LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, November 10, 2022

Top Stories: SEIU Accused of 'Union Busting,' Staffers on Strike; AFL-CIO's 2022 Political Organizing 'Unlike Any In History'; Inflation Still Higher Than Wage Increases & Much More...

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TOP STORIES:

1. THE SEIU’S OWN STAFF ARE ON STRIKE IN ONE OF THE LARGEST UNION STAFF STRIKES IN US HISTORY

…SEIU Local Accused of ‘Union Busting,’ Refusing to Negotiate, Implementing Contract…

...SEIU Manager Drives Through SEIU Pickets...

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2. AFL-CIO’s Shuler: Labor’s historic political effort paid off, will continue

..."This year’s AFL-CIO political organizing program was unlike any in history"...

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3. Inflation Rate Dips, Still Outpaces Wage Gains

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Wed., November 9, 2022

Total Entries filed Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022: 52

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• U.S. railroads, union extend strike deadline until at least Dec. 4

• WGA East-Represented Staffers At Bustle Digital Group Decry Layoffs, Demand Contract

• WSWS: US Steel workers face cuts in real wages, no job guarantees in USW-company contract

• Cuyahoga Falls Library, Union Ratify New Contract

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Brokers: Shippers Are Pricing Down Contract Freight Faster

• Fed may need to hike interest rates above 6% to crush inflation, Larry Summers says

• Inflation Rate Dips, Still Outpaces Wage Gains

• Colorado gig drivers make an average of just $5.49 an hour, study finds

• Automakers, foreign governments seek changes to U.S. EV tax rules

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Every Vote Counts: What Working People Are Doing This Week

• Steelworkers take note as Chemical Safety Board leaders vie to ‘rebuild’ agency

• WSWS: Online rally for UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman evokes elicits strong support

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Detroit police to see $22.6 million increase for union labor agreement

• Nation’s Largest Federal Employee Union Responds to Midterm Election Results

• Peoria government employee union waves a red flag about working conditions

• CT employee overtime costs rise again; Total payroll still shrinking

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Emergency Rooms Are at ‘Breaking Point,’ Physicians Say

• RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital raise deep concerns about possible bankruptcy filing

• US healthcare workers walk off the job: 18 strikes in 2022

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HR NEWS

• Forget ‘quiet quitting’: Workers now stressing out colleagues with ‘quiet constraint’

• SHRM: HR Leaders Considering Strategies to Prepare for Recession

• Viewpoint: What Great Remote Managers Do Differently

• HRD: Health benefit costs to rise sharply in 2023

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LEGAL NEWS

• National Law Review: Employment Law This Week Shedding Light on the Growing Issues

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NLRB NEWS

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of October 31 -November 4, 2022

• D.C.’s Union Kitchen Slapped With 26 Counts Of Labor Law Violation

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• YouTube Music Contractors in Austin File to Unionize

• Knoxville McKay’s Employees Vote to Unionize

• Tabletop, card game retailers join the game industry’s burgeoning union push

• Where Six Louisville Unionization Efforts Stand

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Local Wage Proposals Perform Badly for Gig, Health Workers

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Union proposals at odds with Starbucks’ contract goals

• Employees at the Courthouse Starbucks have unionized

• Starbucks Sees Path to Appeals Court Challenge to Union Victory

• The Starbucks union’s contract fight is a race against time

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Dayton teachers union approves tentative agreement with district

• Florida’s Bay District School Teachers Protest Low Wages

• Negotiations Continue Between the Penns Manor and the Penns Manor Teacher’s Union

• Teacher Unions Prioritize Politics Over Work Issues

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