LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, March 21, 2022
Featured Stories: Chevron Brings In Replacement Workers, Canadian Pacific Rail Work Stoppage May Affect U.S. & Starbucks Workers Voted NOT To Unionize...in Canada
1. Chevron begins replacing workers ahead of California refinery strike
....Union workers prepare for Monday strike...
2. Canadian Pacific Rail Locks Out Teamsters – Railway Shutdown Ongoing
...Canadian Pacific work stoppage could hit US agriculture...
...Trains halt across Canada as union workers strike...
3. Starbucks workers reject unionization…in Canada
BARGAINING NEWS
‘New Deal for Animation’: IATSE Members and Allies Rally Amid Contract Talks
SoCal Grocery Update: UFCW Files ULP Charges Against Ralphs, Albertsons, and Vons
Union projectionists reach agreement, will support Cleveland International Film Festival
ECONOMIC NEWS
Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs
...J.B. Hunt, Uber Technologies’ freight division and FedEx ALREADY TESTING...
...ATA estimates the industry is 80,000 drivers short TODAY...
...VOLVO: Ever seen a truck without a driver’s cabin?...
...RELATED: Fast Food's Newest Robot Is Being Tested By Chipotle...
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Ken Hall Retires As Teamsters’ General Secretary-Treasurer
...Oversaw Teamsters' assets go from $126.1 million $500 million in 10 years...
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Biden’s Minimum Staffing Proposal Comes as Skilled Nursing Shortage Reels
850 Fountain Valley Regional nurses, employees to switch unions after 30 years
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
SEIU-Backed Starbucks Baristas Go On Strike in Kansas
...What These Starbucks Workers Accused Management Of Doing ...
LEGAL NEWS
Historic Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings set to begin Monday
New York Enacts Series of Bills Focusing on Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
Ogletree: Recent Developments in the Student-Athlete Versus University-Employee Debate (podcast)
NLRB NEWS
Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra ready for return to Symphony Hall
ORGANIZING NEWS
Currently 143 open petitions at Starbucks stores covering 3690 total workers.
Labor foe Howard Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows
Jim Henson’s Puppet Wranglers Complain About Unsafe Conditions And Abuse
Scottsdale Starbucks workers who want to unionize say their hours were cut
POLITICAL NEWS
Sen. Tim Scott: Time for a Law That Puts Workers, Not Unions, First
UFCW Backs California Bill To Give Tax Credits to Cannabis Retailers
Union Backs Brand New Antitrust Bill Before Regulators Review Activision Blizzard Deal
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
How Sacramento families are preparing for another school strike: ‘A lot of growing angst’
NPR: Howard University faculty are threatening to strike over working conditions and wages
Minneapolis Teacher Strike Represents Larger Education Struggle
UNION CORRUPTION
Indicted UAW leader gambles on freedom, loses, goes to jail in $2M embezzlement case
Investigation clears UAW president of violating policies, prompts new rules