LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, March 7, 2022
Featured Stories: ILWU Refuses To Unload Russian Cargo, Eaton To Hire Permanent Replacements & Media Silent On Biden's Secret Union Meeting
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FEATURED STORIES:
1. Longshore Union Refuses to Unload Russian Cargo at 29 West Coast Ports
...The announcement by the ILWU covers some 20,000 workers at 29 West Coast ports...
2. IAM members vote down second contract, Eaton to hire permanent replacements
3. The media is silent about President Biden's secret meeting with 39 union leaders over the weekend. Why?
NLRB Petitions & Charges: March 3, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
41 Total Entries
BARGAINING NEWS
RWDSU: Housing Works ‘failing to negotiate a contract in good faith’
Union picketers cite seniority, overtime issues in contract dispute with City Brewery
UFCW files legal charges against Stater Bros for direct dealing
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Controversial SEIU leader and supporters occupy Sacramento headquarters building during protest
...VIDEO: Police intervene as SEIU leader and supporters occupy union...
Locked out Edmonton boilermakers suspend picket line after condemning Teamsters
Local Unions Protest of Boston Marriott Hotel’s Use of Non-Union Contractors
Eligibility, timing in question for PPP loans; $1.2 million went to Pennsylvania unions
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Negotiations Fall Apart, Pittsburgh Area 911 Dispatchers Planning To Strike Next Weekend
AFGE Employees Get Massage and Relaxation Room Optimized for Employee Wellness
AFGE Continues Aggressive Fight for Hazard Pay for Federal Employees
First Union Contract for Behavioral Health Workers in the Columbia Gorge
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Health Centers Struggle to Hire Certified Nursing Assistants
‘Price Gouging’ Leads More Nursing Homes to Launch In-House Staffing Agencies
UW Nurses Continue Their Drive To Achieve A Union At The UW Hospital
Washington Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Bill Likely Dead in State Legislature
HR NEWS
It’s not just money. This is what’s still driving the Great Resignation
Consider Social Determinants of Health When Offering Benefits
LABOR DISPUTES
MLB players create $1 million fund for workers impacted by lockout
MLB says talks ‘deadlocked’ after players tie pace-of-play rules changes to luxury-tax gains
‘We’re nowhere close to breaking,’ say concrete drivers as strike enters fourth month
LEGAL NEWS
Connecticut may become the 2nd state to outlaw “captive audience” meetings
Connecticut Bill Lets Labor Commissioner Steer Civil Penalties To UnionsU.S. Senators to SEC: Respect boundaries on independent contractor rulemaking
Decrease In Union Membership Will Result in a Blitzkrieg of Government’s Pro-Union Actions
NLRB NEWS
NLRB to let poultry workers in Delaware to vote on decertifying union
NLRB Targeting Employee Misclassification as Independent ULP
ORGANIZING NEWS
Daily Beast: Amazon Launches ‘Brutal Crackdown’ at NY Warehouse Ahead of Vote
...Amazon Worker: “This charade looks like someone’s trying to get back at amazon for being fired.”...
CWA: Majority Charlotte Observer Workers, Fordham University Grad Students Sign Union Cards
Second Starbucks Store In Pittsburgh Trying To Form A Union
...Starbucks union rally draws elected officials — and a crowd...
...Labor Notes: How Starbucks Workers Won in Mesa....
..Jacobin: Starbucks’ Barista–“Most of us didn’t really know what unions are…”
Amid Organizing Campaign, Teamsters Challenge Amy’s Kitchen B Corp Certification
POLITICAL NEWS
Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act Introduced In Senate
IAM Opposes Federal Legislation Threatening Dealership Technicians’ Working Conditions
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Minneapolis teachers create 4,000 picket signs ahead of potential strike Tuesday
…Resources for parents pending teachers strike in Minneapolis…
New Mexico Sees A 700% Increase in Substitute Teacher Applications
Retired Ohio Teachers Are Fighting in Court To Get Their STRS Pension Documents
Change to Bill Cutting Missouri Sales Tax On Food Transformed It Into Massive Tax Hike
Teacher’s Union Officials Hope for 2-year Delay of Alabama Literacy Act