LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, December 8, 2022
Top Stories: Biden To Announce $36 Billion Bailout of Teamster Fund; New York Times Staffers Strike; Thousands of Airport Workers Rally And Strike Today & More...
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TOP STORIES:
Biden to announce $36B for Central States Pension Fund, saving Teamsters retirees from cuts
FLASHBACK: Understanding The Central States Pension Plan's Tale Of Woe
New York Times union workers go on 24-hour strike
...Union calls on readers to join 'digital picket line' as strike begins...
…Two top reporters turn ‘scab?’…
...Musk: 'Woke vs. Woke'...
Thousands of workers at 15 U.S. airports plan rallies and strikes in support of better working conditions
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Total Entries filed Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022: 49
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
ECONOMIC NEWS
Oil Plunges Into Red For Year Despite Supply Shock From Keystone Pipeline Shutdown
Long Covid’s financial devastation: $8,000 in credit card debt, ruined retirement plans
Gasoline is cheaper now than it was this time last year — and is heading below $3
Plant closure by Colorado-based Ball Corp. to result in 98 layoffs
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Ohio University workers union delivers nearly 800 petitions to university president
A Hotel Was Set to Become Affordable Housing. Then the Union Stepped In.
NRTW: Right to Work Kentucky’s Bourbon Industry Continues to Grow
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Missouri violated collective bargaining rights of prison guards, appeals court rules
Athens commission postpones decision that gives union bargaining power to fire department
EEOC adds safety inspections, flexible work hours in FLRA complaint settlement
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
National Nurses United applauds OSHA for sending Covid-19 permanent standard to OMB
Home care workers address supes while wage negotiations continue
Nurses union votes to strike if agreement can’t be reached with Kalamazoo hospital
HR NEWS
SAG-AFTRA is working with AFL-CIO on new health benefits for Medicare-eligible members
Impact of Equal Pay Transparency Laws on PERM Recruitment Practices
Pay attention to the industries the Department of Labor is targeting
LABOR DISPUTES
MonoSol workers protest at Procter & Gamble HQ amid negotiations
Janitors set up picket line after being fired by Twitter in latest attack by billionaire owner Musk
LEGAL NEWS
Federal Law Prohibiting Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims Not Retroactive
State Lifeguards Appeal Case Against Law Enforcement Union to U.S. Supreme Court
NLRB NEWS
NLRB: Curaleaf Violated Labor Law by Refusing to Bargain with Union
JD Supra: Laboring on without a House – unions and their allies have plenty of “workarounds”
ORGANIZING NEWS
EV Battery Workers Push for Union in Fight for Industry’s Future
NKY Amazon workers trying to unionize company’s largest air hub
POLITICAL NEWS
House passes landmark bill to protect same-sex marriages, sending it to Biden’s desk
SEIU secretly lobbied the Washington State Redistricting Commission, court filings allege
Governor Murphy’s Presidential Aspirations At Risk By Harassment And Discrimination Lawsuits
FTX: Maxine Waters doesn’t plan to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried to testify at hearing on crypto
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
The workers behind Starbucks and Amazon strikes in St. Louis
NLRB Examines Starbucks Alleged Use of Intimidation, Coercion and Retaliation
‘Understaffed, underpaid:’ Local Starbucks workers file union petition
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
DeSantis-backed school boards begin firing superintendents and across Florida
NYC teachers union fears return of charter school battles under Adams
