LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, March 17, 2022

Featured Stories: A Starbucks Shake-Up, AFL-CIO's Botched Photo-Op, & A 'Union-Busting Tracker'

Featured Stories:

1. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to retire

...Howard Schultz returns to lead Starbucks on interim basis...

...Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on labor unions...

…Open Starbucks Petitions (136)…

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2. AFL-CIO Botches ‘Stand With Ukraine’ Insulting Photo Op

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3. Payday Report: Union Buster Tracker Aims to Help Union Organizing

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BARGAINING NEWS

• UFCW 655 contract talks with Schnucks, Dierbergs Start On Positive Note

• Smithfield meatpackers ratify CBA containing raises of $4 over 4 years

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Amazon and Rideshare Drivers Call for Pay Raise Amid High Gas Prices

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• N.C.’s Right to Work Law Turns 75, Experts Weigh In On Workers’ Rights

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• SEIU pickets Pennsylvania county commissioners’ meeting over pay, staffing levels

• Lexington, firefighter union reach contract agreement

• Thousands Of State Jobs No Longer Require A College Degree Under Maryland Initiative

• Commissioners OK raises for Clerk of Courts Employees

• AFSCME Union Exercises ‘Me Too’ Clause In Contract With City of Mansfield

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Healthcare Workers at Minnesota Epilepsy Group Begin 5-day Strike

• Nursing Home Labor Unions to Demand Fair Wages from Ascension Living

• AHA Wants Required Prior Authorization Waivers During PHES

HR NEWS

• 72 Percent of Workers Regret Resigning–and It’s Not Their Fault

• Refusal to Provide Religious Accommodation Requires Proof of Undue Hardship

• 5 Steps to Decluttering Your Digital Workspace

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Canadian Pacific Railway Threatens Lockout in Labor Dispute

• IBEW calls strike at public TV station WTTW-Channel 11

• Concrete Companies Mock Seattle’s Striking Teamsters’ Throwing In The Trowel

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LEGAL NEWS

• UFCW: Unions File for Temporary Restraining Order Against MultiCare Health System

• NJDOL Issues Stop-Work Orders to Three Contractors as Multi-Agency Investigation Continues

• Bloomberg: Business Groups Get Trump Independent Contractor Rule Reinstated

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NLRB NEWS

• Starbucks Loses Labor Board Appeal Over Union’s Methods

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of March 7 - 11, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• International Documentary Association Voluntarily Recognizes Staffer Union

• Embattled Documentary Association Says It Will Go Along With Employee Union Drive

• Louisville Starbucks workers move to form union

  ...NLRB schedules Nichols Hills Starbucks for May 6 union election...

  ...Nichols Hills Starbucks baristas petition for union election...

• US unions see unusually promising moment amid wave of victories

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Amid teachers’ strike, Minneapolis school board members face intense pressure

• Students Say Teachers Strike Has Disrupted Their Lives

• In blow to Chicago Teachers Union, mask-optional policy upheld by labor board

• St. Paul teachers vote on contract, negotiations continue in Minneapolis

• Another Sonoma County Teachers’ Union Authorizes Strike

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