LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, February 28, 2022
These Two Amazon Charges May Affect All Non-Union Workplaces Nationwide
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FEATURED STORIES: These two charges against Amazon may affect every non-union workplace.
Banning ‘Captive Audience Meetings’ or requiring ‘Equal Time?’
...MORE: Union Files “Precedent-Setting” Charges of Misconduct Against Amazon...
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NLRB Petitions & Charges: Feb. 24, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
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BARGAINING NEWS
UFCW: Grocery Workers In California Deserve a Fair Share in New Contract
USW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Marathon to Set Four-Year Pattern for Oil Sector Bargaining
Film and TV Location Managers Reach New Tentative 3-Year Contract Deal
ECONOMIC NEWS
Oshkosh Union Members Rally Over Plans To Build USPS NextGen Vehicles In SC
...UAW Local President: ...'an attack against union labor'...
ABC: Construction Industry Faces Workforce Shortage of 650,000 in 2022
California Is Moving Toward An $18 Minimum Wage. (Will $25 be next?)
GENERAL UNION NEWS
New Teamsters Local 25 President Takes Office As Sean O’Brien Heads To National Union
For These Hotel Workers, The Pandemic Recession Still Hasn’t Ended
Labor Leaders Say Pandemic and Labor Shortages Put More Power in Workers Hands
Jacobin: Should Unions Be Teaming Up With Uber to Give Up Workers’ Full Employee Status?
Unionized UPS Cut Pay Back To $15.33 For Thousands Of Part-Timers
AFL-CIO’S LIZ SHULER STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Duluth AFSCME Workers Host Picket, Call for Fair Contract Agreement
City Council Postpones Approving ATU Collective Bargaining Ordinance
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Air Force Medics Continue Deployments to Civilian Hospitals and Care Facilities
Struggling NYC Hospital Pays Brass Fat Salaries Despite Staffing Woes
MNA Nurses at St. Luke’s Hospital Vote to Ratify First Union Contract After 3 Years
Nearly two months after ending strike, St. Vincent nurses could lose union and new contract
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Special Metals workers hold union-wide meeting as strike nears day 150
Workers Who Voted Against Union Oppose Order Forcing Union on Them
Nearly 15,000 Out of Work; Federal Mediators Back to Help End Concrete Strike
LABOR RELATIONS RADIO
LEGAL NEWS
Ogletree: CDC Drops Masking Recommendations for Most Healthy Individuals
Following Lawsuit, Charges, New York Public Radio And SAG-AFTRA Reach Settlement.
Local Business Protection Act Heads to Full House Vote After Democratic Amendments Fail
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Starbucks in Mesa, Arizona votes 25-3 to unionize!
…The Starbucks Unionization Drive Sweeping the US Has Arrived in Canada
...50 Workers, Union Leaders, and Community Supporters Rally At WI Starbucks
Labor unions gather in Bessemer for rally ahead of Amazon vote
BCGTM in Bittersweet Battle to Organize Virginia Hershey’s Factory
Bloomberg: The Teamster Effort To Organize Port Truckers (podcast)
POLITICAL NEWS
…Labor leaders praise Biden SCOTUS pick as win for workers
...WSJ: Ketanji Brown Jackson—The Supreme Court Nominee’s Rulings