Today in 2007 Some 12,000 television and movie writers begin what was to become a three-month strike against producers over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from work delivered over the Internet.
• The past, present, and future of work • What happened to the Apple store union campaign? • Most unionized occupations • ‘UAW just made it easier for auto workers to strike • Organizing a top topic at Steelworkers convention • Business Insider: 6 issues that could push UPS Teamsters to strike • US labor leaders say underfunding at NLRB has ‘reached crisis stage’ • Booming US cannabis industry seen as fertile ground for union expansion • Teamsters enact historic agreement to organize Illinois cannabis industry • Exclusive: Biden’s emergency board calls for railroad wage hikes to resolve contract talks • Watch: O’Brien to join Sen. Sanders and AFT’s Nelson at major rallies this weekend
