LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Top Stories: Layoffs Threaten Tech Organizing Efforts; Democrats Plan On Right-to-Work Repeal In Michigan; Virginia's Patchwork of Laws; 40-Years Later Allen Dorfman's Killing Still Unsolved & More...

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Bloomberg: Tech Layoffs Threaten Unions’ Plan to Draw White-Collar Workers

...Some 500 technology companies have axed nearly 100,000 workers since October...

Layoffs FYI: 1024 tech companies laid off 154336 employees in 2022

...101 tech companies have laid off 25436 so far in 2023...

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Image via National Right to Work Foundation

Michigan Democrats promise Right-to-Work repeal amid staunch Republican opposition

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In Virginia, ‘patchwork’ of ordinances makes public-sector organizing a maze

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40 years later, gangland murder of Allen Dorfman in Lincolnwood remains unsolved

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Monday, January 16, 2023

Total Entries filed January 13th, 2023: 29

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Sodexo protest propels workers to Jan. 17 contract negotiation

• Delta Pilots Union Negotiators Tentatively Agree on New Contract

• Philly Airport Food Service Workers Rally for a Signed Contract

• UPS should make MLK Day paid holiday for Teamster workers, group says

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Prices have not peaked yet…

• Empire Fed Manufacturing Survey Totally Collapses

• Economists Warn Americans Recession Is Coming: “Don’t Be Fooled”

• Stock market legend issues ‘vicious and ferocious growling bear’ warning over US labor force

• Here’s How Trade Unions Are Gearing up for a Recession in 2023

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Essential Workers for a Democratic UFCW

• Union responds to calls to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC

• Restaurant group addresses concerns on plans to open at once-troubled Eurostar Magnificent Mile Hotel

• Home Depot soon changing how it pays hourly employees

• Colorado’s gig app drivers nearing a breaking point

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• CATS bus drivers’ labor contract expires after several extensions

• Union: NM calling state employees back to in-person work without much of a plan

• It’s Up to Us: Labor Carrying the King Legacy Forward

• Union Alleges More Problems at Thomson Federal Prison

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Nursing home workers threaten strike amid contract negotiations in Detroit

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Machinists strike Chattanooga’s Mueller for the first time since 1976

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LEGAL NEWS

• ‘Seems Very Artificial…’: Elena Kagan Questions Lawyer In Case About Rights Of Labor Unions

• Twitter employees drop class action lawsuit over severance pay

• FTC Proposes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Blank Street Coffee Is Popping Up Everywhere. Workers Hope A Union Will Follow.

• Cleveland REI Workers Are Aiming to Become the Retailer’s Next Unionized Store

• St. Louis Public Radio Workers Vote for Union

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POLITICAL NEWS

• House Republicans gear up for a debt ceiling fight with the White House and Senate Democrats

• The worry in Davos: Globalization is under siege

• San Fran City Panel Urges Reparations Of $5 Million Per Black Adult

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Baxter Station Starbucks workers win union vote

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Some UIC faculty striking after months of negotiating, no contract

• Faculty at University of Illinois at Chicago to strike over pay and support for student mental health

• Rep. Foxx to Newsmax: Teachers’ Union President World’s ‘Most Dangerous Person’

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