LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, March 28, 2022*
LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, March 28, 2022*
Top 3 Stories: UFCW Votes to Strike; Chevron Talks Monday With Striking USW; and Teamsters Donate $1 Million To Concrete Strikers
1. 48,000 grocery workers vote to strike in southern California for higher wages
...FLASHBACK: 2003-2004—Los Angeles supermarket strike...
2. Chevron, union schedule Monday talks to end California refinery strike
…USW: Striking Oil Workers Will Challenge Chevron at Petrochemical Conference
3. National Teamsters Donates $1 Million to Striking Concrete Workers
...Union rejects offer from concrete companies to return to work while negotiations continue...
...The Far Reaching Impacts of the Concrete Worker Strike (podcast)...
NLRB Petitions & Charges: March 24, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
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BARGAINING NEWS
‘We’re prepared to strike’ — Hundreds of Kennecott workers rally for new contract
Pitt faculty union, administration clash over lifting mask mandate
UFCW: Tentative Agreement Reached For New Rite-Aid Contract, Ratification Vote Scheduled
Negotiations To Start Next Month In High Stakes Labor Talks At West Coast Ports
ECONOMIC NEWS
President Biden to unveil new minimum tax on billionaires in budget
AFL-CIO’s Shuler Cautions Fed Against ‘Rashly’ Raising Rates
GENERAL UNION NEWS
California SEIU president fails to regain leadership powers at court hearing
NJ union workers protest Amazon’s deal with Port Authority to build cargo hub at Newark Airport
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Fox: Time to hold unelected federal employees accountable for not doing their jobs...Freedom Foundation: Public-Employee Unions Use Red Tape To Obscure Deceit...
Corvallis Lets Some City Hall Employees Work Remotely But Not Others
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
District Attorney Releases New Information Regarding Former Vanderbilt Nurse’s Trial
Nurses at Beverly Hospital, Addison Gilbert threaten 3-day strike
HR NEWS
Employees Want Additional Opportunities for Career, Skills Development
SHRM: Washington Ban on Noncompete Agreements Set for Another Delay
LABOR DISPUTES
Striking tulip workers hold a unionize via card check, end strike
...Authorities believe the explosion was caused by an explosive device...
...FLASHBACK: Video Shows UMWA Engaging In Picket Line Violence...
LEGAL NEWS
NLRB NEWS
HuffPost: The NLRB Is Withering Away, And That’s Bad News For The Labor Movement
Jacobin: Ironworkers Have Filed More Than 100 ULP Charges Against G&D Integrated
Biden Labor Board Progress Slowed by Covid, Briefing Speed Bumps
ORGANIZING NEWS
Amazon Faces Another High-Stakes Union Election As Vote Kicks Off in Staten Island
Activision Blizzard Workers Make A Game Where The Bad Guy Is A Union-Busting Boss
Google Fiber contractors in Kansas City are first to unionize under Alphabet Worker Union
Ballot counts to begin soon in Amazon workers’ union election in Bessemer
POLITICAL NEWS
Inside the Capitol Hill Staffers’ Effort to Unionize Congress
NRTW: Biden embraces fraud, voter intimidation in union elections
AFGE Applauds Biden Administration Instructing Agencies to Grant Leave For Voting
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Champaign Teachers Union Hosts Parent Listening Session Amid Negotiations
MI Senate Adopts Bill for Retired Teachers to Return as Subs, Alleviate Shortage