LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, September 22, 2022
Top Stories: Starbucks Workers End 64-Day Strike; Unions And Communists Eye Mid-Term Elections; Warrior Met Coal Strike Now At 16 Months & Much More...
1. Starbucks workers end historic 64-day strike on Commonwealth Avenue
…Unionized workers declare a 'strike victory,' Starbucks disagrees…
…Earlier: Picketing Starbucks owners told to leave property…
2. Unions Seize Midterms ‘Hot Moment’ to Rebuild, Support Democrats
Communist Party USA: ‘Democracy Is On The Ballot’ on November 8th
...'what happens on November 8th will determine if the PRO-ACT is passed’...
3. Warrior Met Coal strike drags on after 16 months: No easy path forward, experts say
NLRB Petitions & Charges for September 20, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 43
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
700+ Horizon Air Pilots Vote To Ratify Critical Retention Deal
Ready to ‘call a strike,’ central Ohio union schedules one more negotiation with Kroger
Mt. Holyoke Facilities, Food Staff Clinch Pay Hikes with New Contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
Private Equity Scoops Up Oil And Gas Assets (Why?)
...10 largest private equity funds have 80% of their energy investments in fossil fuels...
4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say
Ice-cream maker’s layoffs to impact more than 300 Teamster-represented workers
UAW Joins BlueGreen Alliance National Labor-Environmental Partnership
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Labor Notes: UNITE-HERE National Should Keep Its Hands Off Local 2’s Pension Fund
Port Huron’s last remaining paper mill will be closing in November
AFSCME Partners to Host Webinars on Public Service Loan Forgiveness
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
OHSU, AFSCME reach tentative contract agreement, averting strike
Union County Approves New Agreement With Social Services Workers
FCI Ray Brook Prison staffing levels at ‘dangerous’ levels according to union president
Washington state interpreters choose to form a union through AFSCME
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
NNU: Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas Vote To Unionize
U-M nurses’ union reaches tentative contract agreement with Michigan Medicine
California nursing home staff threatens strike, claims checks are bouncing
HR NEWS
California Law Will Protect Employees’ Use of Marijuana Outside Work
Return-to-Workplace Uptick Closely Tied to Use of Hybrid Schedules
LABOR DISPUTES
LEGAL NEWS
NLRB NEWS
Gavel to Gavel: Tesla decision affirms rights to wear union insignia
NLRB Signals Pullback on Consequential Damages Against Unions
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of September 12 - 16, 2022
ORGANIZING NEWS
NLRB recognizes union affiliation for video techs at Allianz Field
BU graduate workers cite low pay, unpaid labor in push to unionize with SEIU
National labor board hearing clears WESA, WYEP workers for union vote
NYT: Regulators Accuse Amazon of Singling Out Union Organizers for Discipline
POLITICAL NEWS
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
After 64-Day Strike, Boston Starbucks Workers Declare Victory
Starbucks Investors Demand Answers Amid Workers’ Rights Controversies
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
NYSUT Report Outlines Pathway for Safer Schools and Productive Classrooms
Classrooms Are Hot Political Battleground, But That’s Nothing New
Biden’s New IRS Agents Should Investigate If This Partisan Teachers Union Is Dodging Its Taxes
AFT New Mexico & Taos Federation of United School Employees React To Violent Incident
Oregon Moms Union’s ‘legislative priorities’ call for school choice measures and parental rights