LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Featured Stories: Why Unions Are Getting More Media Coverage & Elon Musk and Marty Walsh Have A Conversation

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FEATURED STORIES:

Source: s.eyre, Wiki Commons

1. Why There’s More Labor Media Coverage

…Greenhouse: From Covid-19 to #MeToo, The Labor Beat Is Resurgent

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Source: @SawyerMerritt on Twitter

2. Elon Musk gives Labor Secretary Marty Walsh a 75-Minute Giga-talk

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BARGAINING NEWS

• Ascend Montclair workers ratify cannabis dispensary labor agreement

• Food Service Workers Wear “Living Wage” Buttons To Urge SFU On Fair Wages

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Pandemic, cashless society putting squeeze on tips for nonfood workers

• 10 States Where The Jobless Rate Fell The Most

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• ABC counters administration’s PLA, union organizing push

• Workers at Exxon Mobil refinery in Texas vote to keep union after lockout

  ...decertification fell 19 votes short...

• Bloomberg Law: DOT-DOL Infrastructure Pact Boosts Unions And Training

• Bombshell Report Claims Student Loan Company Reveals Failure and Abuse of Student Loan Borrowers

• Mass. AFL-CIO President Calls Ride-Hailing Ballot Initiative ‘Wolf In A Sheepskin’

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Lincoln County Wins Battle With Unions Over Public Collective Bargaining

• Port Authority Riders React to Possible Delays as Hundreds of Drivers Could Be Put On Leave

• House Dems Seek Probe of USPS Plan for New Mail Truck Fleet

• Adverse Employment Action for Employee Social Media Use

• Federal Union Calls for Action to Address Dangerously Understaffed FCC

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Turnover In The Health Care Workforce And Its Effects On Patients

• Registered Nurses To Picket In Castro Valley Tuesday

• Pennsylvania Nurses Waited Months to Get Licenses During Historic Staffing Shortage

• NJ Nurses Describe What It’s Like Working 2 Years of COVID Pandemic

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HR NEWS

• High-Profile Union Campaigns Offer A Learning Opportunity for HR

• If You Say One of these 11 Phrases at Work, Prepare to Be Sued

• SHRM: Three Ways Small Companies Can Recruit and Retain Talent

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Collins Aerospace, union reach agreement on contract; lockout ends at Troy plant

• ‘Get this settled’: Eaton striker says union members want to work, but won’t back down

• These 20 Striking Detroit Baristas Could Lead a Union Revival

• Teamsters offer to send some drivers back to work, but still no deal to end concrete strike

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LEGAL NEWS

• Sutter Health Defeats Antitrust Challenge In Jury Trial

• An Energy Bill to Change the State’s Mine Safety Code Didn’t Get Very Far

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NLRB NEWS

• NLRB sets course for greater organizing by employees

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of February 28 - March 4, 2022

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Harvard Unions’ Merger Pitch Remains Outstanding

• IDA Staff Form Documentary Workers United, Reveal Plans to Organize

• Starbucks “Partners” Continue To Find Success in Union Efforts

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Elon Musk gives Labor Secretary Marty Walsh a 75-Minute Giga-talk

• LA Times: Lorena Gonzalez Is A Foul-Mouthed Latina Troublemaker

• Manchin Sinks Biden Federal Reserve Nominee Who Drew Republican Boycott

• The Hill: The ‘Most Pro-Union President’ Ever Has Been A Dud for Workers

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Tewksbury teachers ratify new collective bargaining agreement

• Rep. Ilhan Omar rallies in support of Minneapolis teachers during strike

• Current Events And Teaching About the War in Ukraine

• ‘Misallocation of Resources’ to Blame for Newton Teacher Layoffs

• Wisconsin Educators Aim for Long-Term Solutions To Address Staff Burnout

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UNION CORRUPTION

• Carpenters union lawsuit alleges former leader OK’d questionable ad contracts, pay raise

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