LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Top Stories: Culinary union sets Vegas strike deadline; Union Kitchen workers decertify UFCW; DOL issues gig-work rules; Bargaining took2 years for 6 bakers; the NLRB's ruling on zipper clauses & more
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Culinary Union sets Feb. 2 strike deadline for 7,700 workers
After securing wage increases and mandated daily room cleanings at major Las Vegas resort properties last year, Culinary Workers Local 226 is warning 7,700 workers will strike Feb. 2 if remaining strip and downtown properties don’t meet similar contract demands. Read more…
NRTW: DC-Area Union Kitchen Employees Vote 24-1 to Remove UFCW
Employees of five Union Kitchen locations in the Washington, DC, metro area have voted to remove United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 union officials from power at the chain. Read more…
Biden administration issues rule that could curb ‘gig’ work, contracting
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday issued a final rule that will force companies to treat some workers as employees rather than less expensive independent contractors, in a move that has riled business groups and will likely prompt legal challenges. Read more…
Labor Press: Safeway bargaining lasts two years … for six bakers
At two Portland-area stores, it took Bakers Local 114 and Safeway more than two years to negotiate a first union contract — for six bakery workers. Read more…
Just When You Thought You Were All Zippered Up . . .The NLRB Issues a New Decision on Zipper Clauses
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Twinbrook OpCo LLC, 373 NLRB No. 6, where it noted that its own General Counsel mislabeled an integration clause a zipper clause. Read more…