An update on the digest, plus a few headlines you may have missed.
Hello, and happy Friday. As you may have noticed, I haven't being doing my weekly digests with any sort of regularity for some time. I am now enrolled full-time in a graduate program for library science (exciting!), which has taken quite a bit of time away from me during the week.
Over the next few weeks and months, I'll be working on a new system of posting for this newsletter, including a redesign of this digest, better scheduling for the podcast, and a number of other things. Please mind the dust as I work slowly through my various to-dos.
Alright, here's a few headlines that you may have missed from this week, and a few notes about what sort of labor news you can expect next week.
Notable News in Labor
Nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West Ratify New Contracts by Overwhelming Majority
NYSNA members at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West have voted to ratify new 3-year contracts by an overwhelming majority. Voting took place Feb. 9-11. These three contracts will cover approximately 10,500 nurses at two hospital systems. Nurses will begin returning to work, with the last nurses returning to work through Saturday, Feb. 14.Nurses at Mount Sinai ratified their new contract by 87%, nurses at Mount Sinai Morningside and West ratified by 96% and nurses at Montefiore ratified by 86%.
Against Cuts at The Post, NewsGuild-CWA Members Push Back
Last week, in a devastating move, management at the Washington Post (The Post) announced layoffs of nearly a third of staff at the newspaper.
U.S. Travel Alert: United Airlines’ Scheduling Proposal Stirs Flight Attendant Dispute — Impact on Passenger Experience - Travel And Tour World
United Airlines pushes a controversial new scheduling system in flight attendant contract talks — travel impacts include service reliability gains and operational risks.
Third Cost-of-Living Adjustment Announced | American Postal Workers Union
In accordance with the 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.12 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective March 7, 2026. The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It will appear in paychecks dated March 27 (Pay Period 07-2026). The value of […]
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Nurses at Bishop McCarthy Center in South Jersey ratify new contract
Nurses at Bishop McCarthy Center in Vineland secured a three-year union contract, with pay raises and vacation benefits, after long negotiations.
, Courier-Post
Ready to Strike: More Than 80% of ProPublica Guild Members Have Signed a Pledge Saying They Are Prepared to Strike Unless ProPublica Agrees to a Fair Contract
ProPublica Guild represents reporters, editors, designers, videographers, and business and communications staff at the award-winning nonprofit news organization and is a bargaining unit of The NewsGuild of New York. Members have been working toward their first contract since the nonprofit newsroom voluntarily recognized the union in August 2023.Guild members are fighting for job security, a fair disciplinary process, wages that reflect the value of their work and clear guardrails around AI.
S.F. teachers strike: Union wins fully funded family healthcare, a top ask
It’s the fourth day of San Francisco schools closed and teachers striking. A deal is inching closer after a late night of talks.
Marina Newman, Sophia Rerucha, Joe Rivano Barros
Farm Workers Welcome H-2A Visa Cap Legislation to Protect U.S. Wages and Jobs
Washington, D.C.—Today, Representative and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Primila Jayapal (D-Wash.), alongside Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Speaker Emerita, Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-Ill.),…
California Lawmaker Proposes Postproduction Tax Credit to Curb Film Industry Job Losses
Assemblymember Nick Schultz is proposing a new postproduction tax credit as industry leaders warn editing, special effects and sound jobs are leaving California.
Unions & the Trump Administration
DeLauro, Sanders, 167 Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Guarantee Paid Sick Leave to Every American Worker
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced legislation that would ensure the United States finally joins virtually every other major country on Earth in guaranteeing paid sick leave to its workers. Sanders and DeLauro were joined on the legislation by 29 Senators and by 138 House members.
‘Standing up for our workers’: US unions raise thousands for victims of ICE crackdown
Labor unions are fundraising and providing mutual aid for workers affected by ICE surges in Minnesota and across US
Michael Sainato
Commentary & Analysis
Union Coordination Is Essential to Organizing Amazon
Unions have the resources to organize Amazon and are already working to do so. Building Amazon “labor tables” in key metro areas — regular meetings where unions agree to coordinate their efforts — will be crucial to advancing organizing efforts further.
Peter Olney
Remembering Kent Wong (1956-2025)
Wong was an educator, organizer and visionary who saw immigrants as the heart of the labor movement—long before the idea had reached the mainstream.
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
Robert Reich
Looking Ahead...
Two years after striking, SAG-AFTRA is reentering negotiations for a new contract
Roughly two years after one of Hollywood’s biggest strikes, its unions are once again sitting down for negotiations with major studios. SAG-AFTRA is up first, starting bargaining Monday.
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Union registered nurses across the country hold day of action Feb. 19 to protest ICE as one of worst public health threats
Registered nurse members of National Nurses United are naming federal immigration enforcement agencies as among the country’s top public health threats, and demanding through national coordinated protests on Thursday, Feb. 19 that Congress stop funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).
National Nurses United
Teamsters Local 2010 set to strike across CSU system in mid-February - University Times
The Teamsters Local 2010, which represents 1,100 electricians, plumbers, carpenters, facilities workers, and other trades workers across the 22 California State University School System and the CSU Chancellor’s Office are set to strike for four days beginning on Feb. 17 and continuing through Feb. 20 after the CSU failed to fund contractually agreed to step
Seamus Bozeman, News Editor
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