LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, May 20, 2022
Top Stories: Healthcare Workers Reassess Contracts; Union Files ULP Against Target, Plans To Refile Petition; Starbucks has 240 Open Petitions & More...
TOP STORIES:
1. California healthcare workers reassess contracts, pandemic pressures in mind
...Nationwide: Temporary contract nurses more than doubled pay from 2019-2022...
2. After Withdrawing Petition, Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Target
…Plans to refile petition for election within next few weeks
3. Starbuck currently has 240 open petitions, covering 6359 employees
4. Minority Construction Worker Testifies to EEOC About Discriminatory Practices On Union Job Sites
5. Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 23—Guest: CWI and RILA's Evan Armstrong Discusses Independent Contractors, as well as Other Labor Policy Issues
NLRB Petitions & Charges: May 18, 2022 for paid subscribers)
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MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
WSWS: After keeping workers in the dark, UAW announces snap contract vote at Detroit Diesel
Museum Workers Protest Outside the Institution’s Fundraising Gala Over Union Contract
US Soccer Deal Bolsters Equal Pay Push in Collective Bargaining
CWA Bargaining Updates: AT&T Mobility, Direct TV, ABC-Disney & More
Houston’s Contract Janitors are Planning to Strike if Upcoming Wage Negotiations Fail
ECONOMIC NEWS
Netflix lays off 150 workers as executives look to cut costs
ICYMI: Inflation Triggers Mandatory Minimum Wage Increases in California
U.S. may be barreling toward recession in next year, more experts say
What Businesses Need to Know as DOL Seeks to Kill Trump-Era Gig Economy Rule
Gas Prices Hit New Highs Again With All 50 States Above $4 a Gallon
GENERAL UNION NEWS
CDC encourages mask-wearing in places like Maine with high COVID-19 transmission
Role Of The AFL-CIO Supporting The Histadrut & Its Support For Apartheid
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Arbitrator Says Bridgeport Police Detective Was Wrongly Placed on Leave
Faculty on Ohio State’s Marion Campus Seek to Unionize Over “Inequitable” Workload
VA Secretary Visits Sioux Falls Hospital After Recommendations to Close South Dakota Facilities
Senate Confirms Grundmann to FLRA, Giving Democrats a Majority
L.A. County Averts A Strike by Bargaining With 55,000 SEIU Workers
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
‘Medical errors can and do happen’: Nurse groups react to RaDonda Vaught sentencing
Nurses at UVM Medical Center continue negotiations for fair contract
After historic nurses’ strike, a new dispute roils Saint Vincent Hospital
HR NEWS
Microsoft to Nearly Double Salary Budgets, Expand Stock Compensation
How do you handle employees talking about “replacement theory” at work?
LABOR DISPUTES
WSWS: USW isolating strike by California Chevron workers over refinery staffing and safety
WSWS: Strikebreakers Brought in to Replace FireKing Workers in Indiana
Unable to unionize as agricultural workers, Gresham Cannabis Workers have been on strike since May 2
LEGAL NEWS
Congress Considers Banning Discretionary Clauses in ERISA Plans
Lifeguards Push for Rehearing of First Amendment Challenge to Union Membership Trapping Scheme
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Bloomberg: Amazon Threatened Workers Over Union Vote, Labor Officials Find
Activision Blizzard workers engaged in landmark video game union vote
POLITICAL NEWS
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Guardian: Starbucks fired over 20 US union leaders in recent months
Starbucks workers vote to unionize in Newport News, Virginia
Workers at 3 more Colorado Starbucks vote to unionize amid national organizing wave
Starbucks Workers Speak Out After Yet Another Massachusetts Union Win
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Socialist Alternative: Chicago Teachers Union Election Raises Key Issues
Va. students are ‘ill-prepared,’ falling behind on national education standards