LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, June 13, 2022

Top Stories: NLRB ALJ Dismisses Complaint Against Home Depot Over BLM Apron; AFL-CIO's Has Big Tech Organizing Plans; NLRB GC Goes After Private Property Rights & Much More

TOP STORIES:

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1. Home Depot Wins Case Rejecting Right to Wear BLM at Work

• Judge Agrees Companies Can Prevent Employees From Wearing BLM Imagery

• READ THE ALJ’s DECISION

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2. Axios interview: Inside the plans of the country’s top union leader

• ...The Hill: New AFL-CIO leader eyeing tech sector for organizing...

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3. NLRB GC Advocates for Limiting Employer’s Private Property Rights

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4. Workers United (SEIU), Communications Workers of America Join Forces on Apple Retail

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 9, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

51 Total Entries

• Petitions: 8

• Charges: 43

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BARGAINING NEWS

• SMART: 3rd week of NMB sessions concludes; rail unions again call for proffer of arbitration

• Laundry workers to rally in Los Angeles for higher wages

• Union Accuses Casinos of Violating COVID-19 Safety Regulations

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• More protests planned at Farmer John slaughterhouse in California despite plan to close

• Fracking made the US the world’s biggest oil producer. Now its end is pushing gas prices much higher

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Unions Making a Green New Deal from Below

• Two Pueblo Museums Explore the Labor Strikes, Changing Technology and Stories of the City’s History

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Postmaster DeJoy Sued Over Huge Gas Guzzler Buy

• MSHA Will Move To Limit Coal Miners’ Exposure To Silica Dust

• EEOC Union Again Alleges Labor Law Breach Over Return to Office

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Quarry Strike Slows Down Chicago-Land Roadwork

• Three weeks in, concrete workers’ strike is a building problem in Canadian construction

• WSWS: UAW increases weekly strike pay to $400 in desperate bid to placate workers’ anger

• Union Raises Strike Pay for CNH Workers as Picket Enters 6th Week

• West Virginia steelworkers locked out by greedy war profiteers

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Tabletop gaming joins the ranks of unionized workers in Western Washington

• American Prospect: Labor’s John L. Lewis Moment

• Activision Blizzard recognizes new ‘Call of Duty’ workers union

• Post-Production Workers In At Several Studios In NY Win Right To Be Represented By CWA At Bargaining Table

• North Central Planned Parenthood workers file for union election

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POLITICAL NEWS

• EV tax credits ‘on the table’ as Democrats try reviving parts of Build Back Better

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Starbucks CEO: Unions shouldn’t ‘lead our people’

• Starbucks Union Says Howard Schultz Broke The Law During New York Times Interview

• Union effort fails at Mill Valley’s Strawberry Starbucks

• Starbucks Notches Legal Win in Battle Against Union Organizers

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Accused NYC teachers deny buying fake COVID vaccine cards

• CPS discusses employee pay increase at annual budget hearing

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