Flight attendants to hold rally at Hartsfield-Jackson, other major airports...
Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines are picketing and holding rallies at 30 airports on Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight...
View ArticleDartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain before...
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another attack on the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur...
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Biden meets with the Teamsters today. But don’t expect an endorsement any...
President Biden’s travels today take him right up Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and other...
View ArticleLive at Trilith: Condition of Georgia’s film industry after double strike
What used to be a family farm south of Atlanta is now home to the largest movie-making complex in North America. Trilith Studios has become an anchor for the film industry in Georgia, but what does...
View ArticleSome Georgia workers would find it harder to become union members under a new...
Georgia lawmakers have made it harder for workers at companies receiving state economic incentives to unionize, which could be a violation of federal law. The state House voted 96 to 78 Wednesday for...
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Georgia House passes bill adding difficulties for companies seeking state...
On Wednesday, Senate Bill 362 passed the State House by 96 to 78 votes. The legislation, backed by Gov. Brian Kemp, is heading to his desk for a signature. Under the bill, if workers want to...
View ArticleConyers Waffle House employees join strike, demanding an end to ‘meal credit’...
This week, a group of Conyers Waffle House employees joined a strike led by the Union of Southern Service Workers. The workers are calling for the Department of Labor to investigate the company’s...
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Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South
The United Auto Workers union has stepped up the pace on its march south. On Friday, Mercedes workers in Vance, Ala., filed a petition with federal labor officials for a union election — a first for...
View ArticleSouthern states OK bills barring state incentives to companies that...
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would withhold economic incentive dollars from companies that voluntarily recognize a union without holding a secret ballot election. The Alabama...
View ArticleKemp, other Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will...
On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy....
View ArticleAtlanta-based Delta Air Lines, facing another union attempt to organize...
Delta Air Lines, the most profitable U.S. carrier, is raising pay for nonunion employees as it gets ready for another attempt by a union to represent its flight attendants. CEO Ed Bastian told Delta...
View ArticleBiden picks up another big union endorsement, this one from building trades...
President Joe Biden picked up the endorsement of North America’s Building Trades Unions at a Wednesday event where the president and his allies set out to dismantle Republican Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleU.S. labor secretary visits Atlanta, says recent UAW win shows southern...
Workers at auto plants in the South should be free to unionize without pressure from employers or anti-union governors, acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su said Thursday, even as some southern states...
View ArticleU.S. labor secretary visits Atlanta, says unions in the South are fired up
Pro-business state leadership and federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act have allowed Georgia to lure automakers, including EV manufacturers, to the state. The move has highlighted a...
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WABE’s Week In Review: Arrests at Emory demonstrations and SCOTUS weighs...
Multiple arrests were made Thursday morning on Emory University’s campus after demonstrators who had set up an encampment on campus to protest the Israel-Hamas war were dispersed by both the Atlanta...
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Metro Atlanta app drivers are rallying for union representation
On May 1, around 50 Atlanta drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft joined a nationwide protest asking for higher wages and more worker protections. A handful of picketers were outside the...
View ArticleBiden looks to union leaders for support as he seeks to reassure worried...
Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age....
View ArticleBiden awards $80 million to Blue Bird to boost electric school bus...
Updated at 5:56 p.m. The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to General Motors, Stellantis and other carmakers to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and...
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Delta workers rally at Hartsfield-Jackson in a push for union representation
Delta workers and labor advocates lined the sidewalk near the company’s employee entrance at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday. And although rain soaked the group of...
View ArticleTwo metro Atlanta Starbucks locations join over 400 stores in unionizing
This past week, Starbucks workers in Alpharetta and Roswell experienced a victory years in the making. Workers at the North Point and Haynes Bridge location voted 14 to 0 on Sunday to join Starbucks...
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