LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Top Stories: Newsom Signs AB257, Creating 'Fast Food Council'; Unions Launch 'Biggest' GOTV In History; UPS Teamsters "Ready To Strike"; ALU's Smalls Leads 'F*ck Jeff Bezos' Chant; & More...
1. California’s Newsom Signs Bill Creating ‘Fast Food Council’
...could raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $22/hour....
…California Policy Center’s Lance Christensen on Labor Relations Radio…
2. People’s World: Unions launch biggest election push in history
…Democrats look to rising pro-union sentiment for boost in Midterms and beyond…
3. ‘We’re ready to strike’: UPS workers and Teamsters prepare for contract fight
4. DOL Launches Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge Center
..."a one-stop shop for resources on unions"...
5. Union organizers target Amazon and Starbucks execs in Labor Day rally
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MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Liberation News: Kansas City janitors win major contract gains
WSWS: Railroad unions release joint Labor Day statement aimed at blocking strike action
2 more freight rail unions reach tentative agreements for new labor contract
Hundreds rally in Boston to support Hyatt workers’ push for a union contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Jacobin: Why Starbucks Workers United May Offer a Key to Labor’s Revitalization
2022 is the most promising Labor Day for unions in several decades
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
NYC launches new apprenticeship program to train unionized painters for jobs paying $82K
Biggest Pay Increase in 20 Yrs for Federal Employees, Unions Complain It’s Not Enough
City of Bloomington says bargaining with AFSCME union will resume
City of Austin and Union Sign EMS Labor Contract Following Council Approval
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
HR NEWS
Court Upholds Policy Excluding Pregnant Workers from Light-Duty Work
Ask HR: Can Injured Remote Workers Seek Workers’ Compensation?
Evil HR Lady: Ep. 1 Enough Talk About Quiet Quitting with Katrina Collier and Glenn Martin
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
SHRM: Uber Signs $8.4 Million Settlement Over Driver Misclassification
Minding the Pay Gap: What Employers Need to Know as Pay Equity Protections Widen
ORGANIZING NEWS
WaPo: 4,000 Google cafeteria workers quietly unionized during the pandemic
Why it’s so tough for labor unions to organize Amazon Prime drivers
Baseball’s minor leaguers among Georgians swept up in organized labor wave
LA Progressive: Louisville Journalists Join Growing Unionization Wave
POLITICAL NEWS
President Biden greeted at Milwaukee Laborfest by hundreds of supporters and opposition
O’Rourke, Gutierrez come out swinging at San Antonio labor breakfast
Team Biden’s Shameless Bid to Dodge Blame for School Closure Damage
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
From Slough to Seattle: the challenges facing Starbucks’ new boss
Howard Schultz’s third round as Starbucks CEO soured his legacy
NYC sues Starbucks for firing worker and organizer 5 days after successful union vote
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Eastern Michigan University faculty union to hold strike vote
Yahoo News: Yes, We Have to Point Fingers Over COVID ‘Learning Loss’