LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Top Five Stories: Jorts the Cat vs. Scabby the Rat; A 5-Year Strike Is Over; Lessons from TikTok, Free Weed, and Amazon; & Bernie Pressures Biden
TOP STORIES:
1. WSJ: Jorts the Cat vs. Scabby the Rat: Rising Labor Movement Needs New Mascots
2. IBEW’s Five-Year Strike In New York City Is Over As Union Walks Away
3. Projections: What Can We Learn from TikTok, Free Weed, and an Amazon Union Campaign?
4. Bernie Sanders calls on Biden to cut off federal contracts with 'anti-union' companies like Amazon
5. ‘Progressive’ companies may have a unionization target on their backs
NLRB Petitions & Charges: April 25, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
72 Total Entries
Petitions: 11
Charges: 61
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
ECONOMIC NEWS
Home prices jumped nearly 20% in February, but slowdown may be coming
More than 33% of all hospitals are operating on negative margins
GENERAL UNION NEWS
New Teamsters President Visits Minnesota to Rally Local Union Members
Amazon Employees’ Victory Is Inspiring Workers at Other Retailers. Could a Walmart Union Be Next?
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Colorado’s County Employees Would be able to collectively bargain, not strike
Federal Employee Union Says OPM hasn’t Addressed Health, Safety Concerns
Overlooked by Management, Red Cross Workers Fight for a Fair Contract
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses to Deliver Petition to Board Chair
Thousands of nurses at Stanford hospitals are striking over wages and mental health
St. Vincent Hospital Nurses File Charge of Unfair Labor Practice and Seek Injunction
Union wins two elections among clinical staff at McLean Hospital
HR NEWS
Surviving the Great Resignation: 4 ways to make benefits more attractive
SHRM: Leave the Door Open for Employees to Return to Your Organization
ADA Protects Workers in Treatment and Recovery for Opioid Use
LABOR DISPUTES
Jacobin: UIC Grad Workers Are on Strike for the Second Time in Three Years
Workers Strike for Better Conditions at Nonprofit in New London
LEGAL NEWS
Littler: First Lawsuit Against Florida’s “Stop WOKE” Bill Filed
New Law Could Boost Union Presence in Maine Renewable Energy Projects
NLRB NEWS
Why Amazon is unlikely to overturn plant workers’ vote to unionize
NLRB Says Lost Larson Bakery Illegally Fired a Worker For Labor Organizing
CWA Files ULP, Alleges Verizon Fired Worker for Union Organizing
ORGANIZING NEWS
Workers at two Illinois Starbucks stores vote to unionize on same day
Delta to become first US carrier to pay flight attendants during boarding
Labor Unions Slam Chicago’s Casino Plans, Demand A Living Wage For Workers
POLITICAL NEWS
Bernie Sanders tells Biden to end federal contracts with ‘anti-union’ companies like Amazon
VP Harris joins IBEW leaders for Grassroots Work Week kick off
Sanders pressures Biden on Amazon unions: ‘The time for talk is over’
16 GOP Governors Oppose Biden’s Executive Order Creating Monopoly On Federal Construction Contracts
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
NYP: Is ‘woke’ to be the only religion allowed in US public schools?
WSWS: GEO Shuts Down UIC Grad Workers Strike, to Push Through Sellout Agreement
Zapata joins public schools across city in rejecting devastating CPS budget cuts
Report reveals UMD Athletics Prioritized Over Educators, Researchers