LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Top Stories: NLRB election petitions, charges up; NLRB GC vows to fight attacks on agency; U.S. Steel sale's politics; Teamsters 'disclaim interest'; Library workers want more security & more...
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NLRB: Union Petitions Up 35%, Unfair Labor Practices Charge Filings Up 7% in the First Half of Fiscal Year 2024
During the first six months of Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1–March 31), union election petitions filed at NLRB field offices rose 35% over the same period in Fiscal Year 2023. Notably, this is driven by a spike in employer-filed RM-petitions…
NLRB's Abruzzo hits back at 'low-road' companies challenging agency's structure
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo on Tuesday struck a defiant tone in responding to a growing number of challenges to the agency's structure by what she called "deep-pocket, low-road employers" who are trying to distract from their violations of workers' labor rights.
How the US Steel Takeover Became About Biden and Swing States
Takahiro Mori traveled more than 12 hours from Tokyo to Pittsburgh to secure what he hoped would be one of the biggest-ever steel mergers. On the other side of the table from the Nippon Steel Corp. executive sat the one man who now appeared to have the fate of the $14 billion deal in his hands: David McCall, head of the United Steelworkers union.
Teamsters out at Southern California trucking company; other votes mixed
…before the NLRB could rule on the decertification request, the Teamsters filed a Disclaimer of Interest with the agency, effectively giving up any opportunity to fight the effort and ending the representation.
San Francisco library workers want more security, staff
San Francisco library workers on Tuesday called upon The City to hire more staff and increase security across the system’s 27 branches, while their bargaining staff negotiates a new union contract with city officials.
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