LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Top Stories: GOP wants pension $$$ paid to dead people back; NLRB to look into closed coffee shops; Vegas strike deadline looms; Trump courts the Teamsters; Teachers' strike continues and more...
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Republicans Introduce Bill Recouping Pension Bailout Sent for Dead People
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced legislation requiring that the Pensions Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recover, on behalf of American taxpayers, overpayments to pension funds as part of the Democrats’ pension bailout included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Read more…
After Adda Coffee closure, NLRB may be asked to read financial tea leaves
More than two weeks after a local coffee shop chain shuttered its four locations throughout Pittsburgh, the laid-off staff are still making demands of their former boss in a dispute that raises thorny legal questions. Read more…
Culinary Union workers await deals with 14 downtown Las Vegas resorts
A deal with Treasure Island Tuesday leaves 14 resorts to go as Culinary Union negotiators seek the "best contract ever" for workers in downtown Las Vegas. Read more…
Trump to meet with Teamsters in fight with Biden over union support
Donald Trump is due to meet with one of America's biggest unions on Wednesday as he competes for the support of labor groups ahead of a likely general election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November. Read more…
WATCH: Newton schools closed for 9th day as teachers' strike continues
Members of the Newton City Council are joining the growing calls to end a teachers' strike that has led to a ninth day of school closures in the Massachusetts city. Watch…