LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest: Monday, January 31, 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
Starbucks Union Now Petitioning to Unionize at 50 U.S. Stores!…
...UNION TO FILE 15 PETITIONS MONDAY...
(Updated) NLRB Petitions & Charges: Jan. 28, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
BARGAINING NEWS
UFCW, Smith’s agree to 1-week extension for negotiation deadline
Steelworkers says it reached new tentative deal with Newport News Shipbuilding
Negotiations continue to avert Smith’s Food & Drug strike; ULP charge filed
Hollywood’s Teamsters & Basic Crafts Reach Agreement On New Film & TV Contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
Inflation will persist through 2023 even if pandemic fades, economist says
Fed’s inflation tracker at fastest pace since ’82…nearly 6 percent last year...Weaker U.S consumer spending, rising inflation pose dilemma for Fed......Ending High Inflation Won't Be Pretty...
Alarm at NY looking at expanded OT for farmworkers: “While the industry overall may survive, many individual farms will not”
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Canadian Union of Postal Workers Comes Out Against Uber, UFCW National Agreement
OP-ED: PRO Act must not be revived, as it will harm Alaska businesses
Fire that damaged home of California’s AB5 author and politician-husband was arson!...Crime Stoppers Issues Reward After ‘Arson'...
PBGC Approves $100.5 Million Bailout of New Jersey Pension Plan (Teamsters)
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Streetsboro OKs deals with three unions including 7.5% raises over three years
Hudson, OH police dispatchers accuse chief, city of unfair labor practice
Conflict in Colorado over potential bill to expand public-sector collective bargaining
Biden’s Federal Labor authority tries again to end immigration judges union
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
California hospital CEO’s contract extended 1 year after union circulates no-confidence petition
Hospital administration, unions disagree on Washington state legislation for safe staffing
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
California hospital CEO’s contract extended 1 year after union circulates no-confidence petition
Hospital administration, unions disagree on Washington state legislation for safe staffing
LABOR DISPUTES
Columbia Student Workers (UAW) win 10-week battle against ‘greedy university’
70 ‘understaffed’ janitors protest outside George Mason University president’s home
Communications of America union members protest unfair working conditions
Hundreds laid off as ongoing concrete worker strike snarls projects, light rail expansion
S.A. Symphony management and striking musicians to meet with mediator
LEGAL NEWS
IRS Chief Counsel Signals Increased Tax Enforcement, 200 New Attorneys To Focus On Corporate Issues
Teamsters’ challenge of 2020 Hours of Service changes resumes in court
CNN: Fair workweek legislation aims to address inconsistent schedules in retail, fast food
NLRB NEWS
NLRB orders company to reinstate two workers fired for participating in ‘impromptu strike’
Reason: Whole Foods Fight Over BLM Masks Pits NLRB Against Free Speech
ORGANIZING NEWS
‘Union town’: Coffee Tree employees rally the day before unionization vote begins
Financial Times’s 40 U.S. Journalists Want A Union, Have Been Organizing In Secret For A Year
Why even progressive companies like REI, Kickstarter and Starbucks are wary of unions
Tallahassee Starbucks becomes first in Florida to begin unionizing
POLITICAL NEWS
GALLUP: Hispanic Americans’ Party ID Shift: Updated Analysis
Politico: Soros pours $125M into super PAC ahead of midterms