LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, February 16, 2023
Top Stories: NLRB Wants Companies To Share Financials In Bargaining; Amazon Labor Union Abandons Organizing In Kentucky; Nissan's Micro Unit; Starbucks' Schultz Ignores Senators; & More News...
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NLRB Seeks to Give Unions Easy Access to Corporate Finances
Amazon Labor Union Suspends Kentucky Organizing Amid Controversy...
"It’s really become a personality cult...more concerned about partying sometimes than organizing”...
Nissan faces small union push at Tennessee plant that could have big implications
Starbucks’ Schultz declines to appear before Senate panel looking into unionization response
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Total Entries filed February 14th, 2023: 55
Petitions: 16
Charges: 39
Average Petition Unit Size: 45 employees
5 petitions < 15 employees; 11 petitions > 15 employees
Charges Against Employers: 32
Charges Against Unions: 7
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
ECONOMIC NEWS
Total Number Of Americans Claiming Jobless Benefits Hovers Near One-Year Highs
Amid persistent inflation, 54% of Americans are using savings to pay for everyday expenses
DocuSign to lay off 10% of its workforce, or about 700 employees
Wholesale prices rose 0.7% in January, more than expected, fueling inflation increase
Meat inflation is linked to poor working conditions at plants, group says
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Lawmakers rally with public-sector union to demand pay raise for federal workers
In These Times: No Longer a Fringe View, Workers Say It’s Time to Nationalize the Railroads
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
New York governor announces 12 weeks paid parental leave for state workers
Alleging bias, Cleveland police rank-and-file vote no confidence in safety director, union boss says
City of Austin approves new 1-year extension with police union
Portland, police union declare impasse in negotiations over body cameras
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
UIHC Nurses’ union files complaint over Board of Regents bargaining tactics
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects UW Health’s petition to voluntarily recognize UW Nurses Union
Doctors At 2 Allina Health Campuses Seek Union Representation
Nurses rally outside of Wichita hospital ahead of first union contract negotiation
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
TUGSA plans to file government complaint after Temple strips strikers’ benefits
Workers at Medieval Times strike, citing low wages and high risks for knightly work...Company using cast from other castles...
Walkout planned at Temple as grad student union strike is in its third week
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Union organizing is gaining momentum, but the numbers tell a complex story
Tesla fired dozens of Gigafactory workers after Tuesday’s union announcement
POLITICAL NEWS
Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Sanders Hammer Kroger Over Wage Theft Allegations
Biden taking new steps to address racial inequality in government
Merkley, colleagues introduce bill to bar tax breaks for corporations outsourcing jobs
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Why a seemingly fraught union election has Delaware educators concerned
Pittsburgh teachers union president presses for change after Westinghouse Academy shooting
DeSantis claims teachers union ‘manufactured’ the removal of certain books
