LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, May 6, 2022

Top 3 Stories: NLRB Slaps Starbucks Over Its Handbook; ALU & Teamster Presidents Blast Amazon At Sanders' Hearing & $2500 Is Given To Workers To Unionize

TOP STORIES:

1. NLRB FILES NATIONAL LAWSUIT AGAINST STARBUCKS OVER ANTI-WORKER RULES

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2. Presidents of Amazon Labor Union and Teamsters Testify to Sanders' Senate Budget Committee

…Teamsters, Amazon Union Chiefs Rip Retailer in Capitol Debuts…

... O’Brien: Amazon should be barred from government contracts...

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3. A "dark money" fund is giving away $2500 "stipends" to workers to unionize tech companies—including Amazon (for paid subscribers)

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NLRB Petitions & Charges: May 4, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

61 Total Entries

• Petitions: 15

• Charges: 46

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Teller County Faces Final Stand In Battle to Oppose Collective Bargaining

• Dining Workers Vie for the Senate’s Fragmented Attention

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• U.S. Forgives $6.8 Billion in Public Service Worker Student Loans

• Baby formula shortage hits ‘crisis’ level, sparking panic in parents across U.S.

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• This Is the State With the Highest Union Membership

• CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains despite court ruling

• Foreign Pilots Rush in as US Carriers Struggle to Staff Up

• Workers Strike Friday Against School Closures and Billionaire Fisher’s Port Deal

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Richmond employees speak against mayor’s stricter collective bargaining proposal

• EPA Union Seeks Climate Emergency Declaration to Hire More Staff

• Oregon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit After Vaccine Data Release

• Pentagon Enters What Many Hope Will Be the Final Round Against Cancer

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Trinity Health Muskegon, Nurses Union Reach New Collective Bargaining Agreement

• CVPH nurses’ union authorizes strike, hospital to meet with members

• Providence St. Vincent Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize A Strike

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HR NEWS

• How HR Managers Can Level Up and Lead

• SHRM: USCIS Announces Extension for Expiring Work Permits

• 6 Ways to Avoid Employee Labor Unions

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Union Official Hopeful for Resolution of Strike Against King’s Ready-Mix

• LRI: Unions take aim for ice cream and beer supply lines

• D.C. Circulator Union Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement After Three-Day Strike

• Strippers Seize the Moment, Turning a Lockout Into a Picket Line

• BlackRock Calls for End to Strike at Warrior Met Coal

  ...Time to resolve yearlong Alabama miner strike...

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LEGAL NEWS

• The legal debate over the gig economy and its workers

• A short list of overturned Supreme Court landmark decisions

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NLRB NEWS

• School Janitors Emerge Victorious in NLRB Case

• NLRB intervenes in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s 5-year labor fight

• NLRB’s ‘Whore Board’ Decision Faces D.C. Cir. Judge’s Skepticism

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of April 18 - 22, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Atlanta Opera Leaves Some Hair and Makeup Workers Out of a Job

• Bookstore Workers Are Forming Unions Over Low Pay and Lack of Benefits

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Teachers’ Union Pushes Facebook Owner Meta to Take a Closer Look at ‘Harm’ to Children

• We Can’t Police Our Way Out of School Violence

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