LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Top Stories: Coverage of Biden's Speech to the AFL-CIO; Caterpillar Moves To Texas; Why Amazon Organizing Stumbling; NMB Mediation Failing Railroad Negotiations & More...
TOP STORIES:
1. WATCH: President Joe Biden encourages unions at AFL-CIO convention
Politico: Biden strains for a message on deteriorating economy
Biden denounces 'lies' about 'reckless spending' in speech to AFL-CIO
2. Caterpillar HQ move to Texas sets off shock waves
3. Greenhouse: Why is Starbucks’ union drive speeding ahead while Amazon’s stumbles?
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4. Railroad talks stall, so Biden likely to pick review board
5. Markets brace for 100-point Fed rate hike as inflation roars to new high
NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 13, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
71 Total Entries
Petitions: 11
Charges: 60
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Union security guards stage Oakland rally, seek increased protections from employers
West Coast Port Union, Employers Say No Plan for Strike or Lockout
UPS, pilots union strike deal on two-year labor contract extension
ECONOMIC NEWS
Markets brace for 100-point Fed rate hike as inflation roars to new high
Biden knocks Wall Street, defends economic plans amid recession fears
GENERAL UNION NEWS
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
EPA Lab Work Hampered by Planned Move to Oklahoma, Staffers Say
More than 9 million public service workers eligible for federal student debt forgiveness
Helping agencies provide avenue for grievance resolution at Wright-Patt
HR NEWS
SHRM’s Taylor Tells Audience: Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer
San Francisco Issues Proposed Rules for Revised Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance
LEGAL NEWS
New York State Legislature Seeks to Regulate Work-Related “Quotas” for Warehouse Workers
DC Workers Will Soon Receive More Paid Leave, Employers to Obtain Tax Cut
Seventh Circuit: Actual Denial of FMLA Benefits Is Not an Element of FMLA Interference
Ogletree: New York Passes Bill Requiring Compensation Ranges in Job Postings
NLRB NEWS
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Coalition Letter to the NLRB on the Joy Silk Doctrine
Teamsters: SoCal Port Truck Drivers Are Employees, Not ‘Independent Contractors,’ Feds Rule
ORGANIZING NEWS
Protesters in Phoenix call for national unionization of Amazon
Microsoft Won’t Fight its Future Employees’ Union, Offering a New, Gentler Approach For Big Tech
Workers at Ironwood school for struggling teens in Morrill file to form union
POLITICAL NEWS
Electrical Workers Union Fights to Expand Fossil Fuel-Powered Crypto Mining
Biden leans into ties with organized labor with visit to AFL-CIO Convention
Desperate Inflation-Plagued Biden Considering Revoking Trump Tariffs On Chinese Goods
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Judge sides with Starbucks following labor complaints from former and current employees
Bloomberg: Starbucks CEO’s Anti-Union Comments Straddle Line of Legality
Split decision: Tallahassee Starbucks workers lose one union, may have won another
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
More Than Half of U.S. Teachers are Considering Leaving the Profession
WSWS: Los Angeles Unified School District to cut at least a dozen special education classes
