LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest for Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Feb 08, 2022

The following are the top employee and labor-related news stories from LaborUnionNews.com.

Categories included in today’s digest are:

FEATURED STORY: Card Check Is Coming

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Faculty union ratifies CSU employment contract
Newport News shipyard’s proposed union contract sets faster pace, but overall pay increases same as rejected offer
Campus workforce responds to AAUP allegations of Oakland university bad-faith bargaining

OP-ED: Raising the federal contractor minimum wage will improve hundreds of thousands of lives
White House’s Labor Task Force Takes Aim at Gig Economy in New Report
Axios: Jaw-dropping gender gap in jobs
Food Companies Rely More on Temp Workers as Labor Shortages Persist
Labor Shortage: Convenience store chain says around 13% of its products are out of stock due to manufacturer shortages
Two Years Into Pandemic, Shoppers Are Still Hoarding

Warehouse Industry Is Targeted by Biden’s Wage Enforcers
AFL-CIO: Memorial Held to Honor Three Members of IAFF Who Perished in the Line of Duty

White House task force recommends agencies get better at informing federal employees about union rights
Marathon 9th Circ. session will focus on public workers’ bid to exit unions
U.S. House to vote to provide Postal Service with $50 bln in relief
New Biden plan encourages federal workers to unionize
Hobart approves Teamsters contract

Shortage of nurses persists in Midstate hospitals
Essentia Health reaches tentative agreement with SEIU
Union blasts Beverly, Addison Gilbert Hospitals over nursing shortage
Nurses unions in Washington back safe-staffing legislation
NRTW: MNA Union Officials Admit to Illegal Dues Demands in the Face of St. Vincent Hospital Nurse’s Federal Charges
Mercy Health employees in Muskegon agree to picket as contract negotiations continue

Apple Ups Benefits for Retail Workers in Tightening Labor Market
‘More aggressive’ EEOC likely to sue more employers in 2022
It’s time to think differently about benefits and compensation packages
Amazon Care announces expansion of in-person service to more than 20 additional cities
DOL to add 100 wage and hour investigators

Workers At California College Of The Arts To Begin Strike Tuesday
Orange County Transportation Authority Warns of Bus Driver Strike Next Week
Biden labor chief speaks to MLB, players’ group amid lockout ...MLB, players stop drug testing during lockout...
The Party for Socialism and Liberation: Exxon Mobil workers bravely endure 9 months of lockout

‘Doorknockers’ challenge to California gig-worker law goes before Ninth Circuit
Why single payer died in the California Legislature, again ...What Just Happened to Medicare for All in CA...
First Circuit Creates Split Regarding Federal Court Jurisdiction Over FLSA Multistate Collective Actions
Federal Charge: IAM Caused Firing When Mechanic Refused Demand To Join Union

Starbucks unbowed as union movement spreads, some see ‘head in the sand’
Labor Notes: How Lobstermen Formed a Union Co-op to Claw Back Fair Prices
Capitol Hill Staff Trying to Unionize Need Bosses’ Approval First...If approved, staffers could begin unionizing on an 'office-by-office basis'...
Biden Labor Task Force Targets Anti-Union Activity, Access
Judge dismisses fired Amazon union organizer’s lawsuit alleging discrimination
Slate: The conditions that have led video game testers at Activision to demand a union.

White House Report on Worker Organizing Demonstrates ‘Deep Commitment’ to Working People
Vice President Harris wants 50% of US workforce unionized
CWA: Task Force Recommendations Send a Clear Message about the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Worker Power
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Could Change Rural America’s Alliance With GOP
House Approves #MeToo Bill Aimed at Workplace Sexual Harassment
NJ Gov. Murphy’s allies launch two political fundraising groups to back candidates, push agenda
Executive order imposing Project Labor Agreements draws industry ire