LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, June 6, 2022
Top 5 Stories: Google Map Makers Threaten To Strike; Congressional Workers' Union Goes On; Government Union Momentum Building; Armstrong Retirees May Lose Benefits & AFL-CIO's Foreign Policy Challenge
TOP STORIES:
1. Google Maps Contractors Get Return-to-Office Extension After Threatening to Strike
2. Bloomberg: House Staffers’ Union Effort Goes On, Open Questions Aside
3. AFSCME: Colorado collective bargaining law is latest evidence of surging union momentum
4. Armstrong Flooring retirees could see loss of health and life insurance benefits
5. Labor Activists Launch New Organization to Challenge AFL-CIO Foreign Policy
NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 2, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
60 Total Entries *Updated
Petitions: 12
Charges: 48
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Steelworkers Ratify Five-Year Agreement with Ardagh Metal Packaging
Google Maps Contractors Get Return-to-Office Extension After Threatening to Strike
Teamsters: Silver Airways Pilots Ratify Pay and Retention Letter of Agreement
ECONOMIC NEWS
AP: Inflation divide—The wealthy splurge, the poorest pull back
As food prices soar with no end in sight, Americans change habits
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
UW Health can legally acknowledge nurses’ union, state attorney general says
As St. Charles Health System faces financial crisis, its doctors want to unionize
HR NEWS
SHRM Asks IRS Not to Increase Employer Reporting Burdens Under Proposed ACA Fix
Labor Law: Religious accommodations not required if the accommodation impacts other employees
LABOR DISPUTES
WSWS: Amazon workers walk out of facility at Bellmawr, New Jersey
Union workers picket in the rain as strike enters second month at CNH Industrial
Sudden Teamster Strike Strands Antelope Valley, California Commuters
Teamsters at Sherwin-Williams Factory on strike over working conditions
LEGAL NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Microsoft Promises To Cooperate With Unions Following Abuse Allegations
People’s World: New grass-roots union forms to organize Amazon warehouse in N.C.
Heine Brothers coffee workers building support for union despite ‘fear mongering’
Workers at Minneapolis-based Peace Coffee vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to unionize
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks workers claim their store will be closed due to union activity
Union organizers at El Paso Starbucks weigh canceling vote, citing management pressure
Bloomberg: Starbucks Illegally Closing N.Y. Cafe to Retaliate, Union Claims
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Following school shootings, Ohio law would let teachers carry guns
Texas American Federation of Teachers conducting survey of members regarding school safety
St. Louis Public Schools, Archdiocese working to recruit teachers amid staffing shortages
UNION CORRUPTION
Politico: Former Carpenters Union Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Erie Native Tabbed to Lead State AFL-CIO After President-Elect Retires Amid Misconduct Investigation
