LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Top Stories: Senate PRO Act Vote Coming Next Month? Starbucks Alleges NLRB Misconduct; NLRB Awards Bargaining Costs; ILA In Hot Water With DOJ & More...
1. Unions pushing last-ditch effort for September Senate PRO Act vote
2. Starbucks asks labor board to suspend mail-in ballot union elections, alleging misconduct in voting process
...Starbucks: NLRB helping pro-union workers in Seattle, elsewhere...
3. NLRB Awards Bargaining Expenses to Union
4. DOJ: Individuals Charged with Labor Racketeering in the Port of San Juan
...7 Dock Workers Involved in $1.2 Million Extorsion Scheme That Targeted Shipping Companies Arrested...
5. Fast Company: How do nonunion employees feel about the union boom? 70% would consider joining one
NLRB Petitions & Charges for August 12, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 46
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Canadian Pacific Rail, Teamsters Union Agree to New Two-Year Collective Agreement
Teamsters: Vulcan Materials Members Ratify Agreement in Arizona
ECONOMIC NEWS
A Horrifying Drought Is Causing Widespread Crop Failures Throughout The US And Europe
Private Jet Usage “Flies” To Record Highs, Even Among Climate Outrage
NRTW: Big Labor’s States Lose $48.1 Billion in Income in a Single Year
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Seven Metro Detroit Communities Under Boil Water Advisory; Governor Declares State of Emergency
Minnesota’s top public defender faces no confidence vote from Teamsters rank and file
AT&T workers fight return to office push: ‘We can do the same job from home’
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
USPS pulls plug on prior impact studies as latest consolidation plan comes into focus
AFGE Pushing for Locality Pay for Thousands of Federal Workers in These Areas
Lankford Demands Answers on Efforts to Dissolve ICE Council amid Push to Defund ICE
Newberry Library workers go public with union organizing campaign
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Why is the Michigan Medicine nurses’ union abridging freedom of speech?
Workforce shortage puts nurses in strong position while negotiating contracts
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
Gallagher v. Alliant: allegations over employee poaching lawsuit
HR May not be Employees’ “Friend,” But It’s Also Not Their Enemy
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Video: Teachers Unions Pushing Pronoun Name Cards In The Classroom
It’s time to fix the two-tiered faculty system at California’s community colleges
Schools Are Facing Shortage of 300,000 Teachers and Staff, Major Union Says