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Air Canada and its striking flight attendants' union have reached a tentative agreement after a strike that disrupted half a million travelers, with union members still needing to approve the deal. The negotiations focused on pay for ground work and wage increases, amid government intervention and legal challenges. The deal offers some progress, but the final approval is pending union members' ratification.
Anheuser-Busch and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a strike of 5,000 union members. The deal includes an immediate $4 an hour raise and an $8 an hour increase over the life of the contract, raising pay by an average of 23%. It also provides job security, a $2,500 signing bonus, increased vacation accrual, and restoration of retirement benefits. The deal still needs to be ratified by rank-and-file Teamsters, and comes after a difficult year for Anheuser-Busch. Strikes have become more common in the last year, with unions finding significant success in negotiations.
The California State University system and the union representing thousands of professors and lecturers reached a tentative deal to raise wages, ending the largest strike by university faculty members in U.S. history. The deal includes an immediate 5% salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2023, with another 5% raise scheduled for July 1, 2024, as well as a $3,000 increase to the salary floor for the lowest-paid faculty members and an extension of parental leave to 10 weeks. The strike reflects a broader trend of labor actions across industries grappling with wages that have not kept pace with high inflation.
Faculty at California State University have ended their strike after reaching a tentative deal with the university system, securing a 5% general salary increase retroactive to July 2023, a 5% increase in 2024, a $3,000 raise for the lowest-paid faculty, and an extension of the current contract to June 2025. The strike, involving over 30,000 professors, librarians, and other workers, was prompted by the California Faculty Association's demand for higher wages. The agreement also includes improvements in parental leave, protection for faculty dealing with police, and support for lecturer engagement in service work.
MGM casino workers in Detroit may soon return to work as a tentative deal has been reached with the union. The details of the agreement will be released after a ratification vote on Saturday. Workers have been on strike for 42 days, primarily seeking a pay raise for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The strike at Hollywood at Greektown and Motor City Casino has already ended with workers voting in favor of new contracts. The MGM workers had previously rejected the same offer, citing dissatisfaction with the pay raise. The workers will vote on the new contract on Saturday.
After more than three weeks of a teachers' strike, Portland Public Schools and the Portland Association of Teachers have reached a tentative deal, allowing over 40,000 students to return to school on Monday. The agreement includes wins for student mental health support, class size, protected planning time, building health and safety protections, and a nearly 13.8% cost-of-living adjustment over three years. The contract will cost about $175 million over the next three years, leading to significant budget cuts in the upcoming school year.
The Hollywood actors' union, Sag-Aftra, has reached a tentative deal with Hollywood studios, ending a four-month strike. The strike, along with a separate writers' strike, has caused major disruptions in the entertainment industry, delaying the release of several films. Actors have been demanding better pay and safeguards against the use of AI. The deal, which includes increased pay and AI guarantees, is considered a significant victory for Sag-Aftra. The strikes have cost the California economy over $6.5 billion so far.
The United Automobile Workers (U.A.W.) union has reached tentative contract agreements with General Motors, Ford Motor, and Stellantis, offering workers their largest pay raises in decades. These agreements, which still need to be ratified by union members, come after a six-week wave of strikes that could have had a detrimental impact on the economy. The deals also signal potential labor disputes and demands for higher pay at nonunion automakers like Tesla and Toyota. The agreements are seen as a win for President Biden, who had shown support for striking workers at a G.M. facility in Michigan.
General Motors has reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers, becoming the last car company to do so and ending the nearly seven-week-long strike. The strike has had a significant impact on the auto industry, costing the Big Three automakers hundreds of millions of dollars each week in lost production. Autoworkers were calling for a "just transition" to plug-in vehicles, ensuring that unionized workers would be involved in building the cars of the future. The terms of the deal were not immediately available.
Ford and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached a tentative deal to end the nearly six-week strike, which includes a record pay rise. The agreement, if approved by union leaders and members, would set the standard for talks at General Motors (GM) and Stellantis. The deal includes a 25% wage increase over the life of the contract and pay rises of over 150% for lowest-paid temporary workers. The union also secured the right to strike Ford over future plant closures. The estimated total economic losses from the strike have reached $9.3bn.
Kaiser Permanente has reached a tentative deal with over 75,000 of its health care workers following a three-day strike that disrupted services at hospitals and clinics. The labor dispute, which was the latest in a series between health care organizations and their employees, highlighted severe staffing shortages after the pandemic. The deal comes at a crucial time in the health labor market, with a significant exodus of staff members leaving the industry facing a shortage of workers. Union workers have been leveraging this situation to negotiate better terms.
Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would allow them to use writers' work to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The agreement, which is still subject to approval, would enable studios to utilize AI technology to analyze and learn from vast amounts of written content, potentially improving the efficiency of script development and content creation processes. However, concerns have been raised about the potential impact on writers' intellectual property rights and the need for fair compensation.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Broadway League and Disney Theatrical Productions, narrowly avoiding a strike. The agreement impacts stagehands, hair and makeup artists, and wardrobe personnel employed under the "Pink Contract" for Broadway shows' out-of-town tryouts and tours.