Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List.

AFL-CIO’s Shuler: Glacier NW Decision Will Not Deter Workers: “The following is a statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released [June 1] regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Glacier Northwest Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with corporations over working people. But when the facts are revealed on remand, it will be clear the union acted properly and the truck drivers’ strike was protected by federal law.”

Orange County’s Hotel Workers Consider Striking Over Pay Raises: “Hotel workers throughout Orange County, and Southern California, might go on strike as they demand a $5 an hour increase to their wages. Unite Here Local 11, union representing 32,000 hotel workers in Southern California and Arizona, are calling on workers to authorize a strike on June 8, according to Ada Briceño, co-president of the union. Briceño said in a Wednesday phone interview workers are getting squeezed by housing costs and need higher pay. ‘They’re sleeping on other people’s couches, they’re living in their cars and they’re one paycheck away from homelessness,’ she said, adding that she is confident they will authorize a strike.”

United Steelworkers Seeking Vote to Unionize Thousands of Pitt Staff: “The United Steelworkers said it intends to file paperwork...

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