LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Top Stories: After UNITE-HERE Strike, This Coffee Co. Closed; Fight for $15 Strikes Are Back; The DOL Wants To Staff Up Agencies; Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strike & Bally's Workers To Rally
1. Great Lakes Coffee in Detroit permanently closes after strike, unionization effort
2. McDonald’s workers staged walkouts in Orlando, Tampa and Miami for $15 an hour ‘and a union’
3. The Labor Department Wants to Staff Up Worker Protection Agencies
4. Teamster Members Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize Carhaul Strike
5. Bally’s workers to rally in Atlantic City, Boston, Las Vegas, and Providence to ‘demand’ higher wages and full staffing
NLRB Petitions & Charges for May 23, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
75 Total Entries
Petitions: 7
Charges: 68
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Wisconsin union accuses American Red Cross of bargaining in bad faith
Pitt faculty union, administration dispute bargaining unit size
Tentative contract includes pay raises, bonuses for Arconic union workers
Teamsters: Members Local 135 and Local 142 at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits ratify new contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
Blue State Minimum Wages Inch Upward, Widening Gap With South
CNBC: These ports are causing the most congestion in the global supply chain
Airport to its food and drink vendors: get back to normal hours or face fine
GENERAL UNION NEWS
A New Wave of Unionization is Driving Change; Make Sure Your Organization Doesn’t Get Run Over
IAFF Collaborates With Navy to Get Firefighters Active and Healthy
Bally’s Chicago Casino Proposal Clears Hurdle as Committee OKs $1.7B Project
Dollar General Workers To Hold Rally During Corporation’s Annual Shareholder Meeting
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Federal workers with disabilities are having a tougher time getting management positions
Union Seeks to Keep Protections for DoD Employment in Budget
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
HR NEWS
AI In HR: Better Privacy, Less Friction And Improved Employee Experience
“Presenteeism is dead” say HR and recruitment experts in response to ONS report
LABOR DISPUTES
Concrete strike’s impact on West Seattle Bridge timeline unclear
Great Lakes Coffee in Detroit permanently closes after strike, unionization effort
Maximus call center workers in Mississippi continue striking for better wages and benefits
ORGANIZING NEWS
Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union’s president to speak in Fargo, ND
Fired Cleveland-area Amazon Worker Says Union Effort Led to Dismissal
Activision workers vote to form industry’s first big union in U.S.
POLITICAL NEWS
Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation To Protect Locked Out Workers Health Insurance
Machinists: A Tale of Two Administrations: A Stark Contrast for Working People and Unions…
Racial justice is at the heart of a dispute over gig drivers’ rights
Washington Unions Endorse Mostly Democrats, Capital Gains Tax
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Jacobin: Starbucks Workers Are Winning 90 Percent of Their Union Elections
Little Tokyo Starbucks store becomes first in city of LA to unionize
First Portland, Oregon, Starbucks votes are a blowout for the union
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Too soon? Teachers’ Union Blasts Texas Leaders Over Uvalde School Shooting
Teachers Unions ‘Biggest Budget Winner’ in California’s Record-setting $98 Billion Surplus
Less paperwork for New Mexico teachers, more time for lesson planning
Use ‘Gene-Giver’ or ‘Stork,’ Not ‘Mother,’ Says Science Teachers Association
Teachers unions have done irreparable damage. So why are these Republicans supporting them?
UNION CORRUPTION
DOJ: Former AFGE Employee Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling More Than $270,000 from Union
OPINION: Hypocrisy, Corruption and Politicking at one of LA’s Largest Labor Unions
