LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, February 23, 2023
Top Stories: FedEx negotiations stall with pilots; Strikes are up significantly over 2021; NLRB: No gag orders in severance packages; Starbucks' national injunction in doubt & more labor union news...
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FedEx Pilots union says they are step closer to a strike over contract negotiations
Axios: Worker strikes increased nearly 50% last year
“…nonunion workers continued to organize a high proportion of strikes (~32%) in 2022…”
U.S. labor board limits gag clauses in severance agreements
Starbucks’ National Injunction in Doubt as Judge Revisits Order
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
Total Entries filed February 20th-21st, 2023: 128
Petitions: 16
Charges: 112
Average Petition Unit Size: 163 employees
8 petitions < 15 employees; 8 petitions > 15 employees
Charges Against Employers: 92
Charges Against Unions: 20
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Norfolk Southern reaches agreement with maintenance-of-way workers on paid sick leave
Sun Country Airlines flight attendants picket amid contract negotiations
UAW to increase strike pay as union gears up for Detroit Three bargaining
ECONOMIC NEWS
Cyberattack on food giant Dole temporarily shuts down North America production
The Number Of Americans On Jobless Benefits Hovers Near One-Year Highs
NRTW: Right to Work Michigan Sees Job Creation with Business Expansions
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Coalition of Broadway Unions & Guilds Condemns Antisemitic Protesters at First Preview of PARADE
Teamsters’ O’Brien: America’s Workers are Fighting Back, Exercising Right to Strike
Union officials say cost cutting led to significant derailment rate increase
These three Missouri cities named among best for remote workers
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
UNC housekeepers rally on Wednesday, offered bonus contract with stipulations
Mansfield City Council votes to approve new contract for firefighters’ union
Council to discuss police salaries amid contract negotiations
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
‘Overworked and underpaid’: University at Buffalo resident doctors and fellows launch union campaign
WSWS: 800 nurses poised to strike South Shore University Hospital in Long Island
Violence against hospital workers is increasing, association says
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Warrior Met Coal, union want striking miners to return to work in Brookwood
Striking Temple graduate students vote to reject tentative contract agreement
Google contractors on strike in Austin hope to rally support among tech workers
LEGAL NEWS
Littler: Berkeley, California Adopts Fair Work Week Measures
SHRM: Supreme Court Rules in Overtime Case Involving Highly Paid Employees
Behind the Headlines: Employment Rights Survive Economic RIFs
NLRB NEWS
NLRB Pushes Legislative Agenda: The PRO Act is largely a wish list
SCOTUS hears argument in case challenging scope of NLRB authority
ORGANIZING NEWS
Near Orlando, dining hall workers at an exclusive private college push hard for union protections
Equipment maintenance crew votes against unionizing at Ascension St. Vincent
POLITICAL NEWS
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks workers in North Texas join national push for a union
Howard Schultz says Starbucks unionizations are ‘manifestation of a much bigger problem’
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
San Rafael schools teacher contract talks stuck on pay issue
Teachers Union Report Pushes Insurance Coverage of Abortions, Reimbursement for Out-of-State Travel
Collective bargaining, budget on Albemarle County School Board agenda
