Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Unions

Amazon Teamsters in NYC have voted to authorize a strike (theverge.com)
Workers at a Staten Island, New York Amazon warehouse voted on Friday to authorize a strike if the company doesn’t agree to set dates for contract negotiations.

Amazon, Labor Unions, Strikes, New York

52 points by ____H____ 32 days ago | 2 comments

New York Times and Tech Guild Reach Deal (nytimes.com)
The Times Tech Guild, which represents tech workers at The New York Times, said on Wednesday that it had reached a tentative deal with The Times on a contract, after more than two years of bargaining and a weeklong strike.

Labor Unions, News Media

13 points by ctoth 37 days ago | 1 comments

Guild Builds – Games for you to play while we are on strike (nytimesguild.org)
Games are built by union members and supporters and are not affiliated with the New York Times company. Please pardon any bugs. We are working hard to win a contract!

Games, Labor Unions

7 points by consumer451 72 days ago | 0 comments

NYT Strike Negotiation Bogged Down by Outlandish and Illegal Demands (semafor.com)
Leaders at The New York Times are concerned that protracted contract negotiations with the paper’s unionized tech employees could disrupt its election coverage.

Labor Unions, Journalism, Strikes

6 points by tomohawk 73 days ago | 3 comments

Apple 'broke law' by pushing out labor-organizing dev (theregister.com)
The hot water in which the National Labor Relations Board has been boiling Apple is getting deeper, as the US workers' rights body has issued yet another unfair labor practice complaint alleging the constructive termination of developer and labor activist Cher Scarlett in 2021.

Labor Unions, Apple, Lawsuits, Technology

118 points by LinuxBender 74 days ago | 29 comments

Boeing machinists end strike with 38% wage increases (cnbc.com)

Labor Unions, Boeing, Wages

11 points by throw0101d 74 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing factory workers vote to accept contract and end more than 7-week strike (apnews.com)

Boeing, Labor Unions, Strikes, Manufacturing, Business

12 points by blackeyeblitzar 74 days ago | 1 comments

Striking Boeing workers reject 35% pay rise offer (bbc.com)
Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years.

Labor Unions, Boeing, Aerospace, Strikes, Negotiations

24 points by sensanaty 85 days ago | 51 comments

American Airlines Flight Attendants Just Won Boarding Pay (jacobin.com)
Flight attendants typically aren’t paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.

Labor Unions, Aviation, Travel, Airlines

7 points by PaulHoule 92 days ago | 2 comments

Do U.S. ports need more automation? (construction-physics.com)
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.

Labor Unions, Ports, Automation, Logistics

200 points by gok 102 days ago | 314 comments

US dockworkers suspend ports strike until January (bbc.com)
The union representing tens of thousands of dockworkers across the US has agreed to suspend its strike while negotiations continue.

Labor Unions, Strikes, Shipping, USA

9 points by ethbr1 106 days ago | 14 comments

Striking port workers to return to work Friday as negotiators reach an agreement (cnn.com)

Labor Unions, Strikes, Shipping, Logistics, Negotiations

13 points by wumeow 106 days ago | 2 comments

Boeing Revokes Health Benefits for Striking Workers (commondreams.org)
Boeing revoked the company-sponsored healthcare benefits of about 33,000 striking workers starting Tuesday, drawing condemnation from progressives, who said it showed the need for a universal healthcare system in the United States.

Boeing, Labor Unions, Healthcare, Strikes

31 points by speckx 108 days ago | 25 comments

Just Pay Them Off (cremieux.xyz)
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) is on strike. The ILA is not America’s largest union, but it is among the most impactful for the simple reason that its workers dominate freight loading and unloading at 36 U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. If they stop those ports from operating, Americans will face meaningfully higher prices, people will lose their jobs, and in a very general sense, the country will suffer for it.

Labor Unions, Shipping, Economics

25 points by NavinF 108 days ago | 5 comments

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike (apnews.com)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.

Labor Unions, Strikes, Economics, Supply Chain

150 points by mikeocool 109 days ago | 305 comments

US East and Gulf coast ports face shutdown as union announces intent to strike (gcaptain.com)
Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe.

Labor Unions, Maritime Industry, Shipping, Transportation, US Economy

38 points by casefields 110 days ago | 100 comments

Amazon, Tesla, Meta considered harmful to democracy (theregister.com)
Amazon, Meta, and Tesla have earned the rather dubious honor of being named some of the worst corporate underminers of democracy by the world's largest trade union federation.

Business, Politics, Technology, Labor Unions

19 points by rntn 116 days ago | 1 comments

Boeing crafts plan to furlough 'many' employees as workers strike for higher pay (theguardian.com)
Boeing is freezing recruitment and drawing up plans to furlough “many” employees as the aerospace giant scrambles to curb spending after tens of thousands of its workers went out on strike.

Business, Labor Unions, Aviation, Aerospace

4 points by howard941 124 days ago | 1 comments

AT&T Southeast strike nears one month. California and Nevada on brink of walkout (labornotes.org)
Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast have been on strike since August 16. They may be joined soon by another 8,500 workers at AT&T in California and Nevada.

Labor Unions, Strikes, Telecommunications

10 points by MilnerRoute 126 days ago | 0 comments

Volkswagen scraps decades-old job guarantees, paving way for lay-offs (reuters.com)

Labor Unions, Automotive Industry, Germany, Business, Layoffs

9 points by Rinzler89 129 days ago | 0 comments

New York Times Tech Guild votes to authorize strike (twitter.com)

Labor Unions, Strikes

6 points by ChrisArchitect 129 days ago | 2 comments

To avoid strike, Boeing promises 25% pay hike–and to build next jet in Seattle (arstechnica.com)
Boeing is hoping to avoid a strike Friday with a tentative deal reached Sunday with the Machinists union representing 33,000 of its West Coast employees fighting for better wages and working conditions.

Labor Unions, Aerospace, Business

38 points by pseudolus 131 days ago | 18 comments

OK City Apple Retail Workers Become 2nd US Store to Secure Tentative Agreement (cwa-union.org)

Labor Unions, Retail, Apple, Oklahoma

39 points by rntn 133 days ago | 1 comments

Workers at GM joint venture battery plant in TN unionize and will get pay raise (apnews.com)

Labor Unions, Automotive, Tennessee, Pay Raises

3 points by toomuchtodo 134 days ago | 0 comments

Striking Is in the Air at Boeing (labornotes.org)

Labor Unions, Boeing, Strikes

9 points by notamy 147 days ago | 1 comments

17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations (npr.org)