trade unions in the united states
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Writers Guild Members Have Officially, Resoundingly, Ratified Their New Deal
The nearly five-month strike is now fully over, as the WGA has ratified its three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
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Don’t Cross the Wirecutter Picket Line
Wirecutter employees are asking us to resist the temptation of their own excellent deals this Black Friday weekend and boycott the site. The Wirecutter union announced today that every member of its unit has agreed to walk out from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday in protest of the New York Times management’s alleged foot-dragging on contract…
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IATSE Has Voted in Favour of a Nationwide TV and Film Strike
In a move that’s likely going to escalate tension throughout the film and TV industries, an overwhelming majority of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees members voted in favour of approving a nationwide strike that could bring all productions to a grinding halt.
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Finally Something Amazon Can Be Proud Of: A Unionisation Vote
At long last, Amazon has a unionisation vote on its hands, the first and only since 2014. Today, 5,800 Alabama warehouse workers have been sent mail-in ballots and can begin voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). If they vote in favour, RWDSU will be the first union to…