LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest for Thursday, February 10, 2022
Featured Stories: Starbucks Organizing & Labor Relations Radio
Editor’s note: Beginning on Monday, Feb. 14, the Daily Digest will be sent in the mornings, instead of late afternoon.
The following are the top employee and labor-related news stories from LaborUnionNews.com.
Categories included in today’s digest are:
FEATURED NEWS
LABOR RELATIONS RADIO
FEATURED STORY
Four Starbucks Stores Around New York City Join National Campaign To Unionize…Total Now More Than 60!
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 2—Guest: F. Vincent Vernuccio of the Institute for American Workers
NLRB Petitions & Charges: Feb. 9, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
45 TOTAL ENTRIES
BARGAINING NEWS
Portland Press Herald Employees Ratify New Contract with Maine Today Media
With a couple days until expiration, AT&T and CWA remain far apart on key issues
ECONOMIC NEWS
US inflation hits highest level in 40 years in January as prices rise 7.5% from 2021
Biden Didn’t Have To Tap ‘Green Energy Reserve,’ Laid-Off Keystone XL Worker Says
GENERAL UNION NEWS
NYC Carpenters: Largest Teachers Only Retirement Fund in the World is Failing Union Workers
Workplace Safety Is Everybody’s Business: In the States Roundup
Ford temporarily lays off thousands at North American plants, citing chip shortage
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Unionization Would Make Congress Even More Costly and Inefficient
Largest Federal Employee Union Identifies Top Legislative Priorities
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
As Teamsters strike lingers, county puts out RFQ for concrete suppliers...Strike has brought '$23 billion construction industry to its knees'...
Pressure mounts in concrete strike as County offers $35M bargaining chip
Oil refinery workers demand strike action, denounce USW information blackout
LEGAL NEWS
House Passes Bill to Repeal ‘Debilitating’ USPS Prefunding Mandate...House approved Bill could ease Postal Service budget strains
CWA Calls for Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Implementation
Bill would restore increased tax rate on coal to fund black lung disability benefits
Refinery Workers Will Deliver Line 5 Petitions and “Valentines” to Michigan Statehouse
NLRB PRESS RELEASES
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
IATSE Lauds Biden Administration’s Efforts To Increase Union Membership
NY A.G. James gets endorsed by two powerful unions in reelection bid
President Biden finally makes Tesla part of made-in-America EV message
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
School transparency bill linked to national groups battling ‘critical race theory’
Sacramento Board Statement on Negotiations with SEIU on COVID Pay
UNION CORRUPTION
Former Local Steelworkers Financial Secretary Sentenced For Embezzlement Of Union Funds
Former AFT Local Treasurer Charged With Union Embezzlement & Forgery
Former Police Union President Accused of Spending Spree for Personal Gain