LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Top 5 Stories: Starbucks Labor Battles & Co. Reputations; Apple Gets A ULP; Bezos & Biden Feud; NLRB Delays Affected Starbucks Union & Illinois' Bad Business Climate

TOP STORIES:

1. PR News: Starbucks Labor Controversy Sparks Discussion About Unionizing and Company Reputation

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2. Atlanta retail employees accuse Apple of union busting, possibly breaking labor laws

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3. Biden-Bezos Feud Escalates Over Taxes, Unions

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4. Jacobin: How Labor Board Delays Hurt Starbucks Workers’ Union Organizing

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Image Credit: Chicago Sun Times

5. Illinois Policy: Union power grab could make bad Illinois business climate worse

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Labor Relations Radio, Ep 22: Shedding the Light on 'Excessive CEO Pay'—How the media distorts the topic

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NLRB Petitions & Charges: May 16, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

41 Total Entries

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Teamsters: Members Ratify Contract at Kemp’s Ice Cream

• UI service worker union votes to authorize strike

• WSWS: ATU calls off 3-day strike, agrees to below-inflation wages for 150 D.C. transit workers

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Walmart Sounds the Inflation Alarm, and its Stock Ttumbles

• Inflationary Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wages Cost Taxpayers More for Public Works Projects

• Bloomberg: When Amazon Puts a Warehouse Next Door: ‘We Can’t Escape It’

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Major union backs Spirit-Frontier deal as hostile takeover looms

• FLASHBACK: After months of negotiations, Disney Cast Members get Clean Underwear

• Instruments of Woke: National Lawyers Guild

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Hawaii mental health clinicians prepare to strike Island Kaiser facilities

• Sinai Hospital janitorial program gets OK to unionize, court rules

• Oregon Nurses Association Files Labor Complaint Over Raises

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HR NEWS

• SHRM: Want Happier Recruiters? Tech Can Help

• The Seven-Pronged Investigations Checklist

• SHRM: Understanding Workplace Violence Prevention and Response

• Don’t Ask Employees About Their Problems After a Union Comes Knocking

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Burger King Workers to Strike In Sacramento Over Broken Air Conditioning?

• FireKing Hires Temp Workers Amid Strike

• Striking Hollywood’s Star Gardens Strippers Vote to Unionize

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LEGAL NEWS

• U.S. Department of Labor accuses Ridley’s of violating labor laws

• Colorado Overhauls Noncompete Law to Limit Enforcement to High Wage Earners

• Cargill Removes Class Action Labor Dispute to the Eastern District of California

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NLRB NEWS

• NLRB Challenged Over Firing of Amazon Worker

• NRTW President Warns Biden NLRB Plans to End Secret Ballot & Cut Employee Rights

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of May 2 - 6, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Why I fight for a union as a McDonald’s worker

• LaborPress.org: Workers at Amazon and Starbucks Are Pointing the Way to Organized Labor’s Revival

• Bodo’s Bagelmakers Consider Collective Bargaining

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Illinois Policy: Union power grab could make bad Illinois business climate worse

• LaborPains: Who’s the Real Author Behind Seattle’s “PayUp” Legislation?

• AFL-CIO: Biden Should Take Action And Cancel Student Debt

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Starbucks store employees strike in Eugene, Oregon

• Latham Starbucks becomes first in the NY Capital Region to form a union

• Four Portland-Area Starbucks Stores Vote to Unionize

• Lessons for CEOs from the Schultz & Starbucks Union Avoidance Campaign

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Sacramento teachers union files complaint against school district

• Illinois Policy: Chicago Teachers Union election May 20 could affect frequency of strikes

• Teachers union, ADL want checks placed on ‘toxic’ Mark Zuckerberg

• Los Angeles Teachers and Support Staff Face June 30 Contract Expiration

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