LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, May 2, 2022
Top Stories: Is the Amazon Labor Union headed to the White House? Stanford Hospital Strike Ends; Bernie Warn Democrats; CT Bans "Captive Audience" Meetings; May Day in Chicago; & IBEW's Disappointment
Editor’s note: Due to the large number of articles regarding the union organizing occurring at Starbucks nationwide*, we have created a separate Starbucks Union News category (here) on LaborUnionNews.com and in the Morning Digest.
[* There are currently 239 open petitions for unions at Starbucks stores covering 6,346 total workers, according to unionelections.org.]
TOP STORIES:
1. Amazon and Starbucks union workers could be invited to White House
2. Nurses voting on contract to end strike at Stanford
...WSWS: "Vote 'NO' on the sellout contract at Stanford!"...
3. Bernie Sanders says Democrats will have a bad 2022 if they don’t embrace unions
4. Unions win final passage of ‘captive audience’ ban in Connecticut
5. Hundreds join May Day rally at Union Park: ‘If we work in this country, we should have justice’
“Union members, socialists, communists and activists came together in a show of solidarity, pushing for higher wages, immigrant and abortion rights and racial harmony.”
6. Letter: IBEW 'Disappointed' It No Longer Represents Charter Communications Members After Nearly 10-Year 'Battle'
NLRB Petitions & Charges: April 28, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
54 Total Entries
Petitions: 10
Charges: 44
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
WSWS: Contract at Vigor Marine shipyards passes amid widespread opposition from workers
Kemps ice cream workers reject latest proposed contract 135-to-1
Workers at Eaton Aerospace protest ahead of contract negotiations
ECONOMIC NEWS
Senate Democrats’ bill tries to ease pension lump sum vs. income stream choice
Warren Buffett gives his most expansive explanation for why he doesn’t believe in bitcoin
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Hundreds join May Day rally at Union Park: ‘If we work in this country, we should have justice’
Delta Becomes First Major Airline to Pay Flight Attendants for Boarding Time
Sprint integration at T-Mobile proceeds without a hitch – unless you’re CWA
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Members of Congress hoping to secure higher pay raise for federal employees
LA County Unions Say Thousands of Workers Are “Drowning” and Need a Wage Increase
Taxpayers at Baltimore budget forum criticize Mayor Brandon Scott
Daniel Boone Regional Library workers will vote on union over four days in May
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Nurses at Stanford, Packard hospitals reach tentative contract
Some workers organize while others go on strike: Recent hospital-union actions
HR NEWS
Fidelity’s Bitcoin 401(k) Makes the Labor Department Frown. Hard.
Company pays EEOC $79,000 rather than provide a pair of gloves to an employee with a skin rash
Inc: 5 Things Elon Musk Should Do to Retain Twitter’s Employees
LABOR DISPUTES
Jacobin: The Strike Is Workers’ Sharpest Tool. A Labor Movement Must Be Willing to Use It.
Teamster’s set to strike King’s Ready Mix over wage disputes
DDOT Warns Of Circulator Driver Strike Amid Stalled Labor Negotiations
LEGAL NEWS
Ogletree: Benchmarking Survey Provides Insight Into Employers’ Drug Testing Practices
Littler: New York City Council Passes Amended Salary Disclosure Law
Disability Accommodation and COVID-19: Ten Emerging Issues to Consider
NLRB NEWS
Activision Blizzard again accused of threatening employees for speaking out
Apple Employee Claims Epic Games Didn’t Hire Her Because of Labor Rights Advocacy
NLRB Approves Union Win By Mail Ballot Despite Postal Delays Disenfranchising Majority of Voters
…NLRB won't revisit mail-in union election despite postal delays
ORGANIZING NEWS
City Feed and Supply coffee workers fight for union recognition in Boston
Worker denounces Nintendo for allegedly having prevented the creation of a union
Denver marijuana company’s dispute with UFCW highlights PR pitfalls
POLITICAL NEWS
Bernie Sanders says Democrats will have a bad 2022 if they don’t embrace unions
Biden Under Fire for Saying Children Belong to Teachers While in School
...'Appalling': Parental Rights Groups Fire Back at Biden...
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Two Los Angeles Area Starbucks Locations Could Be the Next to Unionize
A labor lawyer breaks down the complicated relationship between Starbucks and its growing union
Starbucks Workers Win Three More In Seattle, Olympia and NYC
Socialist Worker: ‘We can win union fight,’ says US Starbucks worke
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
NRTW: Colorado Teachers Urged to Fake Illness to Boost Big Labor Agenda
Teachers Are Heading for the Door—And They’re Not Coming Back
Seattle Professors Protest Stagnant Salaries While Inflation Soars