LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, June 30, 2022

Top Stories: Teamsters President Issue A Threat to UPS; Machinists Strike Mercedez Benz of San Diego;

TOP STORIES:

1. Teamsters Prez: UPS Will Either Eliminate Unfair “Two-Tier” Provisions, Or U.S. Will See Its Biggest Strike In a Decade

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2. Machinists Strike Mercedez Benz of San Diego

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3. Facebook Parent Meta clamps down on internal discussion of Roe v. Wade’s overturning

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 28, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

57 Total Entries

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Teamsters: Members Unanimously Ratify New Las Vegas Convention Carpet Agreement

• Costco Workers Reject Sellout Contract by 93 On ‘Substandard Contract Offer’

• West Coast dockworkers: Demand an immediate vote for strike action!

• Hard Rock Marks Four Years In Atlantic City As Strike Looms

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• North America’s Building Trades Unions and Ørsted Agree To Build an American Offshore Wind Energy Industry With American Labor

• U.S. Steel to build DR-grade system on Iron Range

• Officials say Western Pa. can lead way in clean energy industry

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• People’s World: Union-heavy states more likely to have laws protecting abortion rights

• New FairHotel helps you find Union hotels

• Union Challenges U.S. Steel’s Scheme to Betray Granite City Workers

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• OPM: If You Need to Travel for Medical Care, You Can Use Sick Leave

• Kansas veterans and legislators wary of proposal to close VA clinics and cut emergency services

• US senators block commission that would have closed New Mexico VA clinics

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• OR Coast Hospital Workers’ Union Secures Higher Wages

• Nurses At 2 Providence-Affiliated Hospitals Reach Tentative Agreements

• Two Months After Strike, 8,000 Sutter Nurses in Northern California Remain on the Job Without a Contract

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HR NEWS

• Facebook Parent Meta clamps down on internal discussion of Roe v. Wade’s overturning

• SHRM: IRS Launches 90-Day Pre-Audit Window to Correct Retirement Plan Errors

• And They Say Nothing Interesting Ever Happens in Tennessee (Employment Law)

• Employers Providing Abortion Benefits Should Address Compliance Questions

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Union rallies at Near West Side dispensary where workers claim they were fired for organizing efforts

• Teamsters: Rhode Island Members Enter 2nd Week On The Picket Line At Northeast Transportation Services

• UAW members on strike in Burlington visited by US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack

• Racine United Auto Workers Strike Nears Two-Month Mark

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LEGAL NEWS

• Ogletree: COVID–Driven Layoffs Are Not a ‘Natural Disaster’ Under WARN Act, Fifth Circuit Rules

• Federal appeals court rejects reliability of electronic signatures on employment agreements

• Local and State Employment Law Update: Various Terms Redefined

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NLRB NEWS

• APM Reports staff allege unfair labor practices by Minnesota Public Radio

• NLRB certifies union election for Apple Store employees in Maryland

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of June 21 - 24, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Union election begins for over 400 Planned Parenthood workers

• RAs and TAs At MIT Graduate Student Union Vote to Unionize

• Labor Joust: NJ Medieval Times Workers Will Vote on Joining Union

• Baltimore-area Apple and Starbucks workers have led the way in nation and state forming unions

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Harford Sheriff Says Deputy Sheriff’s Union Playing Politics In Upcoming State’s Attorney Race

• Union Density and the Post-Roe Crisis

• A Growing List of Top Rhode Island Lawmakers Are Quitting

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Union Workers Claim Starbucks Is Using Abortion Access as a Bargaining Chip

• Starbucks Workers and Labor Allies Call out Starbucks for Union Busting in Wednesday Protest

• Scottsboro Starbucks Workers Continue Rally for Union

• Starbucks Workers Win Unions in Washington, Oregon, and Virginia

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• New National Board Certified Teachers Speak Out on Value of Program

• Upper St. Clair Approves 5-year Teacher Contract

• Professors Union Affiliates With American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

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UNION CORRUPTION

• Former St. Louis postal union president sentenced for embezzling union funds

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