LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Top Stories: Teamsters strike Sysco; Laborers strike Waste Management; Chipotle pays ex-employees; Starbucks fight heads to Congress; NLRB launches "Know Your Rights" cards & 50 more articles...
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Laborers union is on strike against Waste Management
Workers for Waste Management went on strike early Monday to vent their issues with the company. Read more…
Teamsters: 300 Workers at Sysco Louisville and Sysco Indianapolis Walk Off Job
Teamsters at Sysco Louisville and Sysco Indianapolis are on strike in response to unfair labor practices (ULPs) after weeks of contentious contract negotiations at both locations. Picket lines could extend to more locations across the country in the coming days. Read more…
Ex-Chipolte workers who tried to unionize to be paid $240,000 in settlement
Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay a total $240,000 in salary and back pay to the former employees of an Augusta, Maine, restaurant that the company shuttered after the workers tried to unionize. Read more…
Related: Former Augusta Chipotle employees celebrate settlement
WSJ: Starbucks’ Union Fight Moves to Congress
Ex-CEO Howard Schultz to testify over battle that neither company nor labor claims as a victory. Read more…
National Labor Relations Board Launches “Know Your Rights” Card Series
Today, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo launched a “Know Your Rights” card series to educate workers on their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The series is commencing with two new “Know Your Rights” tri-fold cards, which the Agency is making available in English and Spanish. Read more…
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 66—The Center for Independent Employees' Keith Williams
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Monday, March 27, 2023
Total Entries filed March 24, 2023: 51
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Machinists prepare for contract talks with Spirit AeroSystems
White House Urged to Intervene in West Coast Port Labor Talks
Yellow, Teamsters union butting heads a year before contract deadline
Hollywood Groups and UNITE HERE Local 11 Call for Boycott of Famous Tommie and Thompson Hotels
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
US lawmakers make new push to bar convicted violent passengers from flights
Forever chemicals a perpetual threat to Virginia drinking water
States With Legal Pot Consider How to Protect Cannabis Workers
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Union wants open access to Franklin County jail. Sheriff plans to fight court ruling
Police unions stand in the way of accountability and transparency in NJ
VA Will No Longer Use Its Marquee Civil Service Reform Law to Punish Employees
Fraternal Order of Police stepping in after toxic work environment claims at Reynoldsburg police
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
HR NEWS
Smithfield Foods Names New Chief Human Resources Officer and General Counsel
HR leader: Workforce sharing can solve the hourly worker shortage
As Employee Wellness Declines, Benefits Satisfaction Drops to Decade Low
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
California Seeks to Ban Criminal Background Checks for Most Private Sector Employers
Beshear vetoes bill to stop automatic payroll deductions for certain public employee unions
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
After-school art program Say Si recognized as union by National Labor Relations Board
Organizing the night workers: Employees at Berlin Nightclub seek to form a union
EV Era Threatens UAW Clout as New Chief Faces Nonunion Plants
Maine graduate student workers hold rally for organizing a union
POLITICAL NEWS
Steelworkers: Federal budget should follow Biden’s commitment to unionized jobs
Politico: Biden’s Education Secretary is Done Sitting ‘Idly’ Amid Schools Fight
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Inappropriate: MCPSS denies donation from teacher union of 35,000 books
RCSD teacher to run against teachers union president of 42 years
UNION CORRUPTION
Central Florida bookkeeper pleads guilty to embezzling more than 300K from labor union
Ethics panel: Reno councilman should have abstained from union contract vote
