LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Top Stories: Starbucks' CEO: Unions ‘a manifestation of a much bigger problem’; Warrior Met Strikers prepare to return to mines; Unions give Graphic Packaging strike notice & more union news...
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TOP STORIES:
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Howard Schultz: Unions ‘a manifestation of a much bigger problem’
After Alabama’s longest strike, Warrior Met Coal workers prepare to return to mines
The Nation: Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending
Unions vote to reject contract with Graphic Packaging, have given strike notice
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Monday, February 20, 2023
Total Entries filed February 17th, 2023: 28
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
WSWS: Tentative Agreements reached between AT&T and the CWA in lead-up to contract votes
Graduate workers union says contract talks with University of Michigan not going well
Union Pacific to provide paid sick leave to 2,100 rail workers
ECONOMIC NEWS
Walmart Warns That Shoppers Are Feeling the Squeeze of Higher Prices
The Home Depot raises hourly pay rates, starting wage ‘is at or above $15 an hour’
GENERAL UNION NEWS
CWA asks European Commission to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
Why Rihanna Wasn’t Paid For Her Incredible Performance At Super Bowl Halftime Show
Report reveals deteriorating labor conditions at big US wireless carriers
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Baltimore officials side with Walters Art Museum workers on bill to make it city-owned
Rhode Island: Every new state union contract since 2021 has had a $3,000 bonus
Spokane City Council inserts itself into future labor negotiations
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Nursing Home Workers Outside the Dunkirk Rehabilitation Picketed for Compensation Hike
Contract Talks At Clara Maass Hospital Hitting Standstill, Union Says
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staffers Rope C-SPAN Into Their Revolt Against Owner
You’re not alone: Labor Action Tracker shows strikes across the United States
LEGAL NEWS
Federal Judge Rules Grocery Store Did Not Retaliate Over Facemask Dress Code Policy
Seattle City Council considers historic law barring caste discrimination
NLRB NEWS
Tesla Workers United asks NLRB to file injunction, bring back employees
Technology and the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know About NLRB General Counsel Memo 23-02
Congress Boosts National Labor Relations Board Funding by $25 Million
ORGANIZING NEWS
New U of M Graduate Labor Union Could Unionize 4,000 Jobs
...Similar union efforts have been defeated five times since 1974...
In These Times: Anime Voice Actors Speak Out: It’s Not Kawaii When We Aren’t Paid
Loveland Ski patrollers, paramedics pushing to unionize for better wages
POLITICAL NEWS
NYT: Biden’s Promises on Social Security and Medicare Have No Basis in Reality
Experts: Biden’s ‘Buy America’ Infrastructure Mandate Impossible
Progressive Senators Demand Answers From Kroger on ‘Widespread Wage Theft’
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Valparaiso Starbucks workers vote to unionize, becomes second union location in Indiana
Starbucks in Texas Medical Center becomes third in Houston area to unionize
Michigan Starbucks worker’s unlawful firing has national impact for union workers
A Starbucks Worker Fired for Organizing Got His Job Back Thanks to NYC “Just Cause” Laws
