LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, December 11, 2023
Top Stories: NLRB's new election procedures explained; Southwest flight attendants reject TA; Starbucks wants to resume bargaining; NNU unionizes for private-sector hospital in Louisiana & more...
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LRI: 2023 NLRB Election Rule Changes—Streamlining Representation Case Procedures
On December 8, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a new memorandum covering changes to representation case procedures. The memo entitled “Guidance Memorandum on 2023 Election Rule Representation Case Procedure Changes,” marks a significant shift in representation election procedures. Read more…
Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines reject contract their union negotiated
Southwest Airlines flight attendants have voted down a contract offer reached by negotiators for the airline and the union. Read more…
Starbucks releases letter in attempt to resolve issues with workers union
The coffee giant is now taking a massive step in an attempt to bargain with its union, as Sara Kelly, Starbucks' chief partner officer, released a letter on Dec. 8 expressing the company's desire to meet with Workers United by January 2024. Read more…
Related: Has the SEIU's Starbucks Workers United strategy been all wrong for unionizing baristas?
University Medical Center nurses vote to unionize in historic election
UMC is now the first private-sector hospital to be unionized in the state of Louisiana, and this was the largest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election in Louisiana in nearly 30 years, making UMC nurses’ vote to join NNOC/NNU a watershed victory for labor organizing in the South. Read more…