LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Top Stories: Home Depot Workers Petition To Unionize in Philadelphia; Teamsters to Amazon "We Are Coming For You!"; NFL Players Union Wants A New Leader; 'No Contract, No Beer!' & More...
TOP STORIES:
1. ‘Home Depot Workers United’ Files Petition in Philadelphia
2. ‘We Are Coming for You!’—Teamsters Union Rallies Outside Amazon Headquarters
...Teamsters march on Amazon HQ, escalating union campaign...
3. NYT: N.F.L. Players Union Quietly Seeks New Leadership
3. ‘No contract, no beer!’—Molson Coors brewery employees picket over contract negotiations
Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 36: Guest Jon Hyman on Weingarten Rights, What They Are And How They're Likely Coming Back To Non-Union Workplaces
NLRB Petitions & Charges for September 19, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
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MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Hudson Valley property service union authorizes strike, demands fair contract
Long Beach Port Chief Sees West Coast Labor Deal Being Reached Without Strike
As strike looms for Kroger in central Ohio, what will stores, union do next?
ECONOMIC NEWS
ZeroHedge: US Existing Home Sales Sink For 7th Straight Month
The robots are here. And they are making you fries.
…$7.19 per hour. There is no OT, no insurance...and no union.
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Union Support Reaches Generational High-Water Mark as Union Election Petitions Surge
How AFL-CIO wants to get more Black men and other workers into apprenticeships
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Union organizers gain access to contractors working on government projects
Union calls for sewerage authority leaders to resign after N.J. worker dies in manhole
State Worker Unions Being “Lowballed, Disrespected” by Inslee
A recap of the PMA workers’ long road to a union contract, and how Philadelphians can help
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Members of the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals on their organization efforts
Doctor, hospital lobbies move to dismiss lawsuit over surprise billing ban
Head of Hawaiʻi Health Care Association Talks Nursing Shortage
Becker’s Hospital Review: UCSF Physicians Have Voted to Authorize Strike
LABOR DISPUTES
Dining staff and students rally over abrupt firing of worker
Union members picket outside Weyerhaeuser headquarters in Seattle
LEGAL NEWS
Cal/OSHA Issues Guidance on Protecting Workers From Monkeypox
Chipotle To Pay New Jersey $7.75 Million For Widespread Violation Of Child Labor Laws
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
Actors’ Equity Association Organizes Lecturers at the Griffith Observatory Planetarium
GEICO Tells Workers They Have ‘Right to Contact Police’ If Union Organizers Visit Their House
POLITICAL NEWS
PA Senate Race: Fetterman looks to quell concerns over health
Workers’ Rights Amendment: What’s in it and how Democrats and Republicans are sizing it up
Biden-Harris Administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative Receives Praise from Labor Leaders
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks Investors Demand Answers Amid Workers’ Rights Controversies
Starbucks keeps firing union organizers, but the fired workers are undeterred
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Teacher shortage in San Benito County goes beyond full-time positions
Biden’s New IRS Agents Should Investigate If This Partisan Teachers Union Is Dodging Its Taxes
WSWS: New York City teachers union prepares sell-out contract with city