LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Top Stories: Congress To Take Up Two Railroad Bills (One With Paid Sick Leave); Job Openings Plunge; Teamsters Strike A Dispensary; 7 Months In CNH Strikers May Spend Holidays On Picket Lines & More.
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TOP STORIES:
Congress May Vote On Two Railroad Bills: One With Sick Leave, One Without
...Some Republicans On Board With Paid Sick Leave Version...
HuffPost: Democrats Prepare To Impose A Rail Union Contract That Many Workers Rejected
Railroad union workers bash Biden ahead of Congressional vote
Job Openings Plunge By 353,000 As Hiring, Quits Tumble To Multi-Year Lows
Teamsters Strike Cannabis Company Enlightened Dispensary Over ULPs
Seven Months In, Striking Case New Holland workers prepare to spend the holidays on the picket line
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Total Entries filed Monday, Nov. 28, 2022: 78
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Video: Disney union members plan to rally Wednesday amid contract negotiations
Labor Notes: Every Union Contract Right Now Should Be the Best Ever
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Mix: Workers have almost no say over what union bosses do — even their votes don’t count
Jacobin: In Mexico, Workers Are Struggling for Independent Unionism
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
New three-year labor contract between Transit Union, MCTS Reached
Jacobin: Come January, Federal Workers Might Not Have a Functioning Labor Board
Tillamook Council Renews Police Union Contract with Teamsters
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Essentia Health Says It’s Reached Agreement With MNA Nurses In Moose Lake
Oregon nurses union accuses Providence of ‘ongoing wage theft,’ asks DA to investigate
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
University of California reaches tentative agreement with striking employees
Teamsters Strike Cannabis Company Enlightened Dispensary Over ULPs
LEGAL NEWS
Ogletree: If There Is a Constitutional Right to Earn a Living, What Happens to OSHA?
An Employer’s Guide to New York State’s New Lawful Absence Law
Union agreement doesn’t require worker to arbitrate suit: Ohio high court
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Illinois’ weed workers are unionizing at a record pace. Now comes the hard part.
Yale Union Election Is Latest Move in Campus Labor Renaissance
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Whitehall Starbucks employees join call for unionization; vote set for Friday
Starbucks closing Capitol Hill store, the first union location in Seattle
Starbucks Employee Melts Down Wants a Union After Scheduled To Work 8 Hours
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Film Club: ‘Empty Classrooms, Abandoned Kids: Inside America’s Great Teacher Resignation’
Randi Weingarten fails to impress with ‘tridemic’ warning: ‘Scandemic II, The Empire Strikes Back’
CTU Lands Win on Expanding Parental and Family Leave Next Year
Covid Learning Loss Could Cost American Kids $900 Billion In Lost Income
