LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, May 13, 2022
Top Stories: The AFL-CIO and Student Debt; Best Buy's "Defense Team"; "Water. Rest. Shade." Wholesale Inflation...😳 & Joy Silk explained (again)
TOP STORIES:
1. AFL-CIO presses Biden to cancel student debt
2. Shot:
Chaser: Your front-line employees are not security guards
3. “Water. Rest. Shade.”—OSHA reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather
4. Wholesale inflation climbs 11% in April, remaining near 40-year high
5. Top NLRB Lawyer Aims to Impose Union Recognition Through ‘Card Check’ Process
NLRB Petitions & Charges: May 11, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Petitions: 6
Charges: 57
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
IATSE Script Supervisors & Production Coordinators Fighting For “Pay Equity” As Talks Begin Monday
Steelworkers at Arconic’s Davenport Works in Riverdale authorize strike if talks fail
UIS union faculty overwhelmingly vote to ratify 4-year labor contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Plow driver slept on the job, plowed co-worker’s driveway during big Cleveland snowstorm
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Seeks to Discipline Unvaccinated Employees
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
AFGE: TSA Union Applauds House Legislation Granting Officers Fair Workplace Rights
San Antonio City Council approves 5-year collective bargaining deal with police union
If Work is Going to be Done Differently, Why Should Work Spaces Stay the Same
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
California Nurses Association applauds Gov. Newsom’s Effort to Recognize Health Care Workers
Hundreds of nurses rally at Ohio Statehouse to Demand Change
Public Works OK’s Controversial $1 Lease for State Psychiatric Hospital Grounds
HR NEWS
LRI: The Old Union-Repelling Strategies Must Give Way to A New Arsenal
Why the Salary Discussion Should Be the First Part of the Interview, Not the Last
LABOR DISPUTES
Seattle Teamsters’ strike length was its undoing, experts say
FireKing to Hire Replacement Workers as Union Members Continue Strike
LEGAL NEWS
State Legislators Spend Hours on Negotiations for Collective Bargaining
‘Silenced No More Act’ comes with Important Effects on Employment Agreements in Washington State
NLRB NEWS
Red Rock slot tech appealing NLRB decision opposing union re-vote
Connecticut Poised to Ban ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings and Expand Employee Free Speech Protections
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
National Labor Board Files Complaints Against 2 Kansas City area Starbucks for Union Busting
Starbucks Baristas Are Unionizing, and Even Howard Schultz Can’t Make Them Stop
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Teacher Unions, School Librarians Unite to Protect Sexually Explicit Books
Teachers’ union wins free speech case against Jackson Public School District