LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Top Stories: VA didn't bargain in good faith, says arbitrator; Michigan Senate votes to repeal Right-to-Work; NLRB to release 'Joint Employer' rule in August & more union news...
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Federal arbitrator: VA didn’t bargain ‘in good faith’ with AFGE to update decade-old contract
Michigan Senate Votes to Repeal Right-To-Work Law in Victory for Organized Labor
Bloomberg: Labor Board’s New Joint Employer Rule Set for August Release (paywall)
NLRB Petitions & Charges for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Total Entries filed March 13th, 2023: 74
BARGAINING NEWS
Bronx building workers, realty advisory board avert strike, reach tentative 4-year deal
Writers Guild’s Top Negotiating Team: “When Push Comes to Shove, We Stand Together”
United Steel Worker locals accept new contract with Graphic Packaging, avoiding strike
Indianapolis truckers, warehouse workers vote to authorize strike at food-giant Sysco
ECONOMIC NEWS
Car Dealerships Hit With Profitability Squeeze As Auto Industry Cracks
T-Mobile Acquires Ryan Reynolds-Backed Mint Mobile For $1.35 Billion
US Producer Prices Unexpectedly Fall, Signaling Easing Pressures
United Airlines stock drops following forecasts citing fuel costs, pilot union negotiations
GENERAL UNION NEWS
‘Stop the Merger’ coalition takes aim at Kroger-Albertsons deal with website launch
Cincinnati Bengals owner presses to limit players’ workers comp claims, NFL players’ union says
AP News: Illinois enacts mandatory paid leave ‘for any reason’
Child Labor in the US: Despite Laws, Kids Work in Agriculture, Fast Food, Industry
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Federal arbitrator: VA didn’t bargain ‘in good faith’ with AFGE to update decade-old contract
LAUSD unions to announce timing of three-day strike that would shut down schools
New York City municipal unions impose privatized health care on retirees
Arbitrator assigned to negotiate contract dispute between La Crosse, transit union
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Union with 18,000 health care workers will protest at Dignity Health’s California hospitals
UCSD nurses to protest unsafe overcrowding in La Jolla hospital
Ventura County nurses say they want less empty hero talk, more competitive wages
HR NEWS
SHRM: Proposal Would Make It More Difficult to Permanently Replace Economic Strikers
Tech worker finds her job posted with higher salary — so she applies
LEGAL NEWS
Littler: Steps Employers Can Take Before a Reduction in Force to Help Protect Trade Secrets
CDPH Issues Updated Order and Guidance Regarding COVID-19 and Its Effect on the Workplace
JD Supra: FTC Announced New Extension Date for Commentary on Proposed Rule Barring Non-Competes
NLRB NEWS
Labor Board’s New Joint Employer Rule Set for August Release
United States: NLRB Standardizes And Expands The Make-Whole Remedy
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
Biden formally submits Julie Su's nomination for labor secretary to the Senate
USW International President Tom Conway Appointed to Key Trade Panel
Menendez, Booker call on Starbucks CEO ‘to negotiate in good faith’
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Colorado Starbucks baristas testify against company in federal trial over union firings
Starbucks’ Fight With Unions Comes Down to This Brutal 7-Word Truth
National Labor Relations Board alleges labor violations at Oklahoma City area Starbucks
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Support staff tell SPS they feel ‘slighted’ by loss of year-round paychecks
Florida Teachers Union, LCS voice concerns over state book review process
Seattle Sex Ed Curriculum Tries to Dismantle ‘Heteronormativity,’ ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Trotwood union still negotiating new teaching, staff contract
