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The largest freight bankruptcy in history punched a $5 billion hole in the economy, cost 30,000 jobs, and left the taxpayer holding the bag for a COVID bailout

Would you take a deal to revive Yellow and bring back some of its lost jobs? Or would you scrap it and sell it for parts?

Fortune

Amazon’s $26 billion delivery business runs on exhausted, sweat-soaked drivers running door to door. Now we’re on strike

Even though Amazon holds me responsible for delivering its packages, regardless of the weather, the executives say my safety is not their problem.

Fortune

Jimmy Hoffa’s body may have been found by dog called Moxy, cold case investigators claim

Teamsters boss disappeared in 1975 on way to meeting with mafia bosses in Detroit

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Unions push to represent more workers, but organized labor’s share of jobs is declining

Organizing and mobilizing have gone on throughout the Chicago area with nurses and other health care employees, graduate teaching assistants, cannabis store crews, baristas and retail associates.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elon Musk warns UAW demands will put Detroit's Big Three on the "fast lane" to bankruptcy

The tycoon is an avowed opponent of the United Auto Workers union and may fear labor leader Shawn Fain will take the fight to Tesla next.

Fortune

Teamsters Local 731, Waste Management agree on 5-year deal

The new contract for scandal-scarred Local 731, negotiated with help from union President Sean O’Brien, could set a pattern for other talks with waste haulers in the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Exceptional’: Hollywood writers hail tentative deal to end strike

Writers Guild of America says agreement with studios on pay and conditions ‘due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power’

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Horseless carriages were once a lot like driverless cars. What can history teach us?

Historians say that a little more than a century ago, when cars first hit the roads, they caused nervous laughter and raised real concerns, much like driverless vehicles today.

WEKU

Strike Financials Show UAW Strength Vs. Starbucks, UPS Walkouts

A look at the financial power of Starbucks, UPS and other unions as workers strike against Hollywood, major automakers.

Investors Business Daily

California truck drivers ask Newsom to sign bill saving jobs as self-driving big rigs are tested

California lawmakers and union leaders are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would save jobs as large self-driving trucks are tested on public roads

The Independent UK

Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen

Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us

The Guardian - US

A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it's already been a big year for labor organizing — and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America's largest unions

The Independent UK

Why you shouldn't be surprised that autoworkers are asking for a 40% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

WEKU

“This man made 21 million last year”—As UAW strikes Detroit’s Big 3, it blasts Ford CEO for emotive schoolteachers and firemen comparison

After the Ford's Jim Farley accuses the United Auto Workers union of wanting to bankrupt his company, labor leader Shawn Fain launches a historic strike of all three Detroit carmakers.

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UPS says blockbuster pay deal that will see drivers haul in $170,000 a year won't cost shareholders $30 billion

Management stays mum on the precise cost, claiming only that the five-year deal works out to be less costly than Teamster leaders claim.

WEKU

Why auto workers are asking for a 46% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

The Guardian - US

US labor movement celebrates new regulation to counter union-busting

NLRB framework means companies committing illegal acts during unionization efforts will be forced to bargain immediately

The Guardian - US

‘He was dripping with sweat’: Kroger worker dies in hot work conditions in Memphis

The union representing workers at the grocery chain had asked the company to allow more breaks and cooler working conditions

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Chicago Sun-Times

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries

The Teamsters said that 86% of the votes casts were in favor of ratifying the national contract.

WEKU

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations

The Teamsters said that 86% of the votes casts were in favor of ratifying the national contract. They also said it was passed by the highest vote for a contract in the history of the Teamsters at UPS.

The Independent UK

Unionized UPS workers approve contract leaders agreed to in late July

The union representing 340,000 UPS workers says its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month

Kiplinger

Labor Unions Not Backing Down as Strikes Loom: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Labor unions like the Teamsters and United Auto Workers are using leverage and strike threats in negotiations with employers for better pay and benefits.

WEKU

UPS union negotiated a historic contract. Now workers have the final say

The Teamsters union reached a tentative deal with UPS, narrowly averting a nationwide strike. Rank-and-file union members are voting on whether to approve the contract.

Reason

Yellow Corporation To Close, Lay Off 30,000 Employees, and Likely Default on $700 Million Pandemic Aid Loan

The company blames much of its problems on the Teamsters trucking union's "intransigence," while the Teamsters say Yellow is delinquent on benefit payments.

The Independent UK

Trucking giant Yellow Corp. declares bankruptcy after years of financial struggles

Trucking company Yellow Corp. has declared bankruptcy after years of financial struggles and growing debt

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