LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, February 6, 2023

Top Stories: Who's Walsh's Replacement? Rail Strike Threat Not Over; Healthcare Staffing Shortages Aren't Going Away; EPI: Employers Charged With ULPs in 40% Campaigns & More News

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TOP STORIES:

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DOL Priorities Expected to Move Ahead Despite Rumored Walsh Exit

...Could this be the next Secretary of Labor?...

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Railway strike still looms despite last year’s congressional aversion

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The ‘hard truth’ about staffing shortages: They aren’t going away

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EPI: Employers are charged with violating federal law in nearly 40% of union elections

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AFL-CIO Economist: “Black workers are the canary in the coal mine…”

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Friday, February 3, 2023

Total Entries filed February 2nd, 2023: 49

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Directors Guild puts off talks with Hollywood studios in a sign of broader labor unrest

• Minnesota Opera Orchestra prepares to strike

• Teamsters across Iowa reach three-year agreement with Aramark over working standards

• ‘SNL’ Post-Production Editors to Step Up Pressure on NBC With Leafletting Campaign Amid Tough Contract Talks

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• An unexpected job surge confounds the Fed’s economic models

• AFL-CIO Economist: “Black workers are the canary in the coal mine…”

• President Biden Announces First of its Kind Infrastructure Investment for Nine Nationally Significant Mega Projects

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Tackling the opioid crisis from within the construction industry

• SEIU Local 1 Lays off 10 Staffers Amid Allegations That Dues Remain Uncollected

• Air Canada pilots union considers merger with ALPA

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• WSWS: Laborers’ union shuts down strike by 600 Portland city workers ahead of ratification vote

• Decatur, fire union still at impasse as three years pass without new labor agreement

• California scientists’ union demands 43% raises, rejects Gavin Newsom’s ‘pitiful’ contract offer

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Beth Israel Lahey Health hospital nurses petition for better pay

• Union of American Physicians & Dentists (UAPD) petition for union election at Community Health Center of Snohomish County

• NYSNA Nurses at New York’s Northwell hospital authorize strike

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HR NEWS

• The Noncompete Proposal: Right Idea, Wrong Vehicle

• SHRM: Job Growth Exploded in January

• HRD: Many DEI programs falling short of expectations

• Evil HR Lady: Why Do My Employees Feel Picked On?

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LABOR DISPUTES

• LRI: Teamsters Playing Hardball With Strikes

• Alaska school bus driver strike stretches into Monday as contract impasse continues

• Teamsters go on strike at ADM Decatur, Illinois grain facility

• South Carolina Dollar General workers strike over wage theft

• YouTube contractors to strike over forced return to office

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LEGAL NEWS

• UNITE-HERE Files Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf Of Long Beach Housekeepers

• The Buckeye Institute Takes Columbus City Schools to Court

• SCOTUS Predictions: Will the Supreme Court Make it Easier to Hold Unions Liable for Strike Misconduct?

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NLRB NEWS

• Union Says Chevron Fired Several Richmond Refinery Workers Who Went on Strike

• NLRB files complaint against NKY union, United Steelworkers

• National Law Review: NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Restrict Employers’ Right to Permanently Replace Strikers

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Beachwood REI store headed to union vote after walk-out

  ...Pro-Union Worker: 'Strikes Work'...

• NLRB confirms graduate student union election

• Pennsylvania union leaders discuss importance of organizing

• Walters Art Museum staffers are one step closer to forming a union

• Creature Comforts employees allege union busting in NLRB suits, management disputes

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Biden and Harris make remarks on strong jobs report during visit to Philadelphia

• DOL Priorities Expected to Move Ahead Despite Rumored Walsh Exit...The next Labor Secretary?...

• Hochul offers $1.6B MTA bailout on backs of NYC workers, biz, casinos in $227B budget

• Joe Biden announces grant for Gateway tunnel project in visit to New York

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Union Files Charges Against Paso Robles Starbucks Location for Violating Federal Labor Laws

• Columbus Starbucks files to unionize, aiming to become 4th unionized in the city

• Drip, Drip, Drip: Lessons From the Starbucks Union Movement

• Philly Starbucks locations are facing a new labor violations complaint

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Tentative deal between Woburn teachers and city ends weeklong strike

  ...salaries will increase 13.75 percent over 4 years....

• Teacher unions back right-to-work repeal effort, even though it wouldn’t help them

• Axios: Inside the GOP’s “Save the kids” strategy

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