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    Michael Hiltzik: What Hollywood studios should learn from the UPS-Teamsters deal

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Jul 26, 2023 4 minutes
    Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer," written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan.

    When labor fights are conducted fairly, both sides have a feel for what's at stake. Unions have to balance their members' immediate and longer-term welfare, management is aware of the cost of work stoppage to its bottom line and the prospect of losing customers permanently.

    The fights haven't been fair since 1947, when Congress passed the ferociously anti-union Taft-Hartley Act over President Truman's veto and employers started to feel free to treat unions as enemies to be destroyed.

    The tentative settlement reached Tuesday between the Teamsters and UPS may serve as a reminder of what can be achieved on a and and the management of fierce anti-union companies such as Starbucks, are well advised to pay attention.

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