LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Top Stories: Biden's PEB Recommends 24% Raises; NLRB employees colluding with labor unions? Californifying the Labor Market; Wealthy Families Are Penny Pinching; Another Amazon Campaign? and More...
1. Biden’s PEB suggests 24% raises to end railroad contract dispute
…White House receives plan on ending railway contract dispute…
2. WSJ: Starbucks Sees Pro-Union Bias at the NLRB
3. Californifying the U.S. Labor Market
4. Walmart CEO says even wealthier families are penny-pinching
5. Amazon labor union is set to file for election near Albany (subscription)
BARGAINING NEWS
Machinists union members at Boeing St. Louis vote to ratify modified contract
CATS board approves bus union contract, ending years of contentious negotiations
AT&T workers are pushing to keep working from home as an option
ECONOMIC NEWS
Save Mart closing pharmacies, moving those in-store services to Walgreens
America’s $7 Trillion Retirement Crisis Is Only Getting Worse
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union South. Will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin?
NRTW: King Soopers Workers Successfully Challenge Illegal UFCW Union Strike Fines
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
U.S. Postal Service Just Institutionalized Election Interference With New Mail-In-Ballot Division
Charlottesville City Council reviews proposed collective bargaining ordinance
Federal Salary Council Recommendations Raising Pay for Upwards of 30,000 Federal Employees
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Failed Medicaid expansion negotiations reveal N.C. hospitals’ might
Minnesota Nurses Authorize Strike Against Seven Health Systems
People’s World: Rural California caregivers fight for fair contract
WSWS: Los Angeles raises private health care workers’ minimum wage to $25 an hour
HR NEWS
Uptick in union membership seen as reflecting shift in workers’ attitudes
SHRM: Inflation Reduction Act’s Health Care Provisions Could Affect Employers
LEGAL NEWS
Ogletree: The Latest in Multi-Jurisdictional Marijuana Compliance
Gallagher v. Alliant: allegations over employee poaching lawsuit
NLRB NEWS
US labor leaders say underfunding at federal agency has ‘reached crisis stage’
Federal Appeals Court Affirms NLRB Decision Requiring Employer to Reinstate Employee
ORGANIZING NEWS
Triangle Amazon workers fight for union; organizing builds in California, NY
Crain’s: Amazon labor union is set to file for election near Albany (subscription)
Amazon workers at warehouse near Albany file petition for union election
IATSE Accuses AICP Of “Union Busting” In Drive To Organize TV Production Workers
Young TikTok creators organize campaign against Amazon to support workers’ union demands
Bus manufacturing workers at New Flyer Facility in Jamestown form union with CWA
POLITICAL NEWS
Biden’s Union-Busting: DHS Eliminates Collective Bargaining for ICE Agents
Axne Cosponsors Bill To End Corporate Subsidies For Union Busting
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks Workers at Boston University Have Been on Strike for a Month
San Francisco Starbucks votes to unionize after long closure, plumbing issues
Labor Advocates Rally for Fired Starbucks Union Organizer in Great Neck Plaza
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Study: Lockdown drills most effective way to prepare students during emergency
Teachers Make 23.5 Percent Less Than Other College Graduates, a New High
