LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Monday, April 10, 2023
Top Stories: Unions targeting independent restaurants; RISD students join Teamsters strikers; SoCal ports close amid negotiations; Bob's Discount Furniture workers unionize & 43 more news articles...
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TOP STORIES:
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Unions are inching into the independent restaurant market
Unions’ success in organizing restaurants is spilling beyond the chain market. Read more…
Rhode Island School of Design students join Teamsters on the line as strike continues
LA, Long Beach ports close because of worker shortage during contract talks
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have closed due to widespread worker shortages apparently linked to ongoing contract talks. Read more…
UFCW: Bob’s Discount Furniture workers vote to unionize
This organizing win is a catalyst for workers at Bob’s Discount Furniture stores in Michigan and New York who have filed for union elections with UFCW Locals 876 and 888. Read more...
MORE NEWS…
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Friday, April 7, 2023
Total Entries filed April 6, 2023: 58
BARGAINING NEWS
Pilots with Allegiant Airlines to picket for fair contract and better wages
UFCW: Cannabis Workers in California Ratify a First Contract
As streamers cut costs, TV shows — and residuals — vanish, increasing tension amid negotiations
ECONOMIC NEWS
Multi-Tenant Apartment Building Sales Drop 74%, The Most Since 2008
“Recession Probabilities Are Going Up At This Point”: Larry Summers
Analysis: 2022 Personal Income Growth By Right-To-Work vs. Non-Right-Work States
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Union Officials: ‘The Main Impediment Keeping People of Color from Construction Sites’
Fungal infection outbreak affects 90+ workers at Escanaba paper mill
In addition to layoffs, McDonald’s cost-cutting binge includes demotions and pay reductions
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
VA and the AFGE Reach Tentative Agreement to Better Serve Veterans and Support VA Employees
Adams’ labor deal with NYPD union includes pilot plan for fewer work days, longer tours
L.A. school workers’ union votes to approve new contract with school district
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Local View: So-called ‘Nurses at the Bedside Act’ would hurt, not help, patients
Will hospital staffing legislation solve the nursing shortage, or make it worse?
Ventura County nurses vote to accept contract bringing pay hikes, pension adjustments
Healthcare workers to protest understaffing at Walnut Creek, Antioch Kaiser hospitals
LABOR DISPUTES
Hospitality workers to picket Offshore Rooftop, Lirica Restaurant, and Sable Hotel at Navy Pier
Steelworkers rally protests firings at Calif. Chevron refinery
AdvanSix workers in Hopewell go on strike reportedly over wage issues in new contract
...Company accused of trying to divide union membership with wage offer...
LEGAL NEWS
Ogletree Deakins: New Jersey WARN Severance Pay Challenge Rejected
Paid Sick and Safe Leave Blooms in Bloomington, MN with Release of Initial Rules
New York City Adopts Final Rules on Automated Decision-making Tools, AI in Hiring
ORGANIZING NEWS
Colorado Democratic Party staffers unionize, reach collective bargaining agreement
Apple Continues Efforts to Keep Retail Stores From Unionizing
Apple Issues New Warnings To Store Employees Over Unionization — Here’s What You Should Know
POLITICAL NEWS
SoCal pols Mark Ridley-Thomas and Nathan Fletcher go down in flames
California Considers Union-Backed Bill Requiring Driverless Trucks To Have a Driver in Them
Ron DeSantis And Florida Republicans Have A Plan To Squeeze Public-Sector Unions
Wisconsin Supreme Court Flips Blue For First Time In 15 Years
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks workers in Sunnyvale are latest to start organizing union for better wages, hours
It’s full steam ahead for Iowa City Starbucks employees moving to unionize
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Rutgers University faculty members are striking over a contract dispute
Rutgers’ faculty and grad student unions will go on strike (paywall)
Eastern Illinois University strike to continue through Tuesday
