LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Top 5 Stories: Starbucks Loses In Seattle, Teamsters' New Boss Is Shaking Things Up, Labor Secretary Asks For Questions, Machinists Strike Over & SEIU Inks A Planned Parenthood Deal

1. Starbucks Workers In Seattle Unionize

...A unanimous vote...

…Currently 147 open petitions at Starbucks stores, covering 3758 total workers…

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Source: AgnosticPreachersKid via Wiki Commons

2. The New Guard: Teamsters’ O’Brien-Zuckerman, General Executive Board Begin Five-Year Term

...The Swearing-In Ceremony (on Facebook)...

...New Teamsters union boss could start the biggest strike in decades...

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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh | Source: Sam Berube, Office of the Governor for Massachusetts | Creative Commons

3. More than he bargained for? Labor Secretary Marty Walsh asked for questions. Refuses to answer #FightForFreelancers?

With 59 million Americans' livelihoods at risk, freelancers want answers.

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4. Eaton Corporation says Davenport strike is over; workers returning Wednesday

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5. Planned Parenthood of SW Oregon inks first union contract with SEIU

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MORE…

BARGAINING NEWS

• Standard Forwarding Teamsters Ratify New Contract

• Bath Iron Works draftsmen’s union ratifies contract

• USW: Idaho National Laboratory Workers to Begin Contract Talks in April

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Los Angeles becomes 1st in US to reach $6 gas average

• Minimum wage in Nevada increasing in July

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• “We aren’t part of that.” UNITE-HERE Distances Itself From Disney Walkouts

• ‘Lawless Hellhole’ Union Station Somehow Ranks 19th for Denver Attractions

  ...RTD union calls Denver Union Station a ‘lawless hellhole’...

• Las Vegas gambling technicians want to vote to remove union

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• City Council Approves Contracts for Police, Fire, Street Department Employees

• BREAKING: NY Courts To Fire Unvaccinated Workers In April

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Labor Union Health Fund Targets Hospital Prices, Looks to Form Purchasing Coalition

• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks MT Vaccine Discrimination Law

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Striking employees of WTTW draw politicians’ support

• Workers Back On the Job at Noon After CP Rail and Union Agree to Final Arbitration

• Teamsters’ Canadian Pacific Rail Strike That Threatened Supply Chain Is Over

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Wesleyan undergraduate student labor union first in the country to be voluntarily recognized

• Jacobin: Starbucks Worker—The Entire Food Industry Should Go Union

• “Momentum is at an all-time high.”—What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

• Big Labor is Targeting Banks and Credit Unions?

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POLITICAL NEWS

• In a letter to State Leaders, Unions Back Immigrant Health Care Expansion

• Early Polling From Suburbs Shocks Democrats

• Charlie Crist’s Campaign Touting Endorsement of Union 15K Members Strong

• EPA Adopts ‘Hybrid Workplace’ Model In Office Reentry Plans Set For May

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Proviso Teachers Union closer to agreement to end strike; spring break now in progress

• University of New Hampshire professors, lecturers battle for contracts

• Sacramento teachers, school staff are about to strike. What’s behind their labor dispute?

• L.A. Teachers Union OKs Lifting Mask Mandate At LAUSD Schools

• Minneapolis Teachers Union Rejects Contract Offer for Support Staff

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