Daily Newsletter December 1, 2022

REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED NOVEMBER 30, 2022

 Case Number: 04-RC-307986 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 70   Location: Ephrata, PA Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Unit Sought: Included:  All production and maintenance employees, Roofers, Electricians, janitors, sheet rock  Excluded:  Usual exclusions:  office clerical, professional, managerial, guards and supervisors as described in the Act. International Association of Aerospace Workers District 98   

 Case Number: 02-RD-307958 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 40   Location: Bronx, NY Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York  Unit Sought: Included: Teachers, TA's, Instructioanl and Literacy Coaches , Guidance Counselors, Special Education Coordinator  Excluded: Office staff and Supervisors , Professionals and all other guards as defincd by the ACT  UFT  

 Case Number: 05-RC-307953 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 9   Location: Washington, DC Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland  Unit Sought: Included:  All full-time and regular part-time employees, employed by the employer  as maintenance and engineering staff at the DC Water Blue Plains  Facility, in S.W. DC.    Excluded: All professional employees, all managerial employees, all  guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.  International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 99  

 Case Number: 05-RC-307969 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 12   Location: Leesburg, VA Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland  Unit Sought: Included: All Booksellers   Excluded: Keyholders and supervisory employees  United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400    

 Case Number: 31-RC-308003 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 12   Location: Fontana, CA Region Assigned: Region 31, Los Angeles, California  Unit Sought: Included:  PCT, CHT, LVN, RN, Charge RN, RN Team Leader, Unit Secretary, Ward  Clerk, Administrative Assistant, Home Health RN, Home Health Secretary,  Social Worker, Dietician, Biomed Tech.  Excluded: All other classifications, including but not limited to  guards, managers, confidential employees and supervisors as defined by  the Act.  Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers - West   

 Case Number: 31-RC-308009 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 36   Location: Ventura, CA Region Assigned: Region 31, Los Angeles, California  Unit Sought: Included:  PCT, CHT, LVN, RN, Charge RN, RN Team Leader, Unit Secretary, Ward  Clerk, Administrative Assistant, Home Health RN, Home Health Secretary,  Social Worker, Dietician, Biomed Tech.   Excluded: All other classifications, including but not limited to  guards, managers, confidential employees and supervisors as defined by  the Act. Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers - West    

 Case Number: 13-RC-307974 Date Filed: 11/30/2022 Status: Open No Employees: 3000   Location: Chicago, IL Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois  Unit Sought: Included:   All graduate students enrolled in University of Chicago degree  programs who are employed to provide instructional or research services  in the School of Divinity, The Crown Family School of Social Work Policy  and Practice, Division of Social Sciences, Division of Humanities,  Division of Biological Sciences, Division of Physical Sciences, The  Booth School of Business, The Harris School of Public Policy, and the  Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.  Excluded:  Managerial employees, guards, and supervisors as defined by  the Act. Graduate Students United (GSU) - United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) 

 WHO GETS THE BIRD The week in US unions  November 13 -27, 2022

LABOR UNION NEWS

Biden just knifed labor unions in the back. They shouldn’t forget it 

House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions

Indonesia: Labor unions call for nationwide protests through Dec. 7 to demand larger minimum wage increases

A resurging union movement must reckon with anti-Blackness

Amazon refuses to make peace with unions even after they’ve won the right to organize

Amazon CEO explains thinking behind layoffs as unionized warehouse workers protest outside 

Starbucks workers in Whitehall join national union wave. Vote set for Friday. 

‘It’s a marathon.’ Chris Smalls talks Amazon union gameplan after setbacks

After right-to-work's anniversary in Arkansas, Fayetteville Starbucks becomes the state's first location to unionize

NLRB

Norcross presses for fresh NLRB funding to avoid employee furloughs

Starbucks Illegally Refused to Negotiate With Union, US Labor Board Rules

Labor board blasts Amazon's "flagrant" attempt to flout court order

Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: NLRB General Counsel Tips the Scale Toward Broadening the Scope of Employee Protections

NLRB quashes Activision Blizzard protests over GWA Albany union vote

Andy Jassy sticking with anti-union talking points

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

Operating Engineers Union Backs García, Ensuring Split Among Powerful Labor Groups in Mayor’s Race

'SCAB': Workers Furious at Joe Biden After 'Pro Labor' President Sells Out Railworker Unions

TEAMSTERS VOTE TO AUTHORIZE STRIKE AT RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

MonoSol workers going on strike in LaPorte over long workweeks, forced overtime and pay

Mainstream media let railroad companies off the hook for potential strike

Workers have almost no say over what union bosses do — even their votes don't count

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION (UAW)

First News questions motive behind new UAW billboard

UC and UAW Reach Tentative Agreement for Some Bargaining Units, Strike Continues

UAW strikers march to UCOP office in Oakland

No  COLA, No Contract! Build rank-and-file strike committees across UC  campuses and beyond! For a counteroffensive against the attacks on the  working class!

UAW election: Challenger for president gains early lead, Region 1 poised for new director

UAW 5810 announces plans for ratification vote

Detroit author captures high-profile assassinations in unique light

UNITED STEELWORKERS UNION(USWA)

Another Win for Workers Over Ford’s Bad Bills – Steelworkers Union

Strike imminent? Canton paper mill union members vote down proposed labor contract

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

Unions go to D.C. to oppose Kroger-Albertsons merger

Trader Joe’s workers upset about new work schedule policy: ‘a veiled threat

Workers sue Fred Meyer for unpaid wages

Savoy workers join union; company recognizes move quickly

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS UNION(IAM)

Strike ends after Nordson Corp., union forge deal

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION(ILA)

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU)

WORKER POWER

Labor Unions - SEIU

Inside Hakeem Jeffries’ career after he’s tapped to succeed Nancy Pelosi as first Black lawmaker to lead House Democrate

UNITE-HERE UNION(UHU)

“Magic Doesn’t Pay the Bills”: Walt Disney World Workers March Near Park, Demand “A Fair Wage”

Voting Begins In Yale Grad Union Election 

Pro-Warnock union campaigners get positive reception in Georgia 

 Labor Union Videos