LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Top Stories: Seattle Teachers' Strike Settled; Minor League Players Could See A CBA in 2023; Geico Workers Want A Union; Possible Rail Strike Has White House Scrambling & More...
TOP STORIES:
1. Seattle Public Schools and teachers’ union reach tentative agreement to end strike
2. MiLB unionization, new CBA could happen as soon as 2023 season
3. Workers at Geico, one of Western New York’s largest employers, are organizing a labor union
4. WaPo: As U.S. rail strike looms, White House aides scramble to avert crisis
...America is already feeling the consequences of a looming nationwide rail strike...
...A rail strike could result in a 'damaging' economic shock...
NLRB Petitions & Charges for September 9, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 71
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Weyerhaeuser employees in Longview, Aberdeen and more vote to give union strike authority
Teamsters reach agreement with King County concrete suppliers after nearly 1 year of negotiations
Union, GE reach deal for faster raises at New England plants
ECONOMIC NEWS
US Consumer Prices Blow Away Expectations, Rise For 27th Straight Month...Inflation rose 0.1% in August even with sharp drop in gas prices...
GENERAL UNION NEWS
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Tulsa firefighters receive raises after city signs union contract
Nebraska employees union to hold rally at start of contract negotiations
AFGE Urges Congress to Pass Funding Bills, But Short-Term CR Likely Needed
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
University of Wisconsin Health, union, nurses reach agreement to avert strike
Ilhan Omar marches with striking nurses protesting low pay, understaffing
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
National Law Review: You Have the Right to Form and Join a Union
Transformation of the American Workforce: Challenges and Next Steps
NRTW: Southern California Lifeguards Petition Supreme Court Over Union Membership Scheme
ORGANIZING NEWS
MiLB unionization, new CBA could happen as soon as 2023 season
Employees in Google’s Cafeteria Joined Unions During the Pandemic
Food Service Workers at Lawrence Retirement Community File Petition to Unionize
Budtenders Protest As Chandler Dispensary Keeps Firing Union Supporters
POLITICAL NEWS
Democrats focus on women’s issues, need for change in pre-election pitch to voters
Potential Rail Strike Squeezes Biden Between Unions and Economic Peril
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
NLRB issues complaint of Starbucks intimidating workers who unionized
Starbucks Dangles New Savings, Loan Perks for Non-Union Stores