LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Top Stories: California Proposes 32-Hour Work Week, The PRO Act Would Hurt Minority Businesses & Inflation Nation
TOP STORIES:
Four-day work week proposed under new California bill
...OT AFTER 32 HOURS EQUATES TO AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD 10% WAGE HIKE FOR 40-HOUR WEEK...
The PRO Act Would Hurt Struggling Minority-Owned Businesses
Sticker Shock: At 8.4 %, March Inflation Likely Set New 40-Year High
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 16—Five BIG stories, PLUS, the NLRB Wants To Ban Employer Speech. Don’t Panic…(yet).
NLRB Petitions & Charges: April 8, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
44 Total Entries
Petitions: 6
Charges: 38
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Glass manufacturing workers in Burlington threaten strike if wages don’t keep up with profits
Union janitors in Houston’s private-sector asking for hourly pay increase
Pressure Mounts as Contract Talks With Service Employees Enter Home Stretch
Vigor Marine Shipyard Workers in Portland and Seattle Vote Again to Authorize Atrike
Teamsters President Outlined the Recent UPS Restructuring of the Package Division
ECONOMIC NEWS
Sticker Shock: At 8.4 %, March Inflation Likely Set New 40-Year High
Labor Unions (Quietly) Admit the Jones Act Is Contributing to America’s Supply Chain Problems
Don’t Progressives Already Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights?
GENERAL UNION NEWS
WSWS: Los Angeles County workers at crossroads as union pushes concessions contract
General President Sean O’Brien Outlines Package Division Re-Structuring
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Municipal employees union demands new contract after two years with little progress
Washington State Retirees win Pension COLA Increases Through Persistence
Union president representing Allegheny County Jail employees claims staffing shortages
AFGE Whistleblower Prompts AG Review of Unsafe Working Conditions at FCI Dublin
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Howard University Hospital nurses strike following breakdown of labor union negotiations
SEIU: Healthcare Workers at Cedars-Sinai Hospital Vote to Strike
NLR: American Hospital Association Pushes for Updates to Merger Guidelines
HR NEWS
A Couple of Tips You Should Keep In Mind for Your HR Department
U.S. Workers Signal Employers Need to Improve New Employee Onboarding
LABOR DISPUTES
Chevron, union meet as California refinery strike enters third week
…California Refinery Work Delayed by Strike May Boost Fuel Prices
Concrete Workers Return To Seattle Amid Stalled Contract Talks
Seattle-area Teamsters end strike, return to work without contract
Possible plant closure reflects dim prospects for domestic halogen bulb production
NLRB NEWS
Littler: NLRB Decision Prescribes Union Election for Physicians
JD Supra: NLRB’s Attack on Employer “Captive Audience Meetings” is Officially On!
ORGANIZING NEWS
Amazon Says New York Organizers Gave Workers Weed to Secure Unionization Votes
...ALU lawyer: Distributing weed “is no different than distributing free t-shirts..."
City Feed Owners ‘Will Not Be Voluntarily Recognizing’ Unionization Effort
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
More Student Loan Relief on the Way; Patrick Introduces Divisive Agenda for Next Session
Why Schools Adopted the 1619 Project as a Curriculum When It Was Full of Historical Errors
Stamford School Board Denies Grievance Filed by Teachers Union