LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, December 15, 2022

Top Stories: Cargo Volume Light Amid West Coast Port Negotiations; United Pilots Picket; DOJ—NY Building Trades' Ex-President & 10 Others Plead Guilty to Bribery; NBA and Union Delay Opt-Out & More...

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TOP STORIES:

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Cargo Volume Remains Soft at LA, Long Beach Ports Amid Labor Negotiations

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United Airlines Pilots Picket In Newark Over Contract Negotiations

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DOJ: Former President Of The NY Building And Construction Trades Council And 10 Other Union Officials Plead Guilty To Accepting Bribes And Illegal Payments

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NBA and union delay contract opt-out deadline to February

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Total Entries filed Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022: 53

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Red Cross holiday blood drive strike called off after worker contracts approved

• WSWS: UAW pushes Daimler/Freightliner contract reopening to impose 3-year contract extension

• Pabst Theater Group Union Approves First Labor Contract

• Frustrated Over Contract, Locomotive Engineers Oust President

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Two More Struggling Union Plans Receive PBGC Assistance

• Biden’s Teamsters bailout sets bad precedent, group says

• Jeep Stops Production of Popular Vehicle, Idles Factory

• Biden: A Stronger Economy For Union Workers And Retirees

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• NY Highway heads fear surge in rock salt costs if Gov. Hochul signs ‘Buy American’ bill

• NRTW: Morris Tri-State Asphalt Workers Decisively Vote Out Teamsters

• NRTW: Pierce Pacific Workers Decertify From Union

• Incoming 32BJ SEIU president Pastreich on the union’s future

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• Union ‘sick out’ caused 220 unexpected weekend Rock Region METRO cancellations

• Phoenix public denied advance look at police union contract proposals

• AFGE Council Resolves FLRA Complaint with Agency over Failure to Bargain Reentry

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• Hospice Nurses Working in Central Oregon have Joined Oregon Nurses Association

• Minnesota Nurses Ratify New 3-Year Contracts

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HR NEWS

• Evil HR Lady: To Hire, Stop Thinking Like a Recruiter. Think Like a Candidate

• HRD: Does quiet quitting improve work-life balance?

• Dangers of mass layoffs: Protect your company from lawsuits

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Greenhouse: What’s Wrong at the New York Times...Employees are on the verge of voting to authorize an open-ended strike....

• Fears of SF Holiday Shopping Mayhem as Macy’s Staff Threaten Strike

• UC-AFT issue cease and desist letter, allege unlawful direct dealing from UCOP

• WSWS: As CNH strike reaches 225 days, workers remain determined to win

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LEGAL NEWS

• Biz groups say Biden independent contractor rule clashes with federal law

• Stevens & Lee Team Prevails in Precedential NLRB Dispute Where Union Refused to Bargain

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NLRB NEWS

• Key union organizing tactic backed by U.S. labor board

• NLRB Returns to Obama-Era ‘Micro-Unit’ Standard for Union Organizing

• NLRB Doesn’t Want Workers to Hear Both Sides on Unions

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Starbucks and Amazon’s PR nightmare is coming true as one of their combined stores pushes to unionize

• Workers launch union drive at New Avenues For Youth

• Two Chicago La Colombe Cafes Are Looking To Unionize

• Some of WaPo’s Star Reporters Join the Union After Shock Layoff News

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POLITICAL NEWS

• Vote Recount Flips Massachusetts Midterm Race From Republican To Democrat By 1 Vote

• Buttigieg Vacationed in Europe as Rail Unions Were on Verge of Strike

• Biden Pledged To Support US Miners. Now He’s Looking To Outsource Their Work to Foreign Green Energy Mines

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Fayetteville Starbucks union poised to take action against coffee giant

• Local Starbucks union organizer named to Bloomberg 50

• After Lengthy Strike NYC Starbucks Roastery Employees To Return To Work

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• ‘How dare you?’: Teachers union rebuffs contract proposal during meeting

• D.C. teachers union approves labor contract, securing raises

• ‘Heroes to Zeroes’: L.A. School Staff Plans Strike Vote

• Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #41

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