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Washington (AFP) - Former US president Donald Trump met leaders of one of the country's largest labor unions on Wednesday as he seeks the backing of blue-collar America in his bid for a stunning White House return. The sit-down with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington came with Trump, a Republican, hoping to leach away support for Democratic President Joe Biden among manual laborers as the pair look set for a rematch in November's election. Republicans are the less labor-friendly of the two parties, but many of their conservative social policies have been able to resonate...
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New York (AFP) - Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) have ratified the in-principle labor agreements promising sweeping pay increases that were reached with US car companies Ford, Stellantis and General Motors, a union source told AFP Saturday. "All three are ratified," the source said of the agreements, which were reached after an unprecedented strike that lasted more than six weeks. According to information published on the union's website Thursday, around 55 percent of hourly staff at GM voted in favor the four-year contract. At Ford, 67 percent of unionized employees voted in favor...
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San Francisco (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration promised Thursday to engage systematically overseas with workers, as its plans for a new Asia trade pact met opposition from labor activists. In a memorandum as he took part in an Asia-Pacific summit in San Francisco, Biden for the first time formally instructed US ambassadors and other diplomats to "directly engage in labor diplomacy and enhancing programming and public messaging on workers' and labor rights." Presenting the strategy in front of union members at a San Francisco hotel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken credited US dipl...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Tens of thousands of health care workers in the United States walked off the job Wednesday, beginning one of the sector's largest strikes in recent history, as America's year of labor discontent rolled on. The walkout of more than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente, the country's largest non-profit health care organization, comes as surging inflation has spurred industrial action across the US, from Hollywood actors to Detroit auto workers. People on the picket lines in Los Angeles on Wednesday said they were underpaid and overworked. "Ever since the pandemic hit, we lost ...
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Belleville (United States) (AFP) - Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to stand on a picket line Tuesday, joining striking auto workers in Michigan in a bold pitch for blue collar votes against likely election rival Donald Trump. Wearing a United Auto Workers (UAW) union baseball cap, the Democrat used a bullhorn to tell red-shirted employees they deserved "a hell of a lot more than what you're getting." His short but symbolic trip came a day before Republican former president Trump visits Michigan, the historic heart of the US car industry and a key battleground for the 2024 elect...
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Center Line (United States) (AFP) - The US auto workers union expanded a strike against two of Detroit's "Big Three" on Friday, while President Joe Biden announced plans to join the picket line in solidarity with employees. Some 5,600 members of the United Auto Workers union walked out of 38 US parts and distribution centers at General Motors and Stellantis at noon Friday, adding to last week's dramatic worker walkout. The UAW has described its campaign as an effort to level the economic playing field for the working class, but Friday's events also underscored the lofty political stakes, with ...
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Washington (AFP) - High-wire talks between striking US workers and automotive giants are in a "critical phase," Jeep-maker Stellantis said Saturday, as politicians staked out positions on a labor issue that could have national impact. Stellantis, together with fellow "Big Three" automakers General Motors and Ford, was hit Friday by a limited strike -- but one the United Auto Workers (UAW) warns could spread. Both sides issued cautious statements Saturday. "Our bargaining team continues to work days, nights and weekends" in pursuit of a "reasonable" solution, said the statement from Stellantis,...
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Detroit (AFP) - The head of the US auto workers union announced plans on Wednesday to strike against the three major Detroit car manufacturers, saying the two sides remain far from a new agreement. "We are preparing to strike these companies in a way they've never seen before," United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain said of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. If no agreement is reached, a stoppage could begin at a limited number of plants Friday morning and gradually expand as talks continue, leading to an increasingly heavy economic hit. Fain, appearing in a webcast briefing less tha...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The Emmy Awards have been postponed by almost four months, organizers said Thursday, as crippling strikes by Hollywood's actors and writers drag on with no resolution in sight. Television's equivalent of the Oscars had been due to take place this September, but will now be held in mid-January next year, broadcaster Fox and the Television Academy wrote in a statement. "We are pleased to announce that the 75th Emmy Awards will now air on Monday, January 15, 2024," said a Fox spokesman. The Emmys are the most significant entertainment event so far to be delayed by Hollywood's...
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New York (AFP) - A tentative agreement was reached in New York Thursday to avert a strike that threatened to shut most Broadway shows, as Hollywood remains on hold over historic industrial action. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represents the 1,500 stagehands and other backstage workers involved in the dispute, had begun the process of voting on a walkout. But the union reached agreement with Disney Theatrical and industry trade group the Broadway League, which represent theater owners and producers, the parties said in a joint statement. The contract s...
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