LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, May 12, 2022
Top Stories: A Furry Protester; Teamsters Call AAA; Companies Are Being Sabotaged; Target's Organizer Profiled & NY AG's Lawsuit Against Amazon Was Tossed
TOP STORIES:
1. Fired by Starbucks, Union Organizer Now Wears His Fursuit to Rallies
Background: Inside the weird world of the ‘furry’ fetish
2. Teamsters Calls Out AAA For Closing Branches During Collective Bargaining
3. People Are Using Job Listings to Sabotage Companies That Mistreat Their Workers
4. The History Of Adam Ryan, The Organizer Targeting Target
5. Court Says Federal Law Preempts, Tosses New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 21—Guest: Attorney Jon Hyman On What HR Can Take Away From The NLRB's Starbucks Complaint
NLRB Petitions & Charges: May 10, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
60 Total Entries
Petitions: 9
Charges: 51
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Arconic Workers Want Contract That Treats Them as Essential Workers
Teamsters: Republic Services Workers In Las Vegas Vote To Authorize Strike
ECONOMIC NEWS
Pace of inflation eases slightly in April but still at 40-year high
Minnesota’s golden opportunity for economical, higher-speed rail
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Teamsters Calls Out AAA For Closing Branches During Collective Bargaining
A ‘movement moment’ plus a reinvigorated NLRB means opportunity for workers
Wyoming is deadliest state to work; annual report found it led the nation in workplace fatalities
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Labor Pains: City Bus Drivers, County Jailers Threaten Strikes
The Number of Officers Who Have Left Chicago’s Police Force Is Staggering
U.S. Postal Service can deliver for a clean-energy future with electric fleet
Federal employees’ union files 14 more charges against Office of Personnel Management
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
New Bill Aims to Require Hospitals to Create Workplace Violence Prevention Plan
Union Nurses To Picket Providence Willamette Falls Wednesday
LABOR DISPUTES
Concrete mixer drivers on strike in Pocatello, Blackfoot over proposed benefit changes
Canadian Carpenters’ union strike impacting multitude of local construction projects
Local 565 members strike against unfair mandatory overtime in Wisconsin
Union strike in the Iowa concrete industry continues over wage dispute
LEGAL NEWS
‘Silenced No More Act’ comes with Important Effects on Employment Agreements in Washington State
Suit Against AMN Services, LLC, Alleging Failure to Reimburse Employees for Business Expenses
NLRB NEWS
‘Fortnite’ maker denies it unfairly passed on hiring ex-Apple, Blizzard engineer
NLRB upholds ‘successor bar doctrine’ in Mooresville union dispute
ORGANIZING NEWS
Wade Rathke: A ‘movement moment’ plus a reinvigorated NLRB means opportunity for workers
Efforts to unionize Amazon workers in Canada ramp up in Ontario as Teamsters target Hamilton
Pandemic-fueled Apple union movement unlikely to spur a trend in right-to-work Georgia
POLITICAL NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Teachers’ unions scrutinized over Harvard study of COVID-19 learning
$164 million for teachers in Hawaii should aid retention, union says
Minneapolis School Board Approves Contracts with Teachers, Support Professionals Union