LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest for Friday, February 4, 2022
Featured: Biden Executive Order Rewards Unions & With Pelosi's Blessing, Congressional Staffers Are Unionizing
The following are the top employee and labor-related news stories from LaborUnionNews.com.
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FEATURED STORIES
FEATURED STORIES
Biden Signs EO Barring Non-Union Construction Workers From Federal Construction Projects Over $35 Million
Congressional Workers Union Announce Union Drive, With Pelosi’s Blessing
...Here's Why Congress Staffers Are Trying to Unionize...
...Pelosi Gives 'Full Support' To Congressional Staffers Unionizing...
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BARGAINING NEWS
SamTrans reaches new deal with operators and maintenance workers union
JetBlue Pilots Announce Intention to Open Negotiations (ALPA)
Florida A&M employees go public with demands for higher wages (AFSCME)
ECONOMIC NEWS
BOOM! Payrolls show surprisingly powerful gain of 467,000 in January despite omicron surge
USE IT OR LOSE IT: Liberty Steel resumes operations as pressure from city remains
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Flight attendants’ union slams Southwest plan to resume alcohol sales
Jacobin: After Electing New Leadership, the Possibilities for the Teamsters Are Enormous
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Northeast Hospital Corporation has lost 40% of its nursing staff since 2019
Nurses ratify ‘historic’ union contract with Geisinger Health
Healthcare Workers File Petition to Remove Unpopular AFSCME Union
Thousands of Stanford Health Care nurses launch campaign for new contracts
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Special Metals, United Steelworkers unable to reach a deal on 126th day of strike
Major League Baseball spring training threatened as MLB asks for federal mediator
LEGAL NEWS
Ogletree: NY State’s Expanded Whistleblower Protection Law: 5 Action Items for Employers
Littler: Statewide Reopening and Mitigation Steps...A List of Statewide Mask Orders...
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
USW Welcomes Affiliation with United Football Players’ Association
Workers at the Financial Times US bureaus are forming a union (CWA)
Union Kitchen Workers Accuse Management Of Retaliation After Union Drive Went Public
POLITICAL NEWS
Fast Food Sector Council advances, but CalCare health bill is on hold
159 advocacy groups band together to push for Biden’s Build Back Better plan
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Hastings School Board approves Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement
Over Half The Members Of The National Educational Association Say They’re Thinking About Quitting
District Forced To Cancel Class After Teachers Protest School Board