LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, April 21, 2022

Top Stories: Apple Get A Surprise Petition in ATL, The AFL-CIO Launches A Strike Map & Bernie Heads To Amazon Union Rally

TOP STORIES:

1. Apple Store Workers in Atlanta File for First Union Election

...Apple union organizers in Georgia inspired by Amazon warehouse workers...

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2. AFL-CIO launches Strike Map

...[Several strikes already settled]...

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3. Bernie Sanders Heading To New York City To Back Amazon Union

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NLRB Petitions & Charges: April 19, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

49 Total Entries

• Petitions: 11

• Charges: 38

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• CSX Agreed to Pay Workers More in Advance Against Future Wage Deal

• Student Workers Mockingly Celebrate UC Chancellor Yang’s Pay Raise

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Hospitality worker union wants hotels to bring back more employees full time

• March Construction Input Prices Up 24% Year Over Year in the U.S.

• An Industrial Policy That Works for Workers, Congress to Fix Supply Chains

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• AFL-CIO Data Finds Young Workers Support Collective Action

• Liberty Steel Refinances $125 million Loan but Effect on Georgetown Mill Unclear

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• City of Flint reaches new contract with AFSCME

• Santa Ana Council Approves Higher Developer Fees, Wants Local Union Workers

• OHSU-AFSCME Collective Bargaining Enters Week Six

• Commonwealth Foundation disputes Pennsylvania public union membership numbers

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Nurses at Dillon Hospital in Vote to Unionize

• WSWS: Union diverts nurses’ struggle against Trinity Health Muskegon into useless petition drive

• Striking Stanford Nurses Will Lose Health Benefits

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HR NEWS

• Your Office Might Be Open, But the Bar Should Remain Closed

• SHRM: Benchmarking Compensation for Administrative Professionals

• OSHA Announces Program to Protect Workers from Heat Hazards

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LABOR DISPUTES

• With Victory Against Station Casinos In Hand, Casino Workers Union Continues Struggle In Vegas

• L.A. Strippers On Strike Over Safety Conditions at Strip Club

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NLRB NEWS

• Car Parts Maker Turned Back on Union Too Early, NLRB Rules

• General Counsel Issues Memorandum Requesting NLRB to Reverse Position on Captive Audience Meetings

• Starbucks Accuses U.S. Union of Intimidating Workers

• Law firms report more client inquiries in their labor practices amid rising union petitions

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Cannabis union forms in Battle Creek

• People’s World: ‘Comrades in Coffee’ going strong despite Great Lakes Coffee efforts

• Starbucks accuses union of intimidating workers

• American Guild Of Musical Artists To Host “Union Organizing 101” Webinars For Performing Arts Sector

• Teamsters: Why Unions Are Needed At Amazon

• Amazon CEO says unions are ‘slower and more bureaucratic’ in leaked employee all-hands

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Laguna Beach voters may decide hotel worker wage hike, hotel projects’ fate

• Biden’s Dramatic Pro-Union Rhetoric Becomes Backdoor Labor Law

• Biden Administration Extends Pause on Student Loan Repayment

• NRTW: For U.S. Union Bosses, Even the ‘Pro-Act’ Doesn’t Go Far Enough

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Minneapolis teacher strike a reminder of the threats facing American public education

• In historic organizing drive, ChiArts teaching artists seek to join Chicago Teachers Union

• Hire now, fire later. Schools flush with cash face a funding cliff in 2 years

• WSWS: Striking UIC graduate student workers in Chicago speak from the picket line

• Catholic Educators are “Privileged to Teach ‘as Jesus did,’ says Archbishop

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