LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, December 29, 2022

Top Stories: Southwest Union Blames Management For System 'Meltdown'; A Teamsters' Strike Ends; Amazon Organizing Stalls; NLRB 2023 Outlook For Employers "Not So Good" & More...

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TOP STORIES:

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Union blasts Southwest: ‘Leadership shortcomings’ have led to ‘repeated system disruptions’

...Southwest Cancels Thousands Of More Flights As Operational 'Meltdown' Continues...

…Southwest flight attendants union calls for major change after travel fiasco…

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MonoSol, Teamsters union reach new agreement at LaPorte plant

...With strike over, workers will return Jan. 3...

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Efforts to unionize Amazon nationally stalling due to turnover, other factors, analysts say

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“Outlook Not So Good” – An Employer’s Guide to the NLRB’s 2023 Agenda

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NLRB Petitions & Charges for Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Total Entries filed Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022: 53

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MORE NEWS:

BARGAINING NEWS

• Pabst Theater Group says, despite workers’ vote, it hasn’t signed contract with labor union

• Largest-ever US higher education strike ends after ‘landmark’ deal

• Strike averted? Workers at the Woodland Pulp mill reach a deal.

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ECONOMIC NEWS

• Amazon lost half its value this year as tech stocks got crushed and recession fears grew

• Restaurant Staffing Is Finally Returning To Pre-Pandemic Levels

• Continuing Jobless Claims Near 11-Month Highs

• JD Supra: Teamster Pension Bailout May Not Be Remedy Employers Hoped For

• Politico: State pension plans were hammered in 2022. Next year will be worse.

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GENERAL UNION NEWS

• This Union-Owned Bank Is Leading The Efforts To Track, Potentially Report Consumers’ Gun And Ammo Purchases

• Stateside Podcast: A ‘sea change’ at the UAW

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GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS

• TikTok is now banned on mobile devices issued by US House of Representatives

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HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

• New Jersey hospital workers reach new deal with county

• Howard Brown Health prepared for planned nurses’ strike

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HR NEWS

• Remote Work Is Here for Good: 48 percent of employers are maintaining some form of remote work

• SHRM: Recruiters Faced Highs and Lows in 2022

• California Provides Some Guidance on New Pay Scale Disclosure Requirement

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LABOR DISPUTES

• Historic strike leaves lasting impact on universities across the nation

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LEGAL NEWS

• NTRW: Spanish Radio Host Appeals Case After Labor Board Blocks Vote to Remove SAG-AFTRA Union Officials

• N.C. limits on farmworker union organizing upheld by appeals court

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NLRB NEWS

• Statement on NLRB Funding in the 2023 Omnibus Bill

• Federal agency that oversees unions will get first funding boost in a decade

• Charleston’s Leatherman Terminal losing cargo service after NLRB decision

• NLRB Decision Significantly Expands Menu of Available “Make-Whole” Remedies Against Employers

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ORGANIZING NEWS

• Proletariat workers, Activision’s Boston studio, announce unionization

• Union organizing efforts will continue to increase in Cleveland area, says head of North Shore AFL-CIO

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POLITICAL NEWS

• The First Thing Michigan Democrats Should Do With Their New Power

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STARBUCKS UNION NEWS

• Starbucks refused contract talks at 21 cafes in Oregon, Washington, NLRB says

• Starbucks and its workers still at impasse on collective bargaining

• St. Louis Area Starbucks Accused of Serious Union Busting

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TEACHERS UNION NEWS

• Akron teachers union prepares to strike Jan. 9 as contract negotiations stall

• Time to Free Education From Bureaucrats, Unions

• Facing terrible test scores, states move to nix graduation tests

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UNION CORRUPTION

• Federal Employee at SSA Accused of Money Laundering

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