LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, April 4, 2022

Top Story: The Amazon Aftermath...

FEATURED STORIES: The ‘Amazon Aftermath’…

Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls popping a bottle of champagne following his union’s victory against Amazon in Staten Island, New York

The Amazon Effect: Will the Amazon Labor Union's Victory In Staten Island Spur More Organizing? Some labor pundits think so…

More Amazon News…

• PayDay Report: Amazon Union Demands Union Reps in Discipline – Want Bargaining to Begin in May – Strike Threat on the Table

• NYT: How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon...Chris Smalls makes history after organizing Amazon’s first-ever labor union...

• Socialist Alternative: Amazon Defeated in New York City – Unionize Amazon Everywhere!

• Rallied by Amazon union’s win, Seattle workers see surge in unionization

• Amazon Warehouse Workers Just Redefined What’s Possible for U.S. Labor

• Workers from 18 other Amazon warehouses contacting Amazon Labor Union?

• Amazon ‘disappointed’ with union vote, may file objection based on ‘undue influence’ by NLRB

• Amazon Union Win in NYC Holds Potential to Spread Far and Wide...Election at a second Staten Island warehouse set for April...

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NLRB Petitions & Charges: March 31, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

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MORE NEWS…

BARGAINING NEWS

• Southern California grocery workers prepare for a strike

• UFCW: On the brink of striking Kroger in Texas

• Atlanta Airport cleaners win ‘major victory in a decade-long push for higher wages’

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• 3 in 5 Americans admit waking up in middle of night thinking about finances

• AP: As Gas Prices Soar, Biden’s Climate Ambitions Sputter

• Steelworkers President: Taxing Billionaires the Right Way

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Labor Unions Could Change The Game For Starbucks, Amazon

• Lyft, Uber Washington Drivers Get Benefits, No Employee Status

• U.S. Chamber: Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Lacks Authority

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Ascension nursing home caregivers fight for better wages, additional staffing

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NLRB NEWS

• NLRB Region 29-Brooklyn Announces Results of JFK8 Amazon Ballot Count

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of March 21 - 25, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Workers World: Coffee shops are waking up the labor movement

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Bernie Sanders warns Starbucks on response to unionization

• Demonstration For Union Elections Bill Planned For Cesar Chavez Day

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Sacramento teacher strike over. Schools to reopen Monday

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