strikes
Glad to see unions across Minnesota coming together to maximize power through striking together. Nearly 10,000 workers from a coalition of separate unions, working for a diverse group of employers,.
Faculty in the Cal State system walked off the job yesterday. The universities caved immediately. The union representing California State University faculty reached a tentative agreement with the university system.
I was one of the people interviewed for this ABC piece on the rise in strikes this year. Greg Iwinski, a late-night TV writer, walked off the job this year.
I am at a conference and so don't really have time to blog at all, but I do feel the need to at least mention that the UAW has come.
Another big piece of recent labor news is that the largest health care strike in the history of the United States just went on, albeit it was only for three.
Peter Kilgallen, a registered nurse at Kaiser, center, yells as he and other nurses and supporters protest outside of a Kaiser Permanente facility in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014..
It does not look like the Hollywood strikes are ending anytime soon. There is real animosity here. The one thing the workers have on their side is the California political.
A union getting a strike approval vote is not generally that significant. It is something that happens all the time. But the UAW is cranky and I think a strike.