There are multiple stories involving strikes and unions in the news recently . UPS recently reached an agreement with the Teamsters while another company Yellow has ceased operating leaving many thousands of union workers out of a job . Hollywood writers and actors have ground entertainment production to a halt as they fight for better compensation and protections from having their work coopted by artificial intelligence . Chris Isidore a senior writer for Business who covers organized labor the auto industry and a whole lot more . We talked about what’s going on in this moment for American unions and how it could affect everyones life . Even if UPS avoids a strike theres an excellent chance of a major strike at one or more automakers come September . There have been no . efforts to unionize big brand services like Starbucks and Amazon like Starbucks to reach a deal with its newly unionized workers yet to reach any contracts reached at any of their unionized contracts yet there have been any such contracts reached in the way of contracts reached by the NLRB National Labor Relations Board in the past . There is no incentive for an employer to reach out a deal at any major employer like Starbucks or Starbucks to negotiate with unions like the Teamster at the Big Three industries that are already like UPS and the U.S. to flex their muscle like the UPS and UAW. But there is no . Starbucks . Its ability to shut down with a strike is more likely to hurt their ability to strike with its unionized employees. Its likely to be less likely to threaten their ability. To get it out of the union. It is less likely. to strike. to shut itself down. to threaten its ability to threaten your livelihoods. to go on strike. To see what you need to do. to get it in your
Labor unions are flexing their muscles in the U.S. State of the Union
