LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest: Friday, Jan. 28, 2022
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Spotlight on Incoming Teamsters President Sean O’Brien
NLRB Petitions & Charges: Jan. 27, 2022 (for paid subscribers only)
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BARGAINING NEWS
Arlington firefighters union on tight deadline for collective bargaining
New contract with King Soopers is “industry leading,” union president says...UFCW Local President: '‘Strikes Absolutely Work’......BACKLASH: King Soopers workers angry over UFCW shutdown of strike--“I no longer believe the people in the union”...
Contract Talks Between Kahler Hotels and UNITE-HERE To Begin
Durham School Bus Drivers in Rhode Island Ratify Teamster Contract 29-1
ORGANIZING NEWS
UFCW fights to form Connecticut’s largest union of the decade
More than 30 Starbucks stores have petitioned the NLRB to unionize!…
AFL-CIO Blog: Workers ‘continue organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life…’
Louisville’s public defense attorneys have overwhelmingly voted to unionize
Unionizing REI Workers Want Their ‘Progressive’ Employer to Pay a Living Wage
Labor Organizers Urge SEC to Investigate Activision Over ‘Misleading’ Filing
LABOR DISPUTES
No trespass in public buildings, order against Teamsters VP lifted
ExxonMobil rejects new proposal from locked out Steelworkers
Striking Special Metals workers to return to bargaining table
Portland Braces For Strike As Municipal Worker Unions Sets Date
Party for Socialism and Liberation: Telecom workers secure gains through national strike
Terms every MLB fan needs to know for lockout, CBA negotiations
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
300 union workers at Washington Hospital vote to authorize strike notice
Nurses’ union launches campaign targeting unvaccinated Rhode Islanders
Health Care Workers Across Wisconsin Demand Better Pay, Conditions
Catholic Health’s Kenmore Mercy service, plant workers agree to new contracts
‘Little progress’ on contract negotiations between Trinity Health, Mercy Hospital workers
HR NEWS
LEGAL NEWS
Federal appeals court overturns FLRA decision that limited mid-term bargaining for unions
Littler’s COVID-19 Labor & Employment Litigation Tracker: 5,017 lawsuits filed against employers
PA Senate Committee Votes ‘Yes’ on Bill to Allow Autonomous Vehicle Testing on Highways
Iowa bill aims to reclassify college athletes as employees due compensation by universities
POLITICAL NEWS
Conflict in Colorado over potential bill to expand public-sector collective bargaining
U.S. lawmakers urge GM, Mexico to safeguard worker rights ahead of union vote
Pittsburgh bridge collapses before Biden visit to talk infrastructure and ‘creating good-paying, union jobs’...ABC: Pennsylvania has 3,353 bridges in poor condition — the second highest in the nation....
David Weil to run DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, despite ‘excesses’ in Obama Admin
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
CTU: More than 2,000 teachers across the U.S. earn National Board Certification
Reading School District unions outline staff shortage concerns
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union dispute returning to school
Biden & Teacher’s Union ‘Colluded to Target Parents’ Who Opposed Critical Race Theory
GENERAL NEWS
Hudson, OH police dispatchers accuse chief, city of unfair labor practice
Should Convicted Officers Forfeit Pensions? Lawmaker Pressing for Change in State Law
Santa Clara County Exec denies unions’ plea to ease booster mandate
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