Ride share and delivery app drivers in Mexico staged a two-hour strike in May to demand fair treatment and a collective bargaining agreement. A 2024 law reclassified app-based workers as employees, and the National App Workers Union is assisting them in their demands. Workers are looking for fair rates and the end of unjustified deactivations. They are also hoping to address qualification for benefits. Under current labor law, they need to earn double the minimum wage, after deducting 48 percent for expenses like gas and maintenance, to qualify for benefits.
The staff at WLRN-FM have ratified their very first collective bargaining agreement after months of negotiations. They are represented by SAG-AFTRA.
PECO utility workers in Philadelphia reached agreement on a new contract after a brief strike last month. The strike coincided with a heat wave, and IBEW workers at neighboring utility companies refused to cross the picket line to assist in restoration of power. PECO workers won the restoration of defined-benefit pensions for new workers and full medical coverage in retirement. The five-year contract also raises wages by four percent in each of the first four years, and by 4.5 percent for field workers and three percent for call center workers in the final year.
Stagehands at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Bowl have voted in favor of representation by IATSE. IATSE requested voluntary recognition but ultimately workers voted in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. Audio engineers at several independent music venues in Denver also voted in favor of representation by IATSE. Those workers were fed up with unstable working conditions with poor pay and no benefits.