LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, June 2, 2022

Top Stories: ALU Attorney: NLRB complaint may "decades’ worth of anti-union decisions...'; ULP Charges Filed Against Amy's Kitchen; ATU Faces Trial & LLR: An Interview with Former NLRB Chairman Pearce

TOP STORIES:

1. Vice.com: Amazon Repeatedly Violated Union-Busting Labor Laws, ‘Historic’ NLRB Complaint Says

• “I think it’s going to reverse decades’ worth of anti-union decisions.” — Seth Goldstein, ALU’s attorney

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2. Amy’s Kitchen Faces Labor Complaints at Its San Jose Plant

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3. NRTW: ATU Union Faces Trial for Union Officials’ Physical Assault, Illegal Retaliation

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Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 24—An Interview With Former NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for May 31, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

83 Total Entries

• Petitions: 15

• Charges: 68

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Musicians To Rally At Carnegie Hall For Fair Contract

• Steelworkers: Union Members Ratify Four-Year Agreement with Arconic

• Tentative agreement reached between Las Vegas Teamsters, Republic Services

• Workers picket outside Atlantic City casino, seeking raises

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• The Sign Says It All: How Unions Can Stop Employers from Crying Poor

• NRTW: ATU Union Faces Trial for Union Officials’ Physical Assault, Illegal Retaliation

• New Union on the Block? What Amazon Labor Union’s Success Might Mean for Unionization Nation-Wide

• Winston, Latham Again Lead Pack of Legal Billers for NFL Players

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• BLM Headquarters Employees Have Voted to Unionize

• Office of Government Ethics Proposes Changing Rules on Legal Expense Funds for Federal Employees

• The Biden Administration Begins Shifting Asylum Determinations to Federal Officers

• Sen. Collins applauds advancement of Federal Firefighter Fairness Act

• New lawsuit filed on behalf of Air Force members with religious objections to COVID vaccine mandate

• Ohio State Marion professors attempting to form the State’s first faculty union

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Minnesota nurses attack hospital executive pay amid union negotiations

• Doctors at three L.A. County hospitals vote to strike if contract talks break down

  …1,300 California Doctors Authorize Union to Call a Strike

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Maximus government call center workers challenge bosses with 2-day strike

• These Baristas Have Been on Strike for Over 3 Months to Get Their Union Recognized

• ‘Indoor Rain’ Prompts Staff at Boston Starbucks to Strike Over Working Conditions

• Amazon Workers ‘Treated Like Machinery’ Strike At Closing NJ Facility: Report

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LEGAL NEWS

• Mackinac Center: U.S. Court of Appeals Shouldn’t Let Unions Buy Their Way Out of Litigation

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NLRB NEWS

• NLRB’s General Counsel Continues Her Reimagination of Longstanding Board Precedents Governing Employers’ Rights During Union Organizing Campaigns

• NLRB issued complaint against union for retribution campaign based in part on driver’s previous opposition to union

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• New Seasons Management Sows Distrust in Workers’ Unionizing Efforts, Charges Filed...Union drives launch separately at two New Seasons stores...

• Pabst Theater Group workers vote to form a union, adding to a string of local union victories

• Staff at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announce they’re forming a union

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Starbucks worker leading union effort in Fresno put on indefinite paid time off, he says

• How the Starbucks Movement Kicked Off In Texas

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UNION CORRUPTION

• Freedom Foundation: SEIU Local Forges Another Signature To Keep Member Locked Into Paying Dues

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