LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Top Stories: An ABC Update on the PRO Act; RCP Averages on the MidTerms; GE Workers in Alabama Petition To Unionize; NLRB Asks DHS for Help & More...
TOP STORIES:
1. Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 33—ABC's Ben Brubeck on the PRO Act Senate Vote and More
Related: Democrats could easily keep the Senate
Via Real Clear Politics:
2. General Electric workers in Alabama seek union
3. How the NLRB wants DHS to help it investigate employers
NLRB Petitions & Charges for August 19, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 70
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
USW, Cleveland-Cliffs open contract talks for Hibbing Taconite, United Taconite
Adjunct faculty hold demonstration during freshmen move-in day
Union workers hope ‘informational picket’ will jolt contract negotiations with Evergy
Freight Railway Worker Strife Simmers: Labor Conflict Explained
ECONOMIC NEWS
Tennessee has tens of thousands of jobs to fill, but hardly anyone wants them
Ford Motor Company will lay off 3,000 workers to cut costs while transitioning to electric vehicles
Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union South — will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin?
Electric-Vehicle Industry Prizes Steel Over Aluminum, Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Says
7,000 construction workers are needed for Ohio’s largest economic development project
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Key Capture Energy Poised to Complete Clean Energy Storage Project with Union-Backed Labor
“We’re at an unheard of level of solidarity to strike”—Letter from a US railroader
Sales of recreational marijuana begin in Montclair with little fanfare
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Some employees at Montana State Prison picket working conditions
After Decades in Gov’t, Highest Paid Federal Employee Announces Retirement Plans
Negotiation Impasse Wayne County, deputies at odds over new contract
City makes offer to Fraternal Order of Police, deal is made Sunday
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
University of Michigan nurses union files lawsuit against university citing unsafe workload ratios
Hennepin Healthcare Nurses picket in Minneapolis as threat of massive strike looms
Santa Cruz: Vote no on union’s Prop. 29 attack on dialysis clinics
Health care providers vote to form union at local PeaceHealth clinics
HR NEWS
SHRM: HR Professionals Performing Job Duties May Be Protected Against Retaliation
Employers Are Poised to Expand Mental Health Coverage in 2023
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
District of Columbia Provides Employment Protections to Cannabis Users
Assembly Bill 2011 Aims to Make It Easier for Developers to Turn Strip Malls into Affordable Housing
NLRB NEWS
Politico: Major NLRB decisions slow to arrive under Biden appointees
U.S. labor board says Trump-era member had conflict in Exxon case
ORGANIZING NEWS
General Electric Workers in Alabama Organizing to Form Union
Trader Joe’s Workers Decided To Unionize. The Company Abruptly Closed Their Store.
POLITICAL NEWS
Labor unions have a week to agree on housing bills. Can they do it?
Sanders leads a rally for a labor movement revitalized by ‘nitwits’ such as Musk, Bezos
Vermont AFL-CIO supports abortion amendment, endorses Progressives
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Ithaca Starbucks Stores Are Union-Busting, But Workers Are Undeterred
Starbucks union workers are back on the picket line demanding better work conditions
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Education Secretary Pushes States To Use Covid Relief Funds To Aid Teacher Shortage
Why teachers from one of Ohio’s largest school districts are on strike
Relaxed guidelines give some pediatricians concerns as kids go back to school
...Union Prez Caught Sharing Fake News On Florida School Book Bans...