LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Top Stories: UFCW Targets Tyson; What's Behind Hawaiian Airlines Pilots' Rich Contract; Gay Ex-Business Agent Sues Teamsters Local; Organizing News & More...

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TOP STORIES:

[44 Articles Posted]

UFCW organizing Tyson Foods meatpackers in Columbus Junction

...Activist group allegedly tricking workers with USDA assistance...

(Paywall) Tyson says UFCW using handout of federal relief funds to promote unionization of Iowa plant

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Hawaiian pilots land lucrative cargo contract

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Gay Business Agent Sues Teamsters Local for Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Monday, January 23, 2023

Total Entries filed January 20th, 2023: 36

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Southwest Airlines comes to a tentative deal with dispatchers union with 17% raises

• University of Washington librarians and publishing workers set to strike

• ‘SNL’ Postproduction Workers Authorize Strike as Contract Negotiations Stall

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Walmart raises minimum wage as retail labor market remains tight

• New York, California suffer biggest blow as more Americans flee to low-tax states

• Kroger-Albertsons Merger Faces Long Road Before Approval

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Decline in union density is no cause for worry

• The existence of union dock workers in CT may soon be decided

• UAW presidential challenger Fain promises sweeping change to union culture, strategies

• CT labor union membership rate drops, despite unionization efforts

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• NY Post: How union muscle keeps expensive rules, high fares in place on LIRR

• After Contract Battle, Santa Ana Police Union Launches Council Recall Campaigns

• Talks on Hold for Erie County Prison Corrections Officers as They Consider New Union Representation

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Union President Says Nursing Shortage ‘Requires Screaming,’ Warns of Bad Outcomes for Patients

• Inspira Health and Salem Medical Center Celebrate Union

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HR NEWS

• What should employers expect from OSHA in 2023?

• HRD: Employees May ‘Freak Out’ Over Public Salary Ranges

• ESPN Sued Over COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

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LABOR DISPUTES

• What pushed through the Case-UAW contract, ending Iowa’s longest strike in years?

  ...U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh helped bring the two sides to the negotiating table...

• UAW-CNH Industrial contract details revealed: Here’s what workers agreed to

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LEGAL NEWS

• Ogletree: Denver Ordinance Creates New Avenue for Workers to Pursue Wage Theft Violations by Employers

• Supreme Court Declines to Clarify Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

• WVa Senate passes bill tightening unemployment benefit rules

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NLRB NEWS

• Punching In: Labor Board Sets Sights on Precedents, Old and New

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Are Teamsters Just Warming Up? Nearly 400 Cannabis Workers Joined The Union Since Jan. 1st

• Minnesota Science Museum employees vote to unionize

• Amazon Union Organizer in Alabama Says He Was Fired

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Unions back basic benefits bill for Uber, Lyft drivers

• Pat Buchanan retires as GOP increasingly channels his ‘America first’ themes

• Transit workers union backs Benson in county executive primary

• Democratic Lawmakers Criticize Biden After Classified Documents Found

• Gov. Healey’s Job #1 for the T: Better Union Contracts

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Unionizing is off the menu at Waltham Starbucks. Here’s why…

• Employees, Union Reps Rally During First Day of Starbucks Trial

• Starbucks Union Strikes Continue

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Philadelphia teachers union backs Helen Gym for mayor

• Boston Teachers Union is calling for audit amid payroll debacle

• Johns Hopkins PhD students to decide whether to unionize later this month

• St. Johns County Union responds to Gov. DeSantis’ comments about unions haggling districts

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