LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, August 22, 2022

Top Stories: Delta Pilots Near Strike Vote; Traveling Nurses To Step In If MNA Strikes; California's AB257 & More...

TOP STORIES:

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1. Delta Pilots Nearing Possible Strike Vote

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Image Credit: Minnesota Nurses Association via Twitter

2. Traveling nurses ready to fill in if Minnesota nurses strike

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3. California Bill Could Make Fast Food Chains Liable for Labor Law Violations

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Delta Pilots Nearing Possible Strike Vote

• New SAG Agreement Will Allow TV Actors to Star in Multiple Shows at Once

• West Coast Port Labor Talks Stalled Over Union Conflict

• Rail union: Plan for contract deal doesn’t address concerns

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• U.S. Treasury disputes finding that new IRS funding would increase middle-class taxes

• Lithium Prices Putting EV Producers Under Pressure

• Wages are now the hottest inflation signal. Here’s what that means for the Federal Reserve and the mar

• U.S. Companies on Pace to Bring Home Record Number of Overseas Jobs

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• A&E ‘Longmire’ Teamster Crew Member Death Under Investigation

• “Unions are cool again”: A new generation of workers advocates for unionization

• Detroit Labor Day March Canceled Third Year In A Row

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• 2,000 Philadelphia school district workers vote to authorize strike ahead of school year, union says

• City of Portland’s Enhanced Service District Liaison Departs

• Members of Fraternal Order of Police protest outside St. Joseph City Hall

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• ‘We’re Drowning’: Why Kaiser Mental Health Workers Are Striking

• PeaceHealth workers unionize

• Short-staffed with long hours, U-M Health nurses push for better work conditions

• Maine Med nurses vote 1,108-to-387 to retain their union

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HR NEWS

• DHS Proposes Rule Updating I-9 Verification Requirements

• SHRM: Evaluating AI-Based Assessments in Personnel Selection

• Cultural differences at work: another challenge for DEI

• Nintendo “actively investigating” claims of workplace harassment following new report

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LEGAL NEWS

• Apple’s $30 million ‘bag search’ lawsuit finally gets approval

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Powerful Journalists’ Union and Conflicts of Interest

• Bernie Sanders to Visit Cambridge for Rally Against Corporate Greed

• New White House Labor Adviser Isn’t Looking For a Fight

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Minneapolis Teacher Contract Race Language Ignites Firestorm

• As US Schools Increase Security, Some Arm Teachers

• Big Win for Houston Public Schools After Charter Privatization Attempt

• Sacramento City Unified won’t add days to school year to make up for strike

• Pennsylvania Teachers Vote to Kick Union Out of Their School

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UNION CORRUPTION

• Argentina’s union mafias are a warning to America

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