LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, April 15, 2022
Top Story: Starbucks Breaks Union's Winning Streak
Starbucks breaks union’s winning streak with a union loss in Virginia
...SEIU's Lead Campaign Coordinator Cries Foul...
Axios: Big Labor is failing to meet the moment, advocates say
Top State AFL-CIO Officer Accused of Misconduct
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 18: Guest—The 'Master of Workplace Schadenfreude,' Attorney Jon Hyman on why 'anti-union doesn't mean anti-worker'
NLRB Petitions & Charges: April 13, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
53 Total Entries
Petitions: 14
Charges: 39
BARGAINING NEWS
ISU Employees’ Union Reaches Tentative Agreement, Averting Strike
Local 32BJ strike could impact 3,000 buildings and 500,000 apartments in New York City
Loyola Aramark Workers Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of Authorizing Strike
ECONOMIC NEWS
Retail Sales Slow In March As Record High Gas Prices, Surging Inflation Trim Spending
Economic Policy Institute: Reclaiming Corporate Tax Revenues
Why Gas Prices Loom So Large in the Way We Think About the Economy
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Flint Strikes Deal That Includes 2.5% Wage Increase with Biggest Employee Union
Council Delay Allows AFSCME Contract with Vaccine Bonuses to Take Effect
Workers at Philadelphia Museum of Art ramp up pressure for fair contract
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
National Nurses United calls on Congress to pass Federal Safe Staffing Legislation
‘We are deeply concerned,’ says WA nursing union of felony charges against RN for medication error
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Here’s the deal Teamsters seek with Seattle-area concrete suppliers
Indiana University grad workers strike after university refuses to recognize union
LEGAL NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
NRTW: Conagra workers file decertification petition with NLRB to oust UFCW
Democratic firm drops Amazon after helping its anti-union campaign
Southern Tier Labor Unions Host Discussion on Employment in the Legal Cannabis Industry
NRTW: Amy’s Kitchen Employees Targeted by Teamsters Union Bosses
LRI: The Contagious New Toolbox Of Union Organizing Strategies
POLITICAL NEWS
Jacobin: Amazon’s Union-Buster Consultants Are Also Consultants for Major Labor Unions
Construction firms hit Biden labor agreement plan that unions praise
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
“It’s soul crushing:” Charlottesville Educators Petition for Bargaining
D.C. Public School Librarians Eyeing Book Bans Across America