LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Top Stories: NLRB To Propose New 'Joint Employer' Standard; Gallup Finds Quiet Quitters Everywhere; Seattle Cancels Classes As Teachers Strike & More...
TOP STORIES
1. NLRB Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Joint-Employer Standard
…Littler: New Standard Would ‘Dramatically Expand’ Scope of Joint Employment…
…Fox Rothschild: NLRB has ‘laid the groundwork for labor unions to more easily target employers that have a business association with another employer’…
…ABC: Proposal Will Harm Small Businesses…
2. Gallup: "Quiet quitters" make up at least 50% of the U.S. workforce -- probably more
3. Seattle Public Schools cancel first day of classes amid teachers union contract negotiations
NLRB Petitions & Charges for September 2, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 46
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
Sunrise and CWA Celebrate “Visionary” Collective Bargaining Agreement
ALPA Pilots Stand in Solidarity at Nationwide Informational Picket
DC’s Only Unionized Bookstore Politics And Prose Approves First Contract Agreement
ECONOMIC NEWS
Support for labor unions has increased, but union membership is at an all-time low
America is in the middle of a labor mobilization moment being led by workers demanding reforms
AFL-CIO’s Shuler: Once ‘essential,’ then expendable, American workers are transforming the economy
Tying minimum-wage increases to inflation, as 12 states do, will lift up low-wage workers
GENERAL UNION NEWS
Labor Plaza opens on Market Street honoring union workers and organizers
The Catholic Church, American labor unions, and the New Left
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
New union contract could help Philadelphia School District with bus driver shortage
AFGE Continues to Fight for Significant Increases in Pay for Feds
VA Drags Feet on Contract Negotiations after 14 Weeks of Bargaining
Union organizers now allowed on GSA-owned property to interact with contractors
HR NEWS
SHRM: Confidentiality Is Key When Employees Are on FMLA or ADA Leave
SHRM: Government Will Not Enforce Vaccine Mandate for Contractors
Viewpoint: Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees
LEGAL NEWS
What is a Labor Peace Agreement and Why Do CAURD Applicants Need One?
California Legislature Passes Bill That Would Break New Ground on Pay Transparency Requirements
NLRB NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
POLITICAL NEWS
Eater.com: A Labor Union Put Together a Texas Hospitality Bill of Rights
Kamala Harris tells Boston crowd she and Biden will lead ‘pro-union administration’
President Joe Biden visits United Steelworkers Union Hall in West Mifflin on Labor Day
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Labor’s brewing renaissance: Union drives gain steam at Starbucks, other coffee shops
Starbucks workers are hitting the limits of American labor law
Despite union wins at Starbucks, Amazon and Apple, labor laws keep cards stacked against organizers
Montrose to gain first unionized Starbucks, trend could follow
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
Brockton Public Schools paraprofessionals start new year without a contract
Kent teachers say they have reach tentative agreement with district
California teachers union spied on parents fighting to reopen schools during COVID, emails show