LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, June 24, 2022

Top Stories: Bezos' WaPo hires anti-Amazon 'Labor Reporter'; After two years, Kickstarter gets a contract & A mass aluminum layoff hits Steelworkers

1. Bezos’ Washington Post Hires Anti-Amazon Writer Lauren Kaori Gurley As ‘Labor Reporter’

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2. After 2 Years of Negotiations, Kickstarter Workers Ratify First Contract

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3. Massive Layoffs Hit One of Top U.S. Aluminum Plants, Halting Operations

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 22, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

65 Total Entries

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Teamsters: Nabi Cannabis Drivers Ratify First Contract

• Atlantic City Pushes for Casino Worker Raise to Avert Strike

• Elected officials call for fair casino worker contract to avert strike as NAACP convention looms

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• HRD: JPMorgan Chase Lays Off Hundreds of Employees

• Yelp to shut offices in New York, Chicago, D.C., saying future of work is remote

• CNN: Predatory lenders are making money off rising gas and food prices

• Elon Musk says Tesla’s car factories are ‘gigantic money furnaces’

• Netflix Cuts 300 Employees in New Round of Layoffs

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Talks over remote work for US Treasury employees suspended, union says

• Columbia firefighters to get raise after collective bargaining agreement

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Nurses and technicians end month-long strike after reaching deal with Newark hospital

• Kaiser Permanente nurses launch 1-day contract strike at Los Angeles Medical Center

• Nurses at one of Oregon’s largest hospitals rejected a tentative agreement between their union and Providence

• Union shuts down New Jersey hospital walkout before Nevada Prime Healthcare workers strike

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HR NEWS

• HRD: Here’s Why You Should Bring Employees Back to the Office

• LinkedIn ranks top 25 companies in major U.S. industries

• SHRM: Illinois Expands Unpaid Bereavement Leave

• Colorado Updates Notice Requirements for Employees Upon Discharge

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Chicago-Area Road Work Could Slow Down as Quarry Workers Strike Continues

• Southwest Airlines union president on labor strike: Pilot shortage is ‘getting out of hand’

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LEGAL NEWS

• Seattle Enacts First-of-Its-Kind Ordinance to Provide Minimum Wage and Other Protections for App-Based Delivery Workers

• SHRM: 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Service Charge Is Not ‘Tip,’ May Be Used to Satisfy Wage Obligations

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NLRB NEWS

• Amazon vs Amazon Labor Union Chris Smalls and Eric Milner Respond to Shipping Giant’s Counter NLRB Suit

• Tucson-based Asarco faces new union charges as NLRB hearings loom

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of June 13 - 17, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• CWA Organizing News Update: Maximus Members March & AFA At Delta Air Lines

• The End of Union Elections?

• Augusta Chipotle Files for Union Election, Restaurant Chain’s First

• Workers at 1369 Coffeehouse Vote to Join Union

• ‘Left Behind’ Tech Workers Ready to Embrace Labor, Union Says

• Moog music workers close to calling union election

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Offshore wind boosted as Biden, East Coast governors team up

• Politico: Congress thwarted Biden on unions. Or did it?

• Addressing union workers, Fried says she makes Gov. DeSantis ‘nervous’ during FL Cabinet meeting

• Labor union rallies outside Senate candidate O’Dea’s business

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Ithaca Common Councilmembers condemn Starbucks for alleged union busting

• Downtown Starbucks becomes first in Cincinnati to unionize

• Since early December, cable and broadcast news spent less than 50 minutes covering the wave of Starbucks unionization efforts

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Schools proceed with collective bargaining following union pressure: What it means for teachers

• Austin Community College Employees Call for Raises

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