LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, September 8, 2022
Top Stories: Warren Wants To Ban Right-to-Work; SoCal Lifeguards Petition SCOTUS Over Union Membership 'Scheme'; Auto Techs in San Diego Have Been On Strike Since June; More AB257 Coverage & More...
TOP STORIES:
1. Elizabeth Warren Proposes Bill To Ban ‘Right-To-Work’ Laws
2. NRTW: Southern California Lifeguards Petition Supreme Court Over Union Membership ‘Scheme’
3. IAM: On Strike Since June, San Diego Mercedes-Benz Techs Rally with Labor Leaders, Elected Officials
4. Industry wonders what’s next as Newsom signs fast food council bill
...Axios: Fed up Latinas helped push for California's fast food law....
...Capital Research Center: Sectoral Bargaining Comes to California...
NLRB Petitions & Charges for September 6, 2022 (for paid subscribers)
Total Entries: 67
MORE NEWS:
BARGAINING NEWS
As USW reaches tentative contract with Cliffs, negotiations continue at other Iron Range mines
Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien Visits Montana To Rally UPS Workers Ahead of Talks
Florida’s Diplomat Beach Resort workers threaten to strike for better pay
New Haven’s Graduate Hotel workers form union, settle contract
ECONOMIC NEWS
Pro-Union States Lose A Million Jobs To Right-To-Work States
Support for labor unions has increased, but union membership is at an all-time low
GENERAL UNION NEWS
ESPN: Major League Baseball Players Association joins AFL-CIO
Americans ‘Approve’ of Unions, But They Don’t Want to Join Them
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
FedSmith: Bill Would Prohibit Some Federal Employees From Owning Stocks
Charlottesville City Councilors debate major changes in collective bargaining plan
Eric Toney on Milwaukee Crime: ‘I Refuse to Accept This as the New Normal’
USPS flags more than 200 sites where it plans to consolidate delivery functions
Flight paramedics and other first responders form union with AFSCME
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
Federal Courts Reject a Union’s Attempt to Force OSHA to Issue New COVID-19 Rules
Nursing home employees continue their strike for new contracts
Mission Health raising employee pay by $22 million; what about union members?
HR NEWS
Massachusetts Clarifies Whether Employees May “Top Off” PFML Benefits
On-Demand Pay: Employees Love It, But Tax Implications Linger
LABOR DISPUTES
NLRB NEWS
Browning Ferris Returns: NLRB Again Proposes New Broader Rule for Determining Joint Employer Status
Labor Board Proposes Tossing Trump Joint Employer Regulation
ORGANIZING NEWS
Teamsters union launches new division to help Amazon workers
Nonprofit Workers Shouldn’t Be Turned Away Because Unions Are at “Capacity”
POLITICAL NEWS
Forbes: How Democrats And Unions Plan To Wipe Out Independent Contractors
Biden Mocked After Photos Show Small Turnout for USW Rally With Fetterman
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
AOC, Gillibrand Denounce Starbucks for ‘Firing Union Leaders All Over the Country’
Wantagh Starbucks becomes chain’s fourth on LI to join union
Starbucks’ Nonunion Worker Pay Bumps Raise Labor Law Red Flags
TEACHERS UNION NEWS
EMU seeks injunction to get striking professors back in classrooms
LCS votes against collective bargaining resolution from transportation employees
WSWS: Teachers unions, White House host town hall to demand in-person learning as school year starts