LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Top Stories: Janitors at Twitter Are On Strike; Jack Rocks Damage Tires At Warrior Met Christmas Party; GM Battery Plant Workers To Vote On Union Representation; Georgia Runoff Election & More...
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TOP STORIES:
Janitors on strike at Twitter headquarters
...Twitter terminates contract...
Tire Spikes Placed Outside Warrior Met Christmas Party Saturday
GM battery plant workers to vote on union representation in labor test for the EV industry
Georgia Senate Runoff: Nearly 2 million have already voted
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Monday, December 5, 2022
Total Entries filed Friday, Dec. 2, 2022: 35
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Tartine Union Negotiations Heat Up Heading Into the Holidays
After Months of Delays, Local Veterinary Union Begins Contract Talks with IAM
Stirring the pot: Legality of Pennsylvania’s cannabis industry ‘labor peace agreements’ challenged
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Vice: The Freight Rail Labor Dispute Was Never About ‘Sick Days’
U.S. railroad investor resolutions urge paid sick leave for workers
New York Film Production Union Elects New Leaders, Wife of International President Is Defeated
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
New Grand Rapids police union contract would make it harder for officers to scrub discipline records
Deadlocked on oversight, city and police union pause contract negotiations
Law enforcement officer shortage leads to hiring changes in Nashville
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Kaiser Nurses Ratify New Contract That Raises Wages by 22.5% And Improves Staffing
Amazon Signs Agreement to Purchase One Medical for $3.9 Billion, Aims to “Reinvent” Healthcare
HR NEWS
Department of Labor releases final rule on 401(k) plan investments
Viewpoint: 5 Things Employers Get Wrong About Caregivers at Work
Estimates say turnover costs more than $57K annually — and is still rising
LEGAL NEWS
SHRM: Two New Maryland Laws Could Make it Harder to Defend Harassment Claims
Littler: New York Department of Health Updates Return-To-Work Protocols for Healthcare Personnel
Oregon, Colorado Declare Public Health Emergencies Triggering Leave Requirements
WSJ: Restaurant Groups Push to Overturn California Fast-Food Wage Law
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Nickelodeon Studios Production Workers Go Public With Wage Concerns During Union Drive
AFSCME: Academy Foundation workers in California win their union
NYT: Video Game Workers at Microsoft and Activision Take Steps to Unionize
POLITICAL NEWS
How Prop 22’s Electoral Success Foreshadows Future Fight over Sectoral Bargaining
How might government intervention impact future union negotiations?
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Mediator joins the table as bargaining resumes between The New School
El Paso’s teacher shortages prove difficult to remedy two years after pandemic hit
New Oklahoma law allows adjunct teachers to become full-time educators
