LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, April 5, 2023
LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Top Stories: UFCW votes to strike Cubs; Teamsters to UPS: 'No Go' on cost-neutral CBA; New UAW head promises more militancy; The economic costs of the PROA Act & 48 more articles...
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Grocery workers union declares strike over wages, employee protections
Union member workers have officially declared they will strike at more than 30 grocery store locations throughout the Twin Cities. Read more…
Teamsters Give UPS Negotiators a Hard ‘No’ to Cost-Neutral Bargaining
Teamsters put UPS on notice during supplemental bargaining meetings throughout the country last week, refusing the company’s outrageous insistence on cost-neutral agreements. Read more…
NPR: New UAW head promises militant contract bargaining and activism
For almost a century, the United Auto Workers Union has been one of the nation's most important labor voices, a force in collective bargaining and in U.S. politics. More recently, though, the UAW's reputation has taken a hit with declining membership, contract concessions and a corruption scandal that seriously damaged the union's reputation. That is what faces new UAW President Shawn Fain, elected in the first ever direct vote by union members. Listen here…
MORE NEWS…
Labor Relations Radio, Ep 68—AAF's Isabella Hindley on the PRO Act's Economic Costs
Such a fundamental transformation of America's economy deserves a closer look Listen here…
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Total Entries filed April 3, 2023: 71
BARGAINING NEWS
Higher wages coming for 1,000 New Orleans hospitality workers after union inks deal with Sodexo
In standoff with First Student, Providence bus drivers held out for better pay – and got it
ECONOMIC NEWS
Here’s where the A.I. jobs are, according to a Stanford study
ADP Employment Report Confirms Labor Market Weakness In March
FedEx to consolidate operating divisions into one organization
GENERAL UNION NEWS
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Union Accuses Defense Management of Imposing an Illegal Contract
Workers protest San Mateo County’s two-tiered ‘extra help’ labor system
DC 37 Ratify New Contract with City with 1/4 of City’s Workforce Receiving a Raise & One-Time Bonus
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
AHA, AHCA Issue Joint Letter to CMS Outlining Staffing Mandate Concerns
House Bill 2697 would establish patient-nurse ratios in health care settings
Berkshire VNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals to Deliver Community Petition
HR NEWS
LABOR DISPUTES
Grocery workers union declares strike over wages, employee protections
Sysco workers remain on strike as rippling financial impacts are felt beyond Indianapolis
Teamsters on strike at 2 Sysco sites; separately, voted out at Seneca warehouse
LEGAL NEWS
California court says employer not liable for supervisor’s inappropriate texts to worker
EEOC Sues on Behalf of Employee Who Sought Telework Due to COVID-19 Risk
8th Circuit Rejects Grocery Union Member’s Challenge to CBA Contract Vote
NLRB NEWS
Former Eastern Fisheries employees protest use of E-Verify system
Twin Cities, Midwest Planned Parenthoods facing unfair labor practices allegations
JD Supra: NLRB General Counsel Releases Guidance on Board’s McLaren Macomb Decision
ORGANIZING NEWS
Bloomberg: Secret Union Tactic Fuels Unprecedented Labor Wins
SU Graduate student workers vote in favor of recognizing SGEU as their union
POLITICAL NEWS
Wisconsin Supreme Court Flips Blue For First Time In 15 Years
Brandon Johnson, a progressive organizer backed by teachers union, wins Chicago mayor’s race...Progressives Cheer as Teachers Union Organizer Wins...
UFCW Locals call on U.S. Senators Klobuchar, Smith to support bill protecting meatpacking workers
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Teacher shortages at center of negotiations between Sacramento City teachers and district
Loudoun Co. School Board asks supervisors for $3.3M to support teacher union effort
Holloway’s bargaining update email incurs backlash from Rutgers unions
