LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, August 28, 2023
Top Stories: Here's one chart to explain Cemex; UAW reaches a TA with Ultium; SEIU blasted in ad for 'union busting'; Starbucks Roastery workers reject union; Fake unions in CA's pot industry & more..
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[78 total articles today; Over 23,000 articles posted since January 2022]
It's getting easier for workers to unionize. One simple chart shows the new steps.
When workers seek union recognition, there are three paths for employers to take. Firms can voluntarily recognize the union, and start bargaining. They can insist upon an election as a binding way to validate whether or not employers want union representation — or, as Groshen notes, use the period between the request for representation and the actual union election to try and squash campaigns. Read more…
UAW and GM's joint venture reach a tentative deal that gives battery workers a wage hike
The United Auto Workers and Ultium Cells LLC have reached a tentative agreement on wages at the battery cell plant in northeast Ohio that would provide an immediate, across-the-board wage increase and back pay for those who qualify, if the hourly workforce ratifies it. Read more…
Worst Employer In America? Video Spot Calls Out SEIU Union Busting
The Center for Union Facts released a bombshell report and TV spot exposing the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for years of controversial employment practices. Read more…
Starbucks workers at Michigan Avenue roastery reject union membership
Employees at the Chicago Reserve Roastery, 646 N. Michigan Ave., have turned down union membership. The decision is a major setback for Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union. Read more…
California's pot industry has a 'fake union' problem
Some of the state’s biggest cannabis companies have been accused of working with sham unions that don’t actually fight for workers’ rights. Read more…