Major unions including the UAW and SAG-AFTRA have reached tentative agreements with employers in recent weeks, but those contracts still need to be voted on.
President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping have agreed to meet this week while both are at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit happening now in San Francisco. It’s their first meeting in nearly a year.
How important is a “ratification vote” in union contracts?
by Henry Epp
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Union members from the auto industry to Hollywood actors are currently taking the votes. They are more than a rubber-stamping process.