LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Friday, June 3, 2022

Among the Top Stories: Fireking Hires Permanent Replacements; IATSE is Unionizing The Simpsons; NLRB Case Threatens Ability To Counter Union Campaigns & Much More...

TOP STORIES:

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1. FireKing hiring permanent workers to replace striking Teamsters

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2. Animation Guild Seeks to Unionize IT Workers in ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Family Guy,’ ‘American Dad!’

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3. NLRB Case Threatens Employers' Rights to Counter Union Campaigns

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4. Axios: COVID-fatigued health workers are mobilizing

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5. WaPo: Microsoft tries collaborating with unions to avoid ‘public disputes’

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6. Starbucks Union Creates $1 Million Fund to Cover Striking Baristas’ Lost Wages

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7. Wells Fargo Employees Pushing to Organize Union Across Bank’s Workforce

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for June 1, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

49 Total Entries

• Petitions: 7

• Charges: 42

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Vox Media Union Takes Next Step Toward Potential Strike

• CWA: Members Stage ULP Strike Against Frontier Communications of California

• Mine Workers’ Pact with W.Va. Battery Maker Bypasses UAW

• Teamsters Reach Deals with UNFI, other Minn. Food Companies

• “Who counted the votes?”: Arconic workers erupt in anger after USW claims contract ratification

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Economics professor rips Biden’s inflation response: President ‘wrong that he can’t do anything’

• Rural Small Businesses Play Key Factor in American Economic Growth but Experience Roadblocks

• Unions and Their Allies Threaten the Supply Chain

• Shipping Concerns Are Growing As Port Workers’ Union Nears Expiration

• Economic Policy Institute: What to Watch on Jobs Day, the Labor Market is Strong

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Companies Choose RTW South Carolina Over Other States

• Union Carpenters and Contractors Promote Diversity and Respect in Construction

• Georgetown officials vote in favor of Liberty Steel Mill operations

• $60 million investment by U.S. Steel will add 25 new jobs at Gary Works

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• USPS expects to boost purchase of electric delivery vehicles

• The U.S. Postal Service is Collapsing

• Ohio House advocates for Chillicothe VA Medical Center

• Governor Hochul Announces Ratification of 7-Year Labor Agreement With Law Enforcement Union

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Michigan Medicine demands nurses accept pay package that is half the rate of inflation

• PeaceHealth Physicians and Nurse Practitioners File for Union Recognition

• Union contract reached at Cayuga Nursing after over a year of fraught negotiations

• Nursing homes file lawsuit seeking to overturn NY’s minimum staffing law

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HR NEWS

• Federal Government Trying to Break Free of Antiquated Hiring Systems

• Seattle City Council Sets Minimum Wage for Gig Workers

• SHRM: IRS Extends Remote Witnessing of Retirement Plan Spousal Consent

• A ‘Historic’ Moment: US Soccer to Pay Men and Women Equally

• Elon Musk’s 40 Hours in Office Requirement Is Brilliant

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LABOR DISPUTES

• FireKing hiring permanent workers to replace striking Teamsters

• Collins Aerospace workers enter second week of lockout

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LEGAL NEWS

• Ogletree: California Courts Strike Down Laws Requiring More Women and Diversity on Boards

• Colorado’s Public Health Emergency Sick Leave Requirement Is Extended Again

• San Francisco Releases Proposed Implementation and Enforcement Rules for Revised Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance

• NCLA Amicus Brief Supports Fifth Circuit En Banc Review of the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

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NLRB NEWS

• NRTW: Mountaire Farms Workers Finally Oust UFCW Union

• New NLRB Case Threatens Employers’ Rights to Counter Union Campaigns

• The NLRB Attacks Activision’s Social Media Policy

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Little of Microsoft’s ‘principles for employee organizing’ is actually pro-union

• Amazon Labor Union’s Chris Smalls visits Fargo, Endorses Unionizing Metro Amazon Facilities

• Animation Guild Seeks to Unionize IT Workers in ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Family Guy,’ ‘American Dad!’

• Workers At Genwa Korean BBQ In LA Just Scored A Union Contract, In An Industry First

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Texas Democrats, unions call on Interior to protect workers’ rights in offshore wind leasing

• There’s Nothing Equitable in Union Pension Bailouts Unmentioned in Biden’s ‘Equity’ Report

• Bill the Modifies the IRS Code Would End Tax Benefits for Union Busting

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Denver Starbucks Employees’ Union Faces Hurdle Following Strike & Vote To Unionize

• Starbucks workers win in S.C. as drive widens nationwide

• Starbucks Workers Score More Unions in Maryland and Washington

• Starbucks Litigation, Work Stoppages Heat Up Organizing Efforts

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Survey shows 65% of Wyoming teachers would quit if they could

• Arming teachers seems an easy fix but are the possible costs worth the risks?

• Texas Teachers’ Pension System Votes for Pro-Choice Group’s Proposal at Shareholder Meeting

• Republican Lawmakers Demand Answers About Controversial AFT Anti-Misinformation Pact

• CA Charter Schools Just Unionized With the Industrial Workers of the World

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