LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, December 9, 2022

Top Stories: NLRB Gets Its Own Union Protesters; GM Workers Overwhelmingly Vote To Unionize Battery Plant; Star Telegram Journalists Still Striking; Democrats Lose A Senator & More...

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TOP STORIES:

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NLRB Union Staff Protests NLRB General Counsel's 'Coercive' Management

”Instead of serving as a model of healthy labor relations, @NLRBGC has put her foot on our necks." National Labor Relations Board Union

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Workers at new GM joint venture EV battery plant vote to join union

...710 to 16....

...GM CEO supports union...

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram strike continues as union bargains with parent company for contract

Seth Bodine @sbodine120

This is day 11 of striking for journalists at the @startelegram / @FortWorthGuild. The union is bargaining with lawyers at @mcclatchy today for higher minimum wages and expanded paternal/sick leave packages. Covering for @FortWorthReport

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves Democratic Party to become independent

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Thursday, December 8, 2022

Total Entries filed Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022: 44

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• NBA’s Push For ‘Upper Spending Limit’ In New Union Deal Could Jeopardize Labor Peace

• OHSU-ONA Begin Collective Bargaining

• Wisconsin Red Cross workers may initiate labor strike before blood drive

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in November, more than expected, despite hopes that inflation is cooling

• HRD: BuzzFeed to cut nearly 12% of workforce

• Morgan Stanley to lay off roughly 1,600 employees

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• UAW President Talks EVs, Federal Oversight in Close Election Bid

• NFLPA Looking to Hire Director With ‘Strategic Vision’ Beyond CBA

• Illinois Is Pushing Back Against the Anti-Union Tide

• Powerful NYC labor union 32BJ SEIU has a new president

• Daily Kos: A resurging union movement must reckon with anti-Blackness

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• NYC MTA and TWU reach agreement to modernize the role station agents plat at subway stations

• CT reaches tentative agreement with state police union

• Reuters: Funding cuts have put U.S. Social Security customer service in crisis mode

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Nurses Overwhelmed And Understaffed Across the Country

• Two Harbors nurses cancel strike plans; MNA ratification vote begins Friday

• Cook County nurses protest management’s targeting of nurse leaders instead of improving patient care

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HR NEWS

• SHRM: 46% of Workers Wouldn’t Recommend Their Job or Field to Youngsters

• 13 Illegal Job Interview Questions You Don’t Have to Answer

• In the U.S., you can legally ‘be fired for any reason or no reason at all’—here’s why

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LABOR DISPUTES

• New York Times union urges readers not to engage with the publication as strike tensions rise

• Are union strikes happening more than usual this year?

• Twitter Cancels Janitors’ Contracts After Union Strike Outside HQ

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LEGAL NEWS

• Bankruptcy Court Approval Granted For SAS Pilots Union Agreement

• Will Connecticut’s Captive Audience Law Survive Legal Challenge?

• You Thought You Were Protected? When a Non-Compete Isn’t Enforceable

• Historic APRN Legislation Introduced in U.S. Senate

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NLRB NEWS

• The NLRB Protects Workers’ Rights, Yet Remains Underfunded

• AHLA: Proposed NLRB Rule Would Significantly Harm Hotels and Franchise Model

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Labor Notes: No Union? You Still Have a Right to Strike

• Latest Venue for Organizing New Labor Unions: Your Local Museum

• QA workers at ZeniMax, proudly announced the launch of their union with CWA

• Mushroom farmworkers in Yakima Valley rally for union support

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Biden mends bridges with unions after rail dispute

• Union blames politics for attack on officer at Auburn Correctional Facility

• Supporting Alaska’s Willow Project Supports Our Unions

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Here’s a map of Starbucks stores that voted to unionize

• Union strong at Houston Starbucks

• Starbucks Union Workers Have a Holiday Wish: Don’t Buy Gift Cards

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Juneau teachers union declares impasse amid drawn-out negotiations

• Teacher Union Bosses Get ‘A’ in Electioneering, ‘F’ in Education

• Teachers Drop From Unions To The Tune Of 59,000 Members In 21-22 School Year

• Michigan Teachers Unions Continue to Shed Members

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