LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, July 15, 2022

Top Stories: United Airlines Back In Bargaining; Deadline Looms For Biden On Rail Strike; Art Museum Workers Protest & Much More...

TOP STORIES:

1. United Airlines, pilots’ union to renegotiate contract after last deal faced opposition

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2. Deadline to block freight rail strike looms before Biden

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3. Hundreds demonstrate at Philadelphia Museum of Art as both sides remain ‘very far apart’ in union contract negotiations

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for July 13, 2022 (for paid subscribers)

Total Entries: 64

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BARGAINING NEWS

• On the eve of Comic-Con, why these San Diego hotel workers are considering a strike

• Topeka Goodyear union prepared to strike as last resort

• Dodger Stadium have threatened a strike ahead of next week’s All-Star Game festivities

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• HRD: Social Media Giant Meta and Other Major Players Prepare for Layoffs

• LA Progressive: Inflation and Your Next Union Contract

• Labor Unions Admit the Jones Act Is Contributing to America’s Supply Chain Problems

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Women Leaders Urge Senate to Pass Workplace Violence Prevention Legislation

• Climate Justice Organization And Labor Partner To Organize Community Meetings In West TN

• Labor and Management Industry, Sports, and Government Leaders Make National Conference a Virtual All-Star Event

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Union leader transported by ambulance from alleged altercation at Coleman federal prison

• AFSCME Holds Firm on Raises in OHSU Bargaining (17 Weeks)

• AFGE Will Split from Its ICE Union Over Ideological Divide

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Nurses at Rochester General Hospital vote to unionize

• Mayo Clinic Health System nurses have union decertification vote scheduled

• University of California Nurses Reach Contract Following Stanford Nurses Strike

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HR NEWS

• SHRM: Return to the Workplace Gets Mixed Reviews

• Hold up! Is there an “HR manager” exception that allows employers to retaliate against HR?

• Employers Weigh Inflation’s Impact on Annual Pay Raises, SHRM Survey Shows

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LABOR DISPUTES

• AT&T Alascom workers in Teamsters Local 959 strike again

• MTD Continues Negotiations with Employee Union, No Comment on Strike

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LEGAL NEWS

• Employers Must Keep Up with State Constitutions’ Changing Abortion Protections

• Praise and Criticism Hits California Union Dues Tax Credit

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NLRB NEWS

• U.S. Chamber: NLRB General Counsel Asks the Board to Overrule Longstanding Precedents

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Bend Brew Pub Union Election Moves Forward

• Labor Fizz: Homelessness Agency Workers Unionize

• New York Is A Union Town: Workers, Organizers, and Council Members Rally to Support Union Drive

• Film Academy Museum Recognizes Workers Union

• This Arizona Dispensary’s Employees Have Become the First to Unionize

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Rayzor Ranch Starbucks wins union election 17-5

• Starbucks Union Files Labor Complaint Claiming Store Closures Are Retaliation

• Biddeford Starbucks Employees Vote to Join Union

• Montclair’s Church Street Starbucks to vote on unionization

• Supporters rally Downtown for reinstatement of fired Starbucks union workers

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Teachers Union Poll Finds Swing-State Americans Trust Republicans More Than Dems On Education

• New Boston Teachers Union agreement makes way for district’s special education expansion plan

• Teachers’ Unions push Democrats to get more aggressive on ‘critical race theory’

• Boston educators to get pay raises after months of union bargaining

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