Watch: President Shuler Joins White House Roundtable on Inflation Reduction Act

• The Inflation Reduction Act is going to deliver fundamental economic change across America. It will lower health care costs-especially the high cost of prescription drugs-invest in our clean energy future and address our broken tax code.
• Not only will this bill direct investments to underserved communities, it will also make sure that high working standards and high environmental standards can-and should-go hand in hand. By including labor standards and domestic content requirements, this will create millions of good-paying jobs in construction and manufacturing right here in America.
• This is how we create lasting change that working families need. We see the Inflation Reduction Act as a major step forward. It will improve the lives of working people, seniors trying to pay for their prescriptions and children, who will have a healthier planet to live on. Let's get this bill passed and signed into law.

IAM Members at Boeing St. Louis Ratify New Contract After Standing Strong for Secure Retirement Plan, Other Improvements

Nearly 2,500 members of Machinists (IAM) District 837 at three Boeing defense locations around St. Louis voted on Wednesday to accept a modified three-year contract offer from their employer. After overwhelmingly voting to reject the company's contract offer on July 24, the IAM District 837 negotiating committee and the membership stood strong to obtain a modified offer from Boeing. The newly ratified agreement features critical improvements to the company's previous proposal for retirement plans and other areas.

"Throughout negotiations, the committee worked diligently to educate the membership and bring back an improved offer from the company," said District 837 President and Directing Business Representative Tom Boelling. "We have delivered an equitable contract that will secure the future for the members, their families and future generations."

University of Michigan's Library and Museum Workers Organize Union With AFT

Hundreds of library and museum workers at the University of Michigan (UM) announced earlier this week that they are forming University Staff United/American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Michigan Local 284. The workers who are organizing said that they are motivated to collectively bargain for adequate pay, better advancement opportunities, more inclusive and flexible working conditions and access to affordable child care. The majority of workers are supporting the union drive.

"On so many issues right now, university staff are at the mercy of the departments' and the schools' leadership," said Samuel Simpson (not pictured), a resource-sharing specialist at UM's Ann Arbor campus. "If we're unionized, management has to come to the table and brainstorm solutions alongside us. We're not organizing to go against 'them.' We're organizing to work better together."

MEBA Demands Contract Settlement as Staten Island Ferry Sees Severe Delay

New York City's Staten Island Ferry experienced massive delays this week with departures reduced to once every hour, leading to overcrowding at ferry terminals and rising frustration among riders. The Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA), which represents workers who keep the ferry running, said crews are severely overworked and understaffed. The union has been fighting for a fair contract since 2010, and its members have not received any pay increases during that time.

"We have continued to operate service under the most stressful and painful of circumstances while our crew continues to feel the tremendous financial pain and workload stress of the pandemic and its aftermath," said MEBA Secretary-Treasurer Roland Rexha. He took issue with the city's implication that workers are staging a sick-out: "The only thing 'sick' is the Office of Labor Relations' refusal to offer a contract that reflects the highly skilled and essential work of the ferry officers and mariners."

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