LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, June 10, 2022

Top Stories: Apple Workers Switch Unions; Amazon Fires "Influential" Organizer & Amazon Request for closed hearing is denied...

TOP STORIES:

1. Apple Retail Workers in New York Switch Unions to CWA

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Image Credit: Amazon Labor Union via Twitter

2. “It’s War.”—Amazon Fires One Of ALU’s “Most Influential and Outspoken Supporters”

...Union tweet: "It's war"....

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3. Amazon’s request to close hearing on union victory to public is denied

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 8, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

51 Total Entries

• Petitions: 4

• Charges: 47

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• A Deep Divide on Automation Hangs Over West Coast Port Labor Talks

• Spirit Airlines Pilots Make An Offer: Let Us Help You Stem Attrition

• Teamsters threaten a work stoppage at some US Foods facilities

• Gold Strike Union Workers Land Pay Raises in Mississippi

• Proposed wind farm will hire up to 1,000 local union workers under new deal

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• It’s Going to Be Hard Finding Workers to Build Infrastructure

• 14.5 million people in the ACA Marketplace may see an average 53% increase in 2023 premiums

• This Is the American City With the Strongest Unions

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• ATU Calls on Authorities to Curb Rising Crime on Phoenix’s Public Transportation

• LRI: Keep Your Eyes On The Fast Food Workers In California

• IATSE Praises Creation of Chief Diversity Officers at the NEA, NEH

• The Green Transition Must Be Union-Powered

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• EEOC Union Again Alleges Labor Law Breach Over Return to Office

• Workers for Kansas City, MO, secure raises in bid to prevent brain drain

• Ohio Public Employee Settles with Union Over Vacation Time

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• ICYMI: Travel nurses see swift change of fortunes as COVID money runs dry

• Schenectady nursing home union protests for COVID bonuses

• Nurses and caregivers at Palomar Health in North County San Diego vote by 96% to authorize strike

• Providence St. Vincent Nurses Split Over Proposed Contract

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Strike could delay Chicago road and construction work

• Molson Canada reaches tentative agreement with striking Teamsters in Montreal

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LEGAL NEWS

• Littler: Pay Transparency Laws Proliferate in New York

• Unions Celebrate Passage of Several New York Bills

• NRTW: Worker Advocate Demands Investigation of SEIU Affiliate HCMI’s “Serious Financial Malpractice”

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NLRB NEWS

• NLRB denies Amazon’s ask to close union hearing to public

• Payday Report: Union Election Petitions Nearly Doubled Since 2021

• NRTW: Teamsters Officials Hit With Federal Charges for Having USF Holland Worker Illegally Fired

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• 1,000 election petitions have been filed but…

• Workers Attempt to Organize First-Ever Union at Trader Joe’s

• CWA, not Workers United now helping Apple Store Grand Central union

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POLITICAL NEWS

• New Left-Of-Center Poll Shows Seismic Shift In Hispanic Political Support

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Starbucks Notches Legal Win in Battle Against Union Organizers

• Starbucks workers in Oviedo win union vote, become 1st Central Florida store to organize

• Starbucks Workers Brew Up Big Union Wins Across The Country

• The Hill: Starbucks Hails Judge’s Ruling in Union Case

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• CPS discusses employee pay increase at annual budget hearing

• Florida school district votes to hire 140 teachers from South America amid US shortage

• McAllen ISD Teacher Union Asks for Higher Pay

• Majority of Texas teachers don’t want to be armed, teachers union survey finds

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