LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Top Stories: No school for 420,000 LAUSD kids due to strike; Infighting at Amazon Labor Union; Federal union membership is up 20% & 47 more labor union news articles...
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Los Angeles schools shut down for 3 days as union announces strike
Thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the U.S., walked off the job Tuesday, joining teachers and other education staff across the city. Read more…
...Classes for more than 420,000 students will be shut down...
...LAUSD Tells Parents to Prepare...
Strains Emerge Inside the Union That Beat Amazon
Nearly a year after its victory on Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union is grappling with election losses and internal conflict. Read more…
Federal Employee Union Membership is Up 20%
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office last week touted early progress in the Biden administration’s effort to strengthen the federal workforce by improving worker empowerment, boasting a sizeable increase in the number of federal employees who are dues-paying union members. Read more…
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Monday, March 20, 2023
Total Entries filed March 17th, 2023: 45
BARGAINING NEWS
Ahead of UPS bargaining, Teamsters kick off national actions
As WGA Contract Talks Begin, Union Tells Members What To Expect In Coming Weeks
ECONOMIC NEWS
Home sales spike 14.5% in February as the median price drops for the first time in over a decade
Auto-Loan Denials Hit Six-Year High As Distress Cycle Shifts Into Gear
Sikorsky begins layoffs in CT in advance of decision on Army contract
Aldi raises pay for its workers to above Living Wage Foundation recommendations
GENERAL UNION NEWS
CounterPunch: Michigan Opens the Door to Restoring Union Power
IBEW 649, other unions call out Holiday Inn for using non-union construction
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
‘Public and Open Boss Fight’: Mass General Brigham, Hospital Trainees Spar Over Union Drive
Higher pay for temp nurses costing NYC millions, says union: ‘It’s a slap in the face’
Nurses say new legislation could help solve staffing shortage
Nurses are unionizing at hospitals in Wichita. Safe staffing, workplace the goal
Only 15% of Illinois nursing homes at minimum staffing standard, union says
HR NEWS
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
SHRM: Is the 32-Hour Workweek Feasible in the US? Experts Weigh In
LABOR DISPUTES
Why the longest coal strike in Alabama history ended with no new contract
Support Grows for UNITE HERE Hospital Workers on Strike in Hawaii
LEGAL NEWS
NLRB NEWS
Trade group sues to block U.S. labor board memo on anti-union meetings
Federal Charge: IUOE Official Threatened Violence Against Concrete Workers Seeking to Vote Out Union
ORGANIZING NEWS
Fast Company: Why a wave of graduate student unions is sweeping the country
Amazon Responds to Union Rally at KCVG Facility, Discredits ALU President Chris Smalls
Reality TV Workers Launch Union Drive at ‘The Kitchen’ and ‘Trisha’s Southern Kitchen’ Producer
POLITICAL NEWS
Anti-Union Legislation Advances Through Tennessee State House
White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union
Virginia Governor Wages Politically Motivated Attack on Labor Curriculum
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Will Teachers Unions’ Political Contributions Prevent School Choice in Pennsylvania?
NAACP town hall addresses education changes with DeSantis’s new laws
How the proposed National Parents Bill of Rights was influenced by Louisiana
New Colorado law to address teaching shortage welcomed, but more needs to be done
