LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Top Stories: Union Support Highest Since 1965; Tesla's Ban On Union T-Shirts Unlawful, Says NLRB; MLBPA Moves To Unionize Minor League Players; Railroads Reach Agreements With 3 of 12 Unions & More...
1. NLRB: ‘Unlawful’ for Tesla to prevent employees from wearing union shirts
2. The MLBPA sends out authorization cards in the first step towards forming labor unions
…Major league players’ union wants to represent minor leaguers…
3. Three unions agree to tentative labor agreements with railroads
...Talks ongoing with nine other unions....
...Deal covers 15,000 workers...
4. Gallup: At 71%, support for labor unions highest since 1965
...Random sample of 1006 U.S. adults (PDF)...
NLRB Petitions & Charges for August 26, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 99
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Cornell Students Rally Outside UAW Meeting for a Fairer Contract for University Employees
Teamsters: Safeway.com Workers Ratify ‘Monumental’ New Contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
CNN: The US economy had more job openings than expected in July...ZeroHedge: Job Openings Unexpectedly Surge To Two For Every Unemployed Worker...
All the economic good news was just a momentary blip. The worst is yet to come.
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Center for Union Facts Says SoCal Hotel Worker Union Failed Its Membership During the Pandemic
Simplice Mabiala Kuelo, an immigrant from Congo, works to unionize food plants in Iowa
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
SBA reinvigorates women-owned small business contracting initiative
APOWER Hits the Ground Running to Recruit Asian Americans to Labor Movement
Another Federal Agency Urges Employees Not to Use Marijuana, Random Drug Testing Possible
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
HR NEWS
Evil HR Lady: How Earned Wage Access (EWA) Can Help Recruit and Retain Employees
The 9th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the active shooter
SHRM: Open Enrollment Success Relies on Effective Communications
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
Top Multistate Compliance Challenges as Remote Work Rises at the End of the Pandemic
NRTW: Atlantic Aviation Employees Win Freedom from Unwanted Union
California Fast-Food wages could start at $22 under controversial bill
...Bloomberg: California Moves To Give Fast Food Workers More Power, Heeding ‘Fight For $15’...
...SEIU Prez: bill effectively offers “another form of collective bargaining”...
NLRB NEWS
Universal Logistics settles worker misclassification claims, complying with AB5
I Reckon: Which side are you on, National Labor Relations Board?
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
Los Angeles Could Require Hotels to Offer Vacant Rooms to the Homeless
Biden screws the frugal, America’s real polarization and other commentary
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Still no local Starbucks union negotiations, but NLRB to hold unfair labor practice hearing
SHRM: Unionized Starbucks Workers Were Allegedly Unlawfully Denied Raises
Feds allege Starbucks withheld benefits to ‘discourage’ Clarksville, other states’ union workers
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Lack of negotiations frustrates Niles teachers union as strike looms
Osborne: What one teacher did when her union didn’t represent her
AFT’s Randi Weingarten: Attack on teachers ‘never been as bad as right now’