LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, September 29, 2022

Top Stories: Amazon Raises Average Starting Pay to $19; Government Union Membership Plummets; Which Rail Unions Have Ratified Contracts? & More...

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TOP STORIES:

1. Amazon boosts average starting hourly pay to $19 for front-line workers as union campaigns escalate

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2. Government Union Membership Plummets Post Janus

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3. Reuters: Latest on ratification status of U.S. railroad unions to avert strike

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Total Entries: 46

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BARGAINING NEWS

• Alaska Air Announces Tentative Deal With Pilots Union

• Kroger offers new contract to union as latest negotiations conclude

• UConn basketball, hockey games to continue at XL Center under new deal

• UFCW Cascade Valley Bargaining Update: SEIU Members Join us for Bargaining Kick-Off

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Supply Chain Effects From Hurricane Ian Could Linger For Weeks

• Financial Times: Cracks in the US labour market are starting to appear...'labour market less tight than conventionally believed'...

• Industrial Policy Without Industrial Unions

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• How a Wisconsin Autoworker Dodged Death Threats to Grow a Fighting, Multiracial Union

• Barron’s: Labor Is on the Offensive

• AFL-CIO requests USMCA labor complaint at Saint-Gobain glassmaker in Mexico

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• MBTA’s largest union files lawsuit to prevent pension changes

• Facilities, libraries, dining employees ratify new labor contracts with Brown

• OHSU, AFSCME Reach Tentative Three-Year Deal

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Alina Mental Health workers plan to strike on Monday

• California Training Program Helps Nurses Level Up In Salary

• Windham hospital unions file charges with Labor Relations Board

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Strike at Sysco threatens food supplies to restaurants, hospitals and more

• Do You Hear Us? UAL Flight Attendants March Against Union Busting & Join SFO Unite Here

• ‘A Burger Costs $20 And I’m Getting $15’: SFO Airport Food Workers Strike For Better Pay

• As Iowa Workers Strike, Executives Get Rich On Stock Buybacks

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LEGAL NEWS

• California Farm Bureau Disappointed in New Union Organizing Law

• Pay Range Disclosure Laws Spread Across New York and New Jersey

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Amazon boosts average starting hourly pay to $19 for front-line workers as union campaigns escalate

• Labor Notes: GEICO Workers Launch Union Effort, Management Says Call the Cops

• Bobcat workers win United Steelworkers representation in Bismarck

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Teamsters deliver sharp rebuke to Ronchetti’s UPS warehouse visit

• USW Blasts Republican Opposition to TAA, Calls on Congress to Prioritize Working Families in Continuing Resolution

• Groups seek president’s attention to food safety in upcoming Farm Bill

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Starbucks And Its Union Are Finally Ready to Negotiate

• Hub Starbucks Strike Has National Implications

• Starbucks Adds Employee Benefits—But There’s A Big Catch For Union Workers

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Chicago Teachers Union Endorses Brandon Johnson for Mayor, Urges Him to Make Bid Official

• LA School District Changes Plan for Extended School Year Under Pressure from Teachers Union

• Teachers Union Prez Tries To ‘School’ DeSantis — But She’s The One Who Needs A History Lesson

• 5 takeaways from the Chicago Teachers Union’s latest policy paper

• Report card on big labor unions show significant loss of teacher union membership since 2018

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