LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Top 4 Stories: Teamsters Target Amazon, AOC Gets Thrown To The Curb By ALU, Why Jay-Z Ignored UNITE-HERE Pickets & Labor Relations Radio
TOP STORIES:
1. Teamsters Relaunches Steps to Unionize Edmonton-Area Amazon Fulfillment Centre
2. Amazon union leader slams AOC: ‘She doesn’t deserve this moment’
...AOC blamed "scheduling conflicts" and "security concerns" for dodging ALU rally...
3. Why Jay-Z Defied UNITE-HERE’s Attempt to Shut Down His Oscars Bash
4. Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 14—There is more than meets the media's eye on the Amazon and Starbucks campaign victories
The echo chamber media is telling part of the story, but not the whole story...
NLRB Petitions & Charges: April 4, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
73 Total Entries
Petitions: 15
Charges: 58
BARGAINING NEWS
Harvard Security Guards Narrowly Vote to Ratify Contract Offer from Securitas
UFCW: 30-hour Bargaining Marathon Averted California Grocery Workers Strike
Court Blocks Rail Union’s Bid to Seek Local Bargaining on Key Issues
ECONOMIC NEWS
Dozens more Alaska Airlines Flights Canceled as Pilot Shortage Persists
Maine Department of Labor Works to Help Low-Income Residents
AFL-CIO: Economy Gains 431,000 Jobs in March; Unemployment Falls to 3.6%
Starbucks halts stock buybacks, announces pivot to employees amid union push
GENERAL UNION NEWS
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Employees and Lawmakers Denounce VA’s Efforts to Shutter Facilities
AFGE said it’s Fighting to Keep Workplace Flexibilities and Telework Upon Office Re-entry negations
Oregon Leaders Still Resort to Denial and Buck Passing Discussing Needed Pension Reform (PERS)
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Hospitals, Insurers Cast Blame Amid High Health Care Costs Debate
HR NEWS
Leaked Documents: Amazon to Ban “Slave,” “Living Wage,” and “Unfair”
Positive workforce drug tests reach highest level in 20 years
SHRM: 4 California Wage and Hour Rulings for Employers to Note
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
How Washington state brokered a truce between Uber and its drivers
Directive Increases Employer Burden in Compliance Review Process
Plaintiffs Are Precluded from Asserting New York Wage Theft Prevention Act Claims
Infrastructure Law Demands New Focus on Transit Worker Assaults
NLRB NEWS
Workers Say Hours Were Cut Ahead of Union Elections at five Richmond Starbucks
NLRB: Legal Spat Over Labor Board’s Top Lawyer Heads to Fifth Circuit
NLRB Exceeded Its Authority by Imposing Penalties for Technical Violation
ORGANIZING NEWS
Over 50 Amazon warehouses in U.S. contact union after New York vote
Teamsters Relaunches Steps to Unionize Edmonton-Area Amazon Fulfillment Centre
POLITICAL NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
AFT’s Weingarten in Poland to Meet with Educators and Ukrainian Refugees
Teachers’ Unions Pushed Government-Mandated Lockdowns That Sparked Health Crisis Among Teens
Biden’s Education Department Issues New Rules To Crush Charter Schools
The Debt Collective Day of Action Urges Biden to Cancel Student Debt