LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Top Stories: Columbus School Teachers Hit With Pellets On Picket Line; New York Times' Management Flooded By Union Emails; Starbucks Close Two Stores, Union Cries Foul & More...

TOP STORIES:

Image Credit: CBS News Screenshot

1. Striking Columbus teachers shot by pellets while picketing outside school

….CBS News: Columbus teachers strike enters third day, disrupting first day of school…

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2. Axios: NYT union floods management with coordinated emails

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3. Starbucks informs workers at two stores of closures, union claims retaliation

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Dow Jones, Union Agree On One-Year Contract

• Shipyard workers denounce United Steelworkers, months after contract rammed through at Newport News

• People of color at ‘New York Times’ get lower ratings in job reviews, union says

• Apple Store union distributes job surveys in preparation for negotiations

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• As layoffs loom, unemployment benefits look a lot different from last year

• Drought Conditions Now Affecting Two-Thirds Of US

• Growing Number Of Economists Anticipate Recession Will Hit By Middle Of Next Year

• We’re in a ‘housing recession,’ experts say. Here’s what that means for homeowners, sellers and buyers

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• Chevy Bolt Highlights Failure Of New Electric Vehicle Subsidy Law

• Vernuccio: Worker freedom and choice are still under attack

• AFGE President Everett Kelley Awarded Alabama AFL-CIO’s Labor Person of the Year

• Independent unions are having a moment. But are they here to stay?

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Montana State Prison employees picket working conditions

• Will New Public Museum Recognize Union?

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Nurses at Mission Hospital to hold rally for patient safety and to speak out against chronic short staffing

• Officials Split Over Nurses’ Dissolving Union Membership In Eastern Oregon

• Negotiations resume between nurses’ union and U-M Health System over work-stoppage vote

• RN staffing shortages by state

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Talks Set to Resume Between CNH, Union as Strike Enters 17th Week

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LEGAL NEWS

• Oregon Equal Pay Act’s Temporary Exclusion of Hiring and Retention Bonuses to Expire on September 28

• The Latest in Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance for Using E-Signatures

• Minnesota Legalizes THC Products, Germinates New Drug-Free Workplace Issues

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• First Student South Bend Joins Teamsters

• GE Workers in Alabama Launch Union Organizing Campaign

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Biden administration uses taxpayer dollars to help grow public unions, critics push back

• Teachers Union Funnels Cash To Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Crist

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Results delayed in Scottsboro Starbucks Union vote

• Starbucks informs workers at two stores of closures, union claims retaliation

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Denver teachers union, district leaders still negotiating new contract

• AFT’s Randi Weingarten appears to endorse Minneapolis district policy to lay off White teachers first

• Kent educators vote to authorize strike if contract negotiations not complete by Wednesday

• Enrollment Down At Public Schools Around The Country

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UNION CORRUPTION

• Another government union official sentenced for pocketing dues money

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