LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Top Stories: Starbucks union launches 100-cafe strike; SEIU strike keeps L.A. Schools closed 2nd day; West coast port talks hit another snag; Six-months in, newspaper strikers hold bake sale & more...
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Starbucks Union to Greet New CEO Narasimhan With 100-Cafe Strike
Unionized Starbucks Corp. baristas plan to welcome their new chief executive officer with strikes at about 100 cafes Wednesday, demanding that the company drop its alleged antiunion coercion. Read more…
No classes, no signs of bargaining as LAUSD strike enters Day 2
On Day One of the three-day Los Angeles Unified School District strike, there was plenty of rallying, chanting and picketing — but no signs of negotiating progress on Tuesday, March 21. Read more…
Longshore union, shippers at odds over lunch break rule as labor talks continue
The ongoing labor talks between West Coast longshore union and the association that represents cargo shippers and operators appeared to hit another snag this week, with the two parties apparently at odds over a provision that requires LA and Long Beach port workers to stagger their lunch breaks to ensure cargo can be received 24 hours a day. Read more…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strikers hold bake sale as strike enters sixth month
On Tuesday a group of 14 friends, union members, political candidates and families in support of the Pittsburgh Union Progress (PUP) strike baked cakes, pies and other sweets to raise money for the PUP’s striker fund. Read more…
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 65—An interview with Buck Dougherty, one of the attorneys suing NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Total Entries filed March 20th, 2023: 79
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
WGA East Members Unanimously Ratify New Contract With Fox’s WNYW-TV New York
Foxwoods’ unionized dealers ratify six-year contract retroactive to 2020
SAG-AFTRA & Teamsters Leaders Show Solidarity With WGA At Opening Day Of Contract Talks
Stellantis, Daimler Truck agree with Mexico union on pay raise of about 9%
ECONOMIC NEWS
Here’s How Gasoline Prices Fared Under The Last Four Presidents
How a tight labor market has made way for educators to strike
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Long Beach moves to make Cesar Chavez’s, Dolores Huerta’s birthdays city holidays
Faculty union authorizes no-confidence vote for Temple’s leadership
American, Southwest still not getting passengers on time post-pandemic
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Bloomington firefighters leaving at record rates due to low pay, putting safety at risk, union says
No classes, no signs of bargaining as LAUSD strike enters Day 2
St. Paul, city workers reach tentative agreement, avoiding strike for now, union says
Dining hall workers accuse University of Minnesota of breaching contract
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Almost one-third of nurses have left New Jersey hospitals in last 4 years
SolutionHealth agrees to operate new $60M behavioral health hospital in New Hampshire
Union Files Complaint Against Trinity Health After Firing of 11 Lab Workers
Unions: NJ must force hospitals to hire more nurses, or more will keep quitting
HR NEWS
SHRM: California Bill Would Increase Sick Days for Employees
HRD: Amazon to slash HR, other positions, 9,000 more employees to lose jobs across multiple sites
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of employers docking salaried employees’ PTO
SVB Failed. Paying Employees in Crypto May Not Be the Answer
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
Suit says Meta board ‘turned blind eye’ to human trafficking
California lawmakers want to investigate wage theft. But labor unions seek a different path
Littler: Utah Enacts Law Allowing Employers to Obtain Workplace Violence Protective Orders
ORGANIZING NEWS
YouTube Music contractors say office is posting anti-union messages on TVs ahead of election
Harvard Grad Student Union Votes to Affiliate with Undergraduates Seeking Union Recognition
POLITICAL NEWS
After growing a TikTok following, House Democrat leads push against a ban
USW: United Steelworkers Welcomes Repeal of Michigan’s Anti-Worker RTW Laws
Unions and environmentalists push for California referendum reform
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks Union to Greet New CEO Narasimhan With 100-Cafe Strike
Colorado Starbucks workers join nationwide strike as contract negotiations drag on
Axios: Starbucks fast-tracks CEO handover ahead of annual shareholder meeting, Schultz testimony
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
EMU full time and part time lecturers combine to make one contract bargaining unit
AFT’s Weingarten on President Biden’s Veto of Extremist Attack on ESG
National Teachers Union Presidents Slam DeSantis in a Preview of 2024 Education Politics
‘For the students’ CVUSD, Teachers’ Association react after reaching impasse in salary negotiations
