LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, May 16, 2022
Top Three Stories: United's Deal; The NLRB Expands Section Seven & Trader Joe's Workers Jump On The Union Bandwagon
TOP STORIES:
1. How United’s union deal with pilots could impact negotiations at Southwest and American
2. Big Changes at NLRB: Expansion of Section 7 Rights in 2022
3. Here's Why Another 'Progressive' Employer's Workers Are Jumping On The Union Bandwagon
[In their own words.]
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NLRB Petitions & Charges: May 12, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Petitions: 14
Charges: 56
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
UMass Dartmouth Students, Unions Voice Opposition Over Planned Tuition Increase
Strike Averted: Workers at Rochester’s Kemps Ice Cream Plant Accept New Contract
United Steelworkers union reaches tentative agreement with Arconic
ECONOMIC NEWS
Record-high gas prices slash US spending by $9 billion a month...Saudis' Aramco reports record first quarter as oil prices soar...
A severe pilot shortage in the U.S. leaves airlines scrambling
NYT: The Great Resignation was a moment many people traded up for a better-paying gig
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Saunders: EMS personnel are the epitome of what it means to be an essential Worker
AFSCME: Colorado legislature passes historic collective bargaining bill
Vandalia public works employees plan to strike if no agreement reached with city
1,400 EEOC employees will return to the office, but union negotiations still ongoing
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Cedars-Sinai Hospital workers speak out as union ends strike without agreement
Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System nurses will hold an informational picket Monday
ORGANIZING NEWS
Apple Workers in Atlanta Become Company’s 1st Retail Workers to File to Unionize
Why retailers like Apple, Amazon, and Starbucks are taking strong anti-union stands
Wisconsin seeing increase in new union petitions
...Seven of the 11 NLRB petitions have been for Starbucks locations...
POLITICAL NEWS
New Republic: Biden’s Embrace of Unions Is a Boon for Democracy
Republicans slam U.S. labor board case over Amazon worker’s firing
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Baristas at West Hartford Starbucks to begin voting on union representation
Grand Rapids Starbucks store becomes first in Michigan to unionize
Lakewood, Long Beach Starbucks stores first in Southern California to vote to unionize
Jacobin: The Union-Busting Crime Wave at Starbucks and Amazon Is Getting Worse
Starbucks in Biddeford. Maine is first in state to announce union plan