LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest for Thursday, February 3, 2022
The following are the top employee and labor-related news stories from LaborUnionNews.com.
Categories included in today’s digest are:
FEATURED NEWS
FEATURED STORY
BP oil refinery worker declares: “We’re ready to strike”
...U.S. Refining Output At Stake As Union Prepares To Strike...
NLRB Petitions & Charges: Feb. 2, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
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BARGAINING NEWS
Negotiations loom between the ILWU and shipping companies making record profits
Upcoming UPS negotiations with Teamsters could disrupt CEO’s success.
Union to weigh next steps in talks for U.S. refinery worker contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
United Football Players Association Affiliates With Steelworkers’ Union
Federal Prisons On National Lockdown After Deadly Fights, AFGE Calls For More Staff
How Uber’s deal with the UFCW could change the gig economy forever
Burnham sworn in as first person of color to lead MN AFL-CIO
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
House Bill passes first increase to death benefits for Federal workers in 20+ years
D.C. Circuit: Federal worker unions can demand ‘midterm’ bargaining
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Workers organizing at McLean Hospital face staunch resistance
Kenmore Mercy and UFCW ratify new agreement ahead of schedule
Nurses at Tri-City Medical Center Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize a One-day Strike
Nurses authorize strike at Van Nuys Behavioral Health Hospital
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Construction Stalls Across King County As Concrete Strike Drags On
Center For American Progress Staffers Threaten To Strike Amid Contract Fight
MLB lockout: Owners, players discuss universal DH, expanded playoffs after economic talks stall
...Players union wants to alter baseball's revenue-sharing system...
LEGAL NEWS
NYC Set to Finalize New Regulations to Further Complicate Fast Food Workplaces
Possible Supreme Court nominee writes first appellate opinion
D.C. Police Reform Faces Union Challenge at U.S. Appeals Court
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
New York Times Confronts Labor Strife as Tech Workers Push to Organize
QSR Mag: How to Navigate Unionization at Quick-Service Restaurants
Workers at six more Starbucks stores in Oregon announce plans to unionize
AFSCME: Minnesota Historical Society unionizes ‘despite daunting odds’
Amazon workers at a second Staten Island warehouse file petition for union election
POLITICAL NEWS
Institute for the American Worker: America’s COMPETES Act Contains Card Check, Binding Arbitration
California’s Universal Health Care Failure Is a Wake-Up Call for Democrats
House Democrats Introduce “Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act”
Autonomous vehicles need stricter rules -U.S. safety group, labor unions
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey won’t seek reelection
Teachers Union prevents strike over COVID-19 safety measures