Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Unions

They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them (hamiltonnolan.com)
The worst thing that the federal government has done to labor unions in my lifetime happened last night. Donald Trump signed an executive order saying that the government will no longer recognize and bargain with a huge portion of the unions that represent federal workers.
Labor Unions, Politics, Government, Federal Workers
6 points by DonnyV 5 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Would You Unionize for WFH? (ycombinator.com)
WFH has proven to be both popular and workable but no union effort has made it their one issue.
Remote Work, Labor Unions, Technology
8 points by CaffeineLD50 9 days ago | 18 comments
Wells Fargo Is Plotting to Privatize the Post Office (jacobin.com)
A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS: sell off profitable parts, slash union jobs, and raise prices by up to 140 percent.
Politics, Business, Labor Unions, Postal Service
15 points by moneycantbuy 9 days ago | 6 comments
How Philly Whole Foods Workers Beat Jeff Bezos (jacobin.com)
In the face of what they say was a vicious anti-union campaign, and at a time of anti-worker right-wing advance nationally, Philadelphia Whole Foods workers successfully voted to form a union.
Labor Unions, Amazon, Philadelphia
15 points by PaulHoule 36 days ago | 1 comments
Amazon workers vote against unionizing a North Carolina warehouse (npr.org)
Amazon workers in North Carolina have voted against unionizing as the retail giant once again prevailed in its fight against labor organizing.
Amazon, Labor Unions, North Carolina
28 points by RavlaAlvar 45 days ago | 16 comments
Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union (cbc.ca)
Amazon announced on Wednesday it will shutter its facilities in Quebec in the coming weeks and cut more than 1,700 jobs.
Amazon, Labor Unions, Quebec, Business, Layoffs
48 points by cf100clunk 70 days ago | 21 comments
Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike (abcnews.go.com)
Teamsters union members working at Costco Wholesale locations across the country voted to authorize a strike on Sunday, with more than 85% of members in favor of hitting the picket lines.
Labor Unions, Costco, Strikes
9 points by ImJamal 71 days ago | 0 comments
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____ 106 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 111 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 146 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 147 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 148 days ago | 29 comments
Boeing machinists end strike with 38% wage increases (cnbc.com)
Labor Unions, Boeing, Wages
11 points by throw0101d 148 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 148 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 159 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 166 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 176 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 180 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 180 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 182 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 182 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 183 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 184 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 190 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 198 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 200 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 203 days ago | 0 comments
New York Times Tech Guild votes to authorize strike (twitter.com)
Labor Unions, Strikes
6 points by ChrisArchitect 203 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 205 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 207 days ago | 1 comments