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Fidelity Investments and Deutsche Bank AG are among the ranks of companies changing when and how frequently workers need to report to the office.

Labor union big wins in 2023 included battles at GM, Ford and in Hollywood, but for all the success, the decades-low numbers on union membership didn't move up.

Labor union big wins in 2023 included battles at GM, Ford and in Hollywood, but for all the success, the decades-low numbers on union membership didn’t move...

Labor union big wins in 2023 included battles at GM, Ford and in Hollywood, but for all the success, the decades-low numbers on union membership didn’t move...

ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Greg Iwinski, a late-night TV writer, walked off the job this year amid a dramatic surge of workers going out on strike -- and he says the trend made its presence felt at the bargaining table. "The ammunition that a company has, whether its an automaker or a TV studio, is telling you that a strike wont work -- your collective action wont help," Iwinski, who helped broker an agreement that delivered significant pay increases for 11,000 Holl...

ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Greg Iwinski, a late-night TV writer, walked off the job this year amid a dramatic surge of workers going out on strike -- and he says the trend made its presence felt at the bargaining table. "The ammunition that a company has, whether its an automaker or a TV studio, is telling you that a strike wont work -- your collective action wont help," Iwinski, who helped broker an agreement that delivered significant pay increases for 11,000 Holl...

ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Greg Iwinski, a late-night TV writer, walked off the job this year amid a dramatic surge of workers going out on strike -- and he says the trend made its presence felt at the bargaining table. "The ammunition that a company has, whether its an automaker or a TV studio, is telling you that a strike wont work -- your collective action wont help," Iwinski, who helped broker an agreement that delivered significant pay increases for 11,000 Holl...

ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Greg Iwinski, a late-night TV writer, walked off the job this year amid a dramatic surge of workers going out on strike -- and he says the trend made its presence felt at the bargaining table. "The ammunition that a company has, whether its an automaker or a TV studio, is telling you that a strike wont work -- your collective action wont help," Iwinski, who helped broker an agreement that delivered significant pay increases for 11,000 Holl...