Shepardson, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, REUTERS, Rights, Detroit Three automakers, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, Benz, Detroit, General Motors, Ford Motor, Detroit Three, Lexus ES, Union, Thomson Locations: Belleville, Wayne County , Michigan, U.S, Detroit, Mississippi, Tennessee, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Georgetown , Kentucky, Washington

☆ UAW launches bid to organize Tesla and 'entire non-union auto sector' in US
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) speaks as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) joins striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line outside GM's Willow Run Distribution Center, in Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, U.S., September 26, 2023. "To all the auto workers out there working without the benefits of a union, now it's your turn," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a video posted on a website urging auto workers to sign electronic cards seeking union representation. The UAW for decades has unsuccessfully sought to organize auto factories operated by foreign automakers. The website asks Tesla workers to join, saying CEO "Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $230 billion. The question is, will Tesla workers get their fair share?"

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Fain, Elon Musk, Tesla, Harley Shaiken, David Shepardson, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, REUTERS, Rights, Detroit Three automakers, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, Benz, Detroit, General Motors, Ford Motor, New York Times, Honda, Subaru, Mazda, Volvo, University of California, White, Detroit Three, Lexus ES, Union, Thomson Locations: Belleville, Wayne County , Michigan, U.S, Detroit, America, Mississippi, Tennessee, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Berkeley, Georgetown , Kentucky, Washington

☆ Cruise staff say Carnival UK threatened to get rid of 919 of them if they refuse to take pay cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cruise crew members are accusing Carnival UK of threatening to "fire and rehire" 919 of them. A maritime union said Carnival UK filed a notice of mass layoffs as it was negotiating pay cuts. The entire dispute stems from negotiations between Carnival UK and Nautilus over potential pay cuts. Carnival UK is run by the Carnival Corporation group, which also operates Carnival Cruise Line, the US cruise company. AdvertisementNovember 24, 2023: This story was updated to reflect comment from Carnival UK.

Persons: — Organizations: Carnival, Service, Nautilus International, O Ferries, Unions, Nautilus, O Cruises, Cunard, O, BBC, Carnival UK's, Carnival Corporation, Cruise, Princess Cruises, O Cruises Australia, Carnival UK

☆ Elon Musk calls Tesla strike in Sweden 'insane' as 9 unions target company, leaving cars without license plates
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk called a growing wave of strikes against Tesla in Sweden 'insane.' The union representing postal service workers have joined in solidarity, meaning no new license plates for Tesla cars. AdvertisementElon Musk called a mounting wave of strikes against Tesla in Sweden "insane" as unions continue to pressure the electric carmaker to sign a collective bargaining agreement with its mechanics. The labor battle began on October 27, when mechanics in the Swedish union IF Metall walked out. Their sympathy strike means that new Tesla cars won't receive any license plates — signaling an impending pause on new car registrations in an important market for the company.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Elon, Musk, Tesla Organizations: Tesla, IF Metall, Service, Swedish Transport Workers ' Union, Berlin Locations: Sweden, Swedish, dockworkers, Germany, Berlin

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas hotel union workers voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve their contract agreement with casino giant Caesars Entertainment, signaling an end to lengthy labor disputes that had brought the threat of a historic strike to the Strip. The Culinary Workers Union announced on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that 99% of the vote favored the new five-year deal. The breakthrough deals were tentatively reached earlier this month, just hours before the union had threatened a massive walkout at 18 hotel-casinos on the Strip, including Bellagio, Paris Las Vegas, MGM Grand and Caesars Palace. By the end of the contract, Pappageorge said, union workers will be earning on average $35 hourly, including benefits. Union workers currently make about $26 hourly with benefits.

Persons: Ted Pappageorge, Pappageorge, —, Long Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Caesars Entertainment, Culinary Workers Union, BEST, Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International, Paris Las Vegas, MGM Grand, Caesars, MGM Resorts, Union, ”, MGM Grand Detroit Locations: Las Vegas, Bellagio, Paris Las, Casino, Nevada, Hollywood

☆ Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

New York CNN —Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank. The strike lasted more than six weeks before the union won contracts it was seeking from all three unionized US automakers. The unions won significant pay increases and job protections they were seeking. And even with some of the contracts that pass, some union members offer significant opposition, believing they could have negotiated for even more. The union won a contract approved by 86% of membership who voted on ratification.

Persons: “, ”, Wheaton, Emily Elconin, David Paul Morris, Stellantis, Kate Andrias, Mike Blake, It’s, Greg Regan, ” Regan, Heidi Shierholz, union’s, Cornell’s Wheaton, That’s, EPI’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, Kaiser Permanente, Ford Motor Co, Michigan Assembly, Bloomberg, Getty, Writers Guild, SAG, Teamsters, UPS, Culinary, Los, Pilots, American, United, Southwest, The, Professional, American Airlines, FedEx, United Airlines, San Francisco International Airport, Detroit, MGM Entertainment, UAW, Big, GM, Labor, Columbia Law, Motors, Workers, AFL, Economic Policy Institute, Labor Department, Union, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Starbucks, Starbucks Workers United, ” Locations: New York, Buffalo, Kaiser, Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, DisneyWorld, Los Angeles, Vegas

Officials with the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association say they too will ask for the right to strike if they don't have a contract deal with the airline in the next few days. “We definitely don't feel any equality here,” said Erik Harris, treasurer of the flight attendants' union. “How come the pilots have gotten their deal and we haven't?”Because of pattern bargaining, Southwest pilots are likely to wind up with raises like those approved for American Airlines pilots. The Southwest pilots' union has already tried and failed once this year to get permission to strike. On Thursday, several dozen American Airlines flight attendants picketed along a thoroughfare outside company headquarters in Texas, some carrying signs reading, “Ready to strike."

Persons: ”, “, Erik Harris, Tom Nekouei, Harris Organizations: —, Airlines, The, Professional, Southwest, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, U.S, Spirit Airlines, National, Board, American Airlines, Boeing, ”, United Auto Workers, Hollywood, Teamsters, United Parcel Service Locations: Texas, Dallas, Fort Worth, Southwest, ” Dallas

NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, U.S. labor unions are flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. In Hollywood, the actors union reached a tentative deal with major studios late Wednesday to end a months-long strike. UNION RATES HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR DECADES. Only 6% of U.S. private-sector workers belong to unions today, a sliver of the 35% that were union members in 1953. That means that what worked in auto workers' labor campaign, for example, may not look the same or be possible in other industries.

Persons: —, ” Alexander Colvin, ”, Eunice Han, Adam Seth Litwin, Litwin, Todd Vachon, Taft, Hartley, Vachon, Ronald Reagan, “, haven't, John F, Kennedy, ” Vachon, Han, Colvin, ” Colvin, Creighton Organizations: Hollywood, Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Associated Press, Labor, University of Utah, Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, ”, Screen Actors, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Writers Guild of America, Rutgers School of Management, Labor Relations, AP, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Labor Relations, Starbucks, Gallup Locations: U.S, Las Vegas, United States, Midwest

To studio executives who negotiated with the SAG-AFTRA president, the former star of "The Nanny" prolonged a strike while she relished her high-profile role. As president of the 160,000-member SAG-AFTRA union, Drescher won widespread praise from performers for her tenacity in fighting for better wages and protections against the rising threat of artificial intelligence technology. Drescher framed her actions as part of a broader labor movement battling Corporate America, where, in her view, executives place Wall Street's approval and their own compensation ahead of the welfare of workers. Studio executives, who declined to criticize Drescher publicly to avoid inflaming labor talks, said the 66-year-old Drescher delivered similar unvarnished critiques to industry leaders during closed-door negotiations. "Her interest as the union president is to see all performers, from background to the top 2%, succeed in a vibrant industry for the next century and beyond."

Persons: Fran Drescher, Duncan Crabtree, Fran Fine, Drescher, Kate Bond, Jill Morgan, AFTRA, Wall, Norma Rae, Ivy Kagan Bierman, Loeb & Loeb, Shari Belafonte, Belafonte, Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos, Kimberly Westbrook, Fran, Westbrook, Justine Bateman, Alex Plank, Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Ezra, She's, Plank, Dawn Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine, Mary Milliken, Rosalba O'Brien, Gerry Doyle Organizations: SAG, Writers Guild of America, Hollywood, Netflix, Broadway, CBS, Corporate America, Loeb &, NBC, Walt Disney, Amazon Studios, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, ANGELES, Queens, Ireland

He ordered up an economic analysis and spoke to company officials about the plant, according to White House officials. On Thursday, Biden will visit Belvidere to showcase that same auto plant, which has reopened as part of the settlement of a targeted strike by the United Auto Workers union. O'Malley Dillon said the UAW contracts and the auto plant reopening reflect a larger focus on workers by the president. The contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members in the coming weeks, would dramatically raise pay for auto workers. Top assembly plant workers would earn roughly $42 per hour.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, he's, ”, Jen O’Malley Dillon, White, O'Malley Dillon, Donald Trump, Gene Sperling, Trump, Shawn Fain, J.B . Pritzker, Stellantis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Biden, White, United Auto Workers, Dodge, UAW, Labor, White House, Illinois Gov, Motors, Ford, Republican Locations: Chicago, Belvidere, China, United States

☆ Violent wage protests in Bangladesh could hit top fashion brands
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On Tuesday, the country’s wage board announced an increase of $113 a month for garment workers, set to take effect December 1. Garment workers in Bangladesh currently make $95 a month producing clothes for big brands such as H&M, Zara and Levi’s. The American Apparel and Footwear Association, or AAFP, which represents brands in the US suggests a timelier minimum wage review. CNN reached out to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association which represents factory owners for comment but did not hear back. Cambodia now raises its minimum wage for garment workers once a year.

Persons: “, ”, Christina Hajagos, Clausen, Narza Akter, Imran Hossain, ” Matthew Miller, Bangladesh hasn’t, Fitch, Nate Herman, Levi Strauss, Elizabeth Cline, Jason Judd, Judd Organizations: New, New York CNN, Textile and Garment Industry, IndustriALL Global Union, Bangladesh Bureau, Statistics . Garment, Workers, US State Department, United, State Department, McKinsey, US Commerce Department, Puma, Abercrombie, American Apparel and Footwear Association, CNN, Brands, Government, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers, Policy, Columbia University, Consumer, World Bank, Consumers, Global Labor Institute, Cornell University, Workers Rights Consortium Locations: New York, Bangladesh, Zara, Levi’s, China, United States, Southeast Asia, AAFP, Swedish, ”, Patagonia, Cambodia

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