LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, October 28, 2022
Top Stories: Trader Joe's Workers Reject Union; Private-Sector Wages Up 5.2% (but still down); Weyerhaeuser Strike Is Over; 57% of U.S. Workers Now Want Overtime to Pay Bills & More...
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TOP STORIES:
Trader Joe’s Union Bid Fails at New York City Store
...94 to 66 against forming a union...
2. Private-Sector Wages and Salaries Rose 5.2% in Q3
...Inflation-adjusted value of pay fell 2.7%...
3. Weyerhaeuser Says Labor Union Strike Has Ended
...'we had to make some concessions'...
4. Insider: 57% of US workers surveyed want to work overtime or get extra shifts to make more money
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Thursday, October 27, 2022
Total Entries filed on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022: 56
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Former labor secretary on railway negotiations: ‘We cannot afford a work stoppage right now’
Port Authority has agreements with 23 unions that worked for over a decade without new contracts
IUE-CWA Members at General Electric Rally Demanding Company Prioritizes Its Workers
UC Berkeley academic workers vote on UAW strike amid bargaining efforts
ECONOMIC NEWS
US Pending Home Sales Collapsed In October, Weakest Since 2010
Inflation takes its toll: ‘Living paycheck-to-paycheck has become the norm’
GM: All U.S. facilities will be powered by renewables by 2025
GENERAL UNION NEWS
U.S. declines labor probe at Saint-Gobain in Mexico, applauds new union win
NYU News: The United Auto Workers needs reform. Here’s how we do it.
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Port Authority has agreements with 23 unions that worked for over a decade without new contracts
AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally
Fairfield firefighters’ union, town officials clash over paycheck deduction
Lawsuit accuses Connecticut city of underpaying union workers’ retirement plans
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Mayo Food Workers Strike Contract Deal with Morrison Healthcare
Union puts Prospect CharterCARE ‘on notice’ about possible hospitals sale
HR NEWS
SHRM: 5 Steps To Making Positive Changes in Your HR Department
What Employers Need to Know About EEOC’s New Mandatory Workplace Poster
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Workers at Seattle recycling startup Ridwell start union push
Pittsburgh’s latest union? Confidential vote underway at WESA, WYEP
New York Times Asks ‘How Is Your Company Responding to Labor Organizing? We Want to Hear.’
POLITICAL NEWS
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Massena teachers union calling upon district to negotiate contract
Statewide union for school workers removes LB chapter leaders after they called for a strike
Local union leader says teachers should earn $100,000 salaries
