LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, November 4, 2022
Top Stories: NLRB Wants To Change Election Rules; Newsroom Workers Strike; Twitter Lays Off Workers, Get Sued and AFL-CIO President Urges Twitter Employees To Unionize & More...
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TOP STORIES:
1. Reuters: U.S. labor board moves to nix Trump-era union election rule
…Proposal Aims to Make it Harder to Remove Unions…
…National Right to Work Foundation Slams NLRB’s Move to Reverse ‘Election Protection Rule’…
2. Hundreds of Gannett Staffers Stage Daylong Strike to Improve Wages
Shot: Twitter temporarily closes offices as layoffs begin
Chaser: Twitter sued by employees after mass layoffs begin
…AFL-CIO President Urges Twitter Workers To Unionize…
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Thursday, November 3, 2022
Total Entries filed on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022: 53
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
TARC proposes new contract, reaches tentative agreement with union
Tens of Thousands of UC Workers Authorize Strike Over Pay, Conditions
...University of California workers could launch the biggest ever academic strike!...
ECONOMIC NEWS
There’s a major shift underway in manufacturing for U.S. companies
October Payrolls Smash Expectations Even As Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Spikes
Unemployment Surges Above Expectations As The Number Of Jobless Americans Rises
GENERAL UNION NEWS
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) names Harris as chief of staff
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, union members reach tentative deal on 2-year contract
Bus service stops across Orange County as union calls for strike over ‘stalled labor negotiations’
Longer Lines at Airports Loom Without Pay Boost for TSA Officers
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Nurse unions and hospitals preview legislative battle over staffing issues
Healthcare Workers at 13 Dialysis Clinics Across California File for Union Elections
LEGAL NEWS
NLRB NEWS
Worker complaints alleging anti-union shutdowns rise as organizing surges
Bloomberg: Chipotle Shut Down Maine Restaurant to Defeat Union, Labor Board Alleges
ORGANIZING NEWS
Slate: Starbucks’ Aggressive Union-Busting Is a New Model for American Corporations
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Urges Twitter Workers To Unionize
UAW seeks quick election to represent Ohio GM-LG battery plant workers
Tillamook Creamery to Vote on Whether to Stay With Teamsters Union
Home Depot Union Supporters Say They’re Overworked And Understaffed
POLITICAL NEWS
American Prospect: Can the Hotel Workers’ Union Save the Democrats?
Laguna Beach ballot measure would raise minimum wage for hotel workers to $18 an hour
What Tennessee Constitutional Amendments Mean on the Nov. 8 Ballot
AOC smacks down Elon Musk and defends hiring union labor: ‘You should try it sometime’
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
These baristas are leading a nationwide campaign to unionize Starbucks. It came at a cost
Starbucks Workers United members protest at Delaware and Chippewa
Starbucks’ Aggressive Union-Busting Is a New Model for American Corporations
