LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, December 2, 2022

Top Stories: Senate Votes 85-15 to Impose Rail Contracts; Steelworkers reject Republic Offer; Ousted SEIU Local Pres. Wants Board Members Removed & More...

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TOP STORIES:

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Senate Votes 80-15 to Pass Bill Blocking Nationwide Railroad Strike

Schumer: Senate ‘cannot leave’ until bill to prevent rail strike passed

Unions bash senators for rejecting paid sick leave for rail workers

AOC, Squad hit with backlash for voting to prevent railworkers from striking

Union leader says fight ‘far from over’ for paid sick leave for rail workers

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United Steelworkers vote down contract with Republic Steel

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Lawsuit: Ousted California union president demands removal of 42 SEIU board members

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Thursday, December 1, 2022

Total Entries* filed Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022: 52

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Disney continues wage negotiation with cast members’ union representatives

• Besse Forest Products contract negotiation approaches deadline

• United Steelworkers vote down contract with Republic Steel

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Video: Union members push to stop Kroger-Albertsons merger

• Payrolls and wages blow past expectations...Wages: 5.1% annually vs. 4.6% expectation...

• Freight Waves: LTL tonnage declines accelerate in November

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• US Department of Labor Extends Deadline for WV Highway Construction Projects

• Shortage of qualified, trained workers increases construction sector exposures

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Union president: Newark, Ohio firefighters underpaid, overworked and leaving

• AFSCME ratifies contract, and cost freeze ends for room and board at Western Illinois University

• “They can’t keep people”: There’s a critical shortage of public employees in NC

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• ACLU warns Tenn. hospital over transgender treatment policy

• Healthcare Union Calls On Lamont To Make Good On Its Contract

• AFSCME and USW Support Proposed Health Center for NorCo Workers

• Minnesota Nurses Association authorizes another strike at 16 hospitals

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HR NEWS

• SHRM: Is Your Employee Recognition Program Falling Flat?

• How Businesses Can Prepare for Layoffs, Furloughs or RIFs

• Employer Pays $1.5 Million Over Wage Miscalculations

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LABOR DISPUTES

• La Porte Monosol Manufacturing Workers on Strike

• Alabama Coal Miners Begin Their 20th Month on Strike

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LEGAL NEWS

• Littler: Treasury Department Issues Guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements

• NY lawsuit alleges Black workers assigned to ‘the dungeon,’ denied PPE

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NLRB NEWS

• NLRB slaps down Activision’s attempt to stop another union

• UNITE-HERE: Fired Thompson Hollywood Hotel Workers Allege Federal ULPs, Demand Jobs Back

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Film Academy Foundation Union Voluntarily Recognized

• Savoy workers join union; company recognizes move quickly

• Ridwell Workers Go Union in Washington

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Republicans flirt with economic populism in rail labor conflict

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• A ‘refusal-to-bargain case’ -Starbucks loses first round in fight with Capitol Hill roastery

• Staten Island Starbucks location reopens with a new look, quieting union-busting controversy

• By a narrow margin, workers at a Seaside Starbucks reject a union.

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• School Choice Tremors: Elections Show That Parental Freedom is on the Move

• Akron teachers’ union claims schools are ‘not safe’ following recent violence

• Covina Valley Unified, union, bargain into evening to avert a teachers strike...Covina-Valley Educators Ready to Strike Tomorrow...

• West Virginia teachers’ union holds focus groups to pressure lawmakers

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