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2/26/21


Labor Unions In The News

Kentucky’s Paul files bill to allow some workers to decline joining unions

The Party of Government. Literally.

The PRO Act Is the Most Ambitious Labor Law Reform Bill in Generations

Some Colorado Oil Workers Can See The Shift Away From Fossil Fuels Coming — And They Say They Need Help Navigating It

Progressives Urge Biden to Prove 'Pro-Union' Stance by Publicly Backing Amazon Workers in Alabama

Exposed: McDonald’s surveillance operation spies on employees organizing for a living wage

Graduate Workers Union announces intention to strike on March 15

NLRB Drops its “Subgroup Majority Status” Test to Determine Whether Faculty are Exempt Managerial Employees

NLRB

NLRB: Initial Burden of Union Animus Met Largely by Timing of Employer’s Discharge of Employee

Unions Petition Biden to Get Involved in Amazon Union Drive – Molson Use Scabs to Bust Union – El Paso Nursing Assistants Strike

Comedy Educators at famed Second City move to unionize

Teamsters (IBT)

Penn State Laureate to discuss Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance on March 3

JCPS driver's union negotiating bus rules for return to school

FreightWaves Haul of Fame: LTL carrier Red Star Express

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly workers call for fight to defend the eight-hour da

160 workers indefinitely laid off at Flint engine plant due to semiconductor chip shortage

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

Steelworkers Call Out Liberals' Failure on Pharmacare

The Power Playbook: How NBA Players Can Look To The Past To Make Black History Today

The Groups and Persons Mentioned in Time’s “Shadow Campaign” Article

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Los Angeles mandates $5 per hour "hazard pay" raise for grocery and drugstore workers

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard union official who stole more than $57,000 sentenced to probation

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Port of Montreal labor negotiations continue; Truce scheduled to end March 21st

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Exposed: McDonald’s surveillance operation spies on employees organizing for a living wage

Rutgers union members, students discuss ongoing issues with U. at virtual press conference

Costco will pay all workers at least $16 per hour, as the CEO advocates for a higher minimum wage

Duckworth, Maloney & Blumenthal Re-introduce Bill to Create Compensation Fund for Essential Workers   

Unite-Here

Hotel workers allege luxury Santa Monica hotel violates COVID-19 safety rules

Labor Groups And Progressives Urge Biden To Support Amazon Union Drive



2/25/21


Labor Unions In The News

Twitch pulls Amazon anti-union ads following backlash from streamers

VIEWPOINT: What Employers Should Know About Minority Unions 

Amazon Sends ‘Vote NO’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees, Tells Them to Use New Mailbox

Inside the dual legacies of NFL players' union boss DeMaurice Smith

Unions argue unemployment benefits changes are attack on Iowa workers

Why Virginia Is Organized Labor’s Next Big Battleground

‘Tweaking’ Which Adjuncts Can Form Unions

'Union guy' Joe Biden keeps his distance from Amazon union fight

The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform

Could an Alabama Union Election at Amazon Start a Labor Wave?

On Feb. 20: U.S. cities in solidarity to #BAmazon workers

Mailbox stirs controversy in Amazon union vote

It Didn’t Take Long for Joe Biden to Betray the Labor Movemen

The National Labor Relations Board 2020 Year In Review – An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

NLRB

NLRB: Initial Burden of Union Animus Met Largely by Timing of Employer’s Discharge of Employee

NLRB Challenges Brought On By Termination Of GC Robb

Faculty groups respond to NLRB decision in support of union

Texas and Washington reporters celebrate labor board victories as California journalists move to unionize

Teamsters (IBT)

COVID In Colorado: Union At JBS Plant In Greeley Planning On-Site Vaccine Clinic

On Feb. 20: U.S. cities in solidarity to #BAmazon workers

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

UAW 685 Women’s Committee raises awareness of women’s issues

Stellantis cuts jobs at Illinois auto plant one month after merger

Readout of the White House’s Meeting with Automakers and Labor Leaders

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

Fire Louis DeJoy: Who is on the USPS Board of Governors? Here's how Joe Biden's 3 nominees could help replace him

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Irvine finalizes ‘hero pay’ for grocery workers

Weed St. dispensary workers slam ‘corporate  overlords’ opposing unionization effort — but say it’s unclear who’s  actually in charge

Red Deer’s mayor urges for community unity, compliance at a time of pandemic fatigu

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Protest held at Sunrise Hospital over stalled negotiations between SEIU, HCA Healthcare

5 Things You Need to Know About Lifespan - CNE Mega-Merger

The $15 minimum wage scam

25 Investigates: Mass. foster parents move to form a union

Unite-Here

Frustration over Hawaii’s jammed-up unemployment system prompts rally



2/24/21


Labor Unions In The News

Amazon Sends ‘Vote NO’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees, Tells Them to Use New Mailbox

Inside the dual legacies of NFL players' union boss DeMaurice Smith

West Virginia Senate sends message to school employees: public worker strikes are illegal

Unions argue unemployment benefits changes are attack on Iowa workers

Germany offers a cautionary tale for Biden’s pro-labor agenda

Blade workers union lawsuit against newspaper, Block Communications claims unfair labor practice

Union Dues Are About Building Democratic, Self-Sustaining, Working-Class Organization

Elon's faculty union wins unanimous ruling from National Labor Relations Board

US universities hit by protests over cuts, tuition, right to unionize

UnionTrack Selected by IUPAT for Multi-year Member Engagement Contract

Organizing the Multiracial Working Class

Remote Controlled Workers

Hundreds of workers disciplined by AHS after 2020 wildcat strike: union

NLRB

NLRB Division of Advice Finds Cannabis Workers Not Covered by Federal Labor Law

Employer Had Latitude with Employee Interrogations into Unprotected Work Stoppage

Amazon Offers $2,000 “Resignation Bonuses” to Bust Union Drive in Alabama

Teamsters (IBT)

ScholarMatch Employees Vote to Form Union with Teamsters 856

Port-a-potty employees picket at future Amazon site

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

Members Challenge Terms of UAW Consent Decree in Court

Providence Behavioral Health warns state of 151 layoffs as Holyoke hospital is sold

Fiat Chrysler Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $30M for Bribing UAW Officials

Stellantis, citing global demand, laying off 150 at Jeep Cherokee plant

GOP Cutting Iowa Unemployment Help At Worst Time, Union Workers Warn

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

ATI, Steelworkers continue talks as extended contract's end nears

Goodyear-Cooper Deal: Steelworkers Union Reacts to Announcement

USW Sees Opportunity for Canadian Workers as Trudeau and Biden Meet

Corporations, lawmakers collude in new multi-state ‘right to work’ offensive

Battle over natural gas role in climate change boils over in America’s home kitchens

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Once viewed as essential, grocery workers now treated as "expendable," union chief say

Supermarket Workers' Union Laments Exclusion From New Connecticut Vaccine

A Clash Over Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers in Covid-19 Pandemic

Grocery Store Workers in Conn. Must Wait to Get Vaccinated

Worker Injuries Rise as Oklahoma Pork Plant Speeds Up Slaughtering

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Birmingham Mayor Says Amazon Should Listen to Unionizing Bessemer Workers

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

John Sweeney Was Our Era’s Most Influential Labor Leader

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

‘They spread nurses dangerously thin’: Pa. nurses unions unite to back bills on staffing levels

‘Deep inequity’: Some at-risk SU employees ineligible for COVID-19 vaccine

Unite-Here

Danny Glover: Bessemer Amazon union effort a ‘strategic moment’ for labor

Hospitality workers on edge, wondering if jobs will come back



2/23/21


Labor Unions In The News

Danny Glover: Bessemer Amazon union effort a ‘strategic moment’ for labor

'We deserve more': an Amazon warehouse’s high-stakes union drive

Legislation seeks to weaken workforce

Organized labor still a popular, powerful force

Federal labor’s high expectations for a Biden workforce revitalization

Amazon professionals support warehouse unionization efforts, according to a survey

Alabama: The Newest Union Battleground

Biden Stays Clear Of Endorsing Union Effort At Alabama Amazon Warehouse

Welcome back, Girl Scout Cookies: ‘Kroger’ and the NLRB

On the picket line

Union Announces 'Boldest Agenda' Yet to Strengthen Federal Employee Rights, Pay and Benefits

NLRB

Biden Rushes Changes at the NLRB

NLRB overhauls test for determining when university faculty can unionize

The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Labor and Employment Activity (UPDATED)

Iron Workers Bring Issue to U.S. Supreme Court

Teamsters (IBT)

Mount Vernon DPW Workers Greeted By Deplorable Conditions   By DOMINICK CASSANELLI, Jr., Vice President, Teamsters Local 456

Jewel-Osco’s 850 warehouse workers and drivers could strike as contract expiration looms

Jewel Delivery Drivers And Warehouse Workers Authorize Strike

McGuire to host Feb. 24 economic roundtable with California’s tourism and hospitality leaders

Port-a-potty employees picket at future Amazon site

This report ranked the most corrupt states. Guess where Illinois is.

ScholarMatch Employees Vote to Form Union with Teamsters 856

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

With a 12-hour, 7-day schedule at Sterling Heights Assembly, UAW repudiates long battle for 8-hour day

Semiconductor chip shortage leads to 160+ layoffs at GM Flint Engine Operations

Electric cars are the future. Here's how to get American drivers interested in them.

Op-Ed: Why Biden’s new dawn of net-zero is looking like a dark day for labor

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

U.S. Steelworkers union says Goodyear, Cooper contracts address change in control

United Steelworkers Denounces Possible Increase to U.S. Softwood Duties, Calls for Reversal

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Grocery store workers union angry over Gov. Lamont’s vaccine eligibility decision

Meatpacking workers in Kansas still wait for vaccines

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Iowa House changes would constrict unemployment benefits

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

In Long Beach, dockworkers are now classified as ‘food workers’ so they can get COVID-19 vaccine

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Nursing compact bill before state legislature

Union launches massive nursing home reform campaign after COVID fatalities

Non-union employees can’t recoup pre-‘Janus’ ‘agency’ fees

Unite-Here



2/22/21


Labor Unions In The News

Federal judge upholds Whole Foods right to discipline employees for wearing BLM masks

Stacey Abrams joins push for historic union vote at Amazon’s Alabama facility

Amazon Offers $2,000 “Resignation Bonuses” to Bust Union Drive in Alabama

Organizing Going Forward

POLITICO Playbook: Cracks in the Democratic coalition

Trump Jr. Uses Guns as Backdrop in Video Rant About Schools, Teachers Unions

Amazon’s new approach to ‘Human Capital’ is a telling takeaway from its annual regulatory report

Biden’s Agriculture Nominee Could Bring US Back Into Trans-Pacific Partnership

American Workers Aren’t Striking

From Red Finn Halls to The Lincoln Brigade: Class Formation on Washington’s “Red Coast”

NLRB

Labor Board Rules for Elon Adjuncts

Teamsters (IBT)

Atlantic City considers $15 minimum wage for its workers, state unsure

‘We want to send a message to Bessemer’

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

The Guardian view on Alabama’s Amazon rebels: the dignity of labour

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

Cross-border workers worry COVID 'politics' could complicate their commutes

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Kroger to close at least two grocery stores in Seattle after hazard pay increase

Publix offers 225,000 workers $125 gift cards to get vaccinated

Olymel continues to investigate possible on-site party

Union pressing Olymel to pay employees during COVID-19 shutdown at Alberta plant

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Finning International

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Denver’s mental health workers picket for higher pay as their services are more needed than ever

Unite-Here

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii holds food distribution event as effects of pandemic continue to be felt


2/20/21


Labor Unions In The News

Jewel delivery, warehouse employees vote to authorize strike

Nurses at Maine Medical Center divided about whether to unionize

Multimillion-Dollar ‘Union Avoidance’ Industry Faces New Scrutiny

National Day of Solidarity throws spotlight on Amazon union vote in Alabama

Voting process opens for Amazon warehouse union vote

Cal/OSHA COVID-19–Related Citations May Provide Leverage to Labor Unions and Their Members

Unions bring free food to DECC this week

NJ Union Membership Rate Grew Amid Pandemic – But With Fewer Jobs

The Alabama Amazon Union Drive Could Be the Most Important Labor Fight in the South in Decades

Unions spent big to boost Biden. Will he return the favor?

Union Forced Dues Coercion in Practice

Changing Labor Board Membership Will Require Manufacturers to Review Employment Policies

Powell’s Approach to Recovery, Inflation Will Test Union Loyalty

Labor activists to picket in support of Amazon workers voting for union in US

Labor and Employment Due Diligence for Transactions

Queens officials condemn ‘retaliatory’ firing of two Queens Defenders as employees vote to unionize

PRO Act would be harmful to owner-operators, OOIDA says

NLRB

Biden Time: Union Attorney Nominated For NLRB Post, EEOC Wellness Regs Are "Frozen"

More NLRB Changes Coming: Biden Appoints New Pro-Labor General Counsel

Beltway Buzz, February 19, 2021

Buyer Alert: Protected Labor Dispute at  Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel Continues Amid UNITE HERE Local 11’s Bad  Faith Bargaining Allegations Against Property

Back From The Dead – Protecting The Right To Organize Act Reintroduced In The House

Teamsters (IBT)

Standing strong, Teamsters at Marathon locked out for 28 days

Jewel delivery, warehouse employees vote to authorize strike

Divided Washington Supreme Court Blocks Freedom Foundation Political Contribution Case Against Unions

FMCSA asks court to put HOS appeal on hold

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

Ford can't get parts, must shutter plants in Kentucky, Ontario

What US autoworkers want from the new Biden administration

Where we go from here?

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 and Huu-ay-aht First Nations Commit to Advancing Reconciliation and Job Creation on TFL 44

Elements Casino Flamboro Locks Out Workers in Shameful Attack on Benefits

How corporations try to divide and exploit America’s workers

The Myth And Phony Math of ‘Green’ Jobs

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Food Worker Strike Threat in Canada

Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable

Union representing Beer Store workers calls on Ontario to reject 7-Eleven proposal to sell alcohol

Some 730,000 Walmart employees won’t be getting $15 an hour pay — they’re hardly alone

Union pressing Olymel to pay employees during COVID-19 shutdown at Alberta plant

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Tech Unions, Color Perception, Fish Vs Birds. Feb 19, 2021, Part 2

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Strikes disappear again in 2020

Denver mental health workers to picket for better benefits

Union's Push for Nursing Home Reform Appears To Be Paying Off

Denver mental health workers to picket for hazard pay and better benefits

Ithaca College faculty wins arbitration against administration

Unite-Here

Buyer Alert: Protected Labor Dispute  at Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel Continues Amid UNITE HERE Local 11’s Bad  Faith Bargaining Allegations Against Property

Chicago Ordinance Would Bring Laid-Off Workers Back When Hotels Reopen

City of Minneapolis considers ordinance to help hospitality workers get their jobs back

Union Forced Dues Coercion in Practice


2/19/21


Labor Unions In The News

2021: The year of the labor movement and unions

UnionTrack, Inc. Promotes Two Labor Veterans To Lead Company 

Powell’s Approach to Recovery, Inflation Will Test Union Loyalty

Infrastructure Is Prime Topic in Biden Meeting With Union Leaders

Teachers Unions Say CDC Reopening Guidelines Are Fine, if You’ve Got Cash

Atlantic Shores, six unions sign agreement to use train and hire N.J. union workers in offshore wind projects

Public Advocate Staffers’ New Union Gains Recognition So They Can Advocate for Themselves

Put ‘Em All Back in There: Federal Court Injunction Halts an Alleged Runaway Shop 

John Sweeney: The Man Who Wanted to Be a “Big Labor” Leader

ACLU of Missouri unionizes, joining movement of nonprofit workers organizing

The Labor Movement Has a Card to Play—And We Need to Play It

Mills River Amazon facility among locations of solidarity demonstrations with workers in Alabama

Labor of Law: Former DOJ Prosecutor Claims  Discrimination | Early Praise for Sarah Abruzzo, NLRB GC Pick | Lincoln  Project Hires Paul Hastings: Who Got the Work | Workplace Headlines

NLRB

Biden Nominates NLRB General Counsel

BREAKING: President Biden Nominates Former Deputy General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo for NLRB General Counsel

Jennifer Abruzzo Nominated As New General Counsel Of NLRB

Certain Cannabis Workers Are Not Protected by the NLRA

Teamsters (IBT)

Central County Firefighters Union Votes to Affiliate with Teamsters Local 856

Teamsters differ on Alton mayoral endorsement

Divided Washington Supreme Court blocks Freedom Foundation political contribution case against unions

Majority of those working on Enbridge pipeline from outside Minnesota

Hosts Of Gimlet Media’s ‘Reply All’ Step Down After Allegations Of Toxic, Anti-Union Behavior

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

UAW and Stellantis set April 5 start date for 12-hour, seven-day schedule at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant

Chevrolet Retiring Three Corvette Colors

The Columbia University student strike is about far more than tuition

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

USW Demands Justice for Victims of Grupo Mexico

Biden appoints Jennette Galanis as acting head of MSHA

NLMK strike: After 6 months, an end in sight

How corporations try to divide and exploit America's workers

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

As U.S. pork plant speeds up slaughtering, workers report more injuries

Can employers mandate the COVID-19 vaccine to return to work? Depends on the company

Most U.S. Firms Hit With Covid-19 Safety Fines Aren’t Paying Up

Kroger store closings: Two QFC Food Centers to shutter with grocer citing COVID-19 hazard pay mandate

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Reprogramming Labor In Tech

Biden calls union reps 'real friends,' seeks their infrastructure input

UnionTrack, Inc. Promotes Two Labor Veterans To Lead Company 

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

LA-LB port workers getting vaccinations, as supply allows

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Nursing home workers union pressing for reforms during COVID pandemic

Calls for nursing home reforms

NYS Nursing Home Workers Union: "We Cannot Lose This Moment"

Healthcare workers rally in support of resources for better patient care

Nursing home employees stage pickets to seek state reforms for facilities

Unite-Here

Chicago Ordinance Would Bring Laid-Off Workers Back When Hotels Reopen



2/18/21


Labor Unions In The News

Readout of Labor Leaders Meeting to Discuss the American Rescue Plan and Infrastructure

Japan auto unions ease wage-hike demands on pandemic-hit carmakers

Lessons from Google: What Employers Should Know About Minority Unions

Opponents, proponents debate bill making Montana a right-to-work state

Amazon changed traffic light timing during union drive, county officials say

A fix for America’s broken labor law

NLRB

BREAKING: President Biden Nominates Former Deputy General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo for NLRB General Counsel 

New General Counsel for Labor Board May Change Fate of ‘Scabby the Rat’

No “Finite Fellows” in the Bargaining Unit – the Board Weighs in on Temporary Workers

Are the Rules Changing for Employer Dress Codes and Union Insignia?

Lessons from Google: What Employers Should Know About Minority Unions

Teamsters (IBT)

Shred-It workers in Pawtucket choose Teamsters Local 251

Statement From Teamsters Human Rights And Diversity Commission Director Marcus W. King On Black History Month

I-Team: Erie County Sheriff’s deputies caught sleeping on the job multiple times

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

White House ramps up effort to tackle automotive chip shortage

Japan's Toyota, Honda can likely cope with global chip shortage - Fitch

Kroger to close two more stores after workers get "hazard pay"

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

Victaulic acquires plant in north-central Pa. in multimillion-dollar deal

Tentative agreement reached to end NLMK union strike in Farrell

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Grocery workers say they can’t get vaccines, even as they help distribute them

Kroger will close more stores over hazard pay laws for workers

Grocery workers feeling expendable after COVID-19 vaccine delays

Union members demonstrate outside Olymel's Red Deer plant 

Sales Surge, Profit Declines at Ahold Delhaize

Who’s ‘essential’? COVID-19 vaccine rollout leaves high-risk workers behind   

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Biden, labor leaders talk coronavirus aid, infrastructure at White House meeting

Business, labor groups turn to Congress for infrastructure appeal

Lot of concerns about behaviour of big tech firms: Piyush Goyal

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

John Sweeney, 1934-2021

Report: Inadequate staffing levels and low caregiver wages magnified nursing home crisis

University of Rochester pledges $15 minimum wage for all employees

In no surprise, reaction to Pritzker's budget proposal splits along partisan lines

Unite-Here

Local 26 files charges against Bon Appetit over warning issued to shop steward

In Wake of Chateau Marmont Race and Sex  Discrimination Allegations, District Attorney George Gascón Affirms  Commitment to Protecting Workers

‘Georgia On My Mind: The Third Reconstruction’: Connecticut Black history event planned

LNG janitors reach union contract agreement

Hospitality workers left scrambling after losing insurance at height of pandemic


2/17/21


Labor Unions In The News

Some Amazon workers don’t want union: ‘I don’t think it’s a good idea at all’

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Biden to Meet With Unions Pushing for Infrastructure Spending 

POLITICO Playbook: The best (and worst) of Biden’s town hall

From Amazon to Google, tech workers seek unions – and a voice

Opponents, supporters pack hearing on right-to-work bill

Carnivals, H-2B Workers, the NLRB, and a Company Unio

Opinion | Unions are the solution to the plight of the working class

Overcoming company hurdles, 6,000 Amazon workers start union recognition vote 

Morgan Lewis lawyers – high-paid union-busting thugs

Labor Law Reform On the Horizon: Ten Things to Watch Under the PRO Act

Pitt faculty prepare for union election, adjust campaigning amid pandemic

Shred-it Drivers In Rhode Island Join Teamsters

Non-Union Construction Companies Face Significant Threats Under the PRO Act

NLRB

Employer Uniform Policies Back in the Limelight at the NLRB

NLRB Relaxes Trump-Era Financial Disclosure Requirements For Unions

NLRB could use Tesla case to overturn Obama-era ruling on work uniforms

Teamsters (IBT)

Alliance of Minnesota Craft Breweries, GOP, blasts now deleted Teamsters Joint Council 32 tweet

Local union representing school-bus drivers urges parents to find alternate transportation to school

Will Biden steer hair-based drug testing to the exit ramp?

Jennifer Carroll Foy earns Steamfitters Union Local 602 endorsement

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

From electric vehicles to corruption — UAW faces huge challenges 

Solidarity accelerates with Amazon workers’ union drive in Alabama 

Stellantis extends local furloughs to end of February 

Behind GM’s shift to all-electric vehicles by 2035

Dan Haar: Lawmakers move to examine Courant's ownership after cuts, newsroom closing

Fifteen states sue federal regulator over Trump-era rule to delay emissions fees

New York sues Amazon alleging ‘flagrant disregard’ of health standards at warehouses

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

100 jobs impacted: TimkenSteel to ‘indefinitely idle’ some operations at Harrison plant in Canton

Pitt faculty prepare for union election, adjust campaigning amid pandemic

TimkenSteel to ‘indefinitely idle' some melting, casting operations in Canton

Right-to-work bill gets first hearing in Montana Legislature

OSHA Proposes HazCom Standard Changes

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Grocery workers are still on the front lines, yet lower on the list for receiving the vaccine.

Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable

Many grocery workers left out of vaccination effort, despite daily risk they face at job

Overcoming company hurdles, 6,000 Amazon workers start union recognition vote

QFC to close two Seattle stores, blames city’s new $4 hazard pay law

Ahold Delhaize and its local brands invested nearly 680 million euros in COVID-19 care in 2020; continuing COVID-19 care in 2021

World’s Largest Grocery Company Closes Two Long Beach Stores to Avoid Paying Workers More

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM

Boeing supplier Cadence-Giddens closes Everett plant

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Denver Custodians Rally for More Hours

Strike Begins At The Rawlin Facility 

COGS frustrated after not being able to elect presidential search representative  

Unite-Here

New quarantine measures won’t affect hotel industry’s bottom line, but may create more stress, say stakeholders



2/16/21


Labor Unions In The News

Wisconsin Union Membership Has Dropped 41% Since 2009

Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable

Getting a handle on Beacon Hill advocates, coalitions

Hotel Union Seeks End to Labor Dispute Before Santa Monica Property Sells

The Pandemic is Sparking a Wave of Union Drives on College Campuses

Amazon Is Fighting Hard to Stop Its Warehouse Workers From Unionizing

HACC faculty files for union representation

Karen Lewis Explains Why Teachers Unions Are Essential

Cintas Corporation Provides Update on COVID-19 Impact on Its Business

It’s a Myth that Presidents Welcome Movement Pressure — and Biden is No Different

NLRB

Bye Bye, Boeing: The NLRB Is Likely To Alter Flight Path Under Biden Administration

OFCCP Week In Review: February 2021 #3

Letter: Equal and same are not synonymous

NLRB and DOL under administration of Biden

Employment Law Developments That Will Impact the Health Care Industry in 2021

Teamsters (IBT)

GOP lawmaker slams Teamsters for meme about 'free the growler' bill

In Biden’s Nomination of Marty Walsh, Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Gets Her Final Comeuppance

Oregon care workers dare to strike

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

This week in history: February 15-21

GM idles shifts at 4 factories amid arctic blast; 8,000 workers affected

Autoworkers face uncertain future in an era of electric cars

Headlines for Monday, February 15, 2021

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

Fenner Dunlop employees in Bracebridge locked out after rejecting latest contract

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

At Kroger and Amazon, Capital Is Going on the Offensive

Olymel temporarily shuts Alberta pork plant with COVID-19 outbreak

'Shouldn’t have taken this long': Alta. Olymel plant temporarily closed after worker dies from COVID-19

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Metro-North worker abused overtime, had ‘intimate rendezvous’ during shift: officials

'Intimate rendezvous,' 'sick-time gambling': Two MTA officials fired over misconduct allegations

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

UIHC union, Board of Regents continue contract negotiations with an optimistic outlook

Fast food workers strike as debate around raising the minimum wage heats up

Healthcare Workers Demand More Security After Buffalo Shooting: ‘I’m Surprised It Didn’t Happen Here’

Oregon care workers dare to strike

Coalescing coalitions set to clash over Florida COVID-19 business liability bill

Nationwide nursing shortage adding up costs for Iowa hospitals amid pandemic

Unite-Here

California Hearing Will Examine Hotel Housekeeper Wage Disputes


2/13/21

Labor Unions In The News

Alabama Amazon workers begin union vote that could resonate across country

Public Employee Unions Are Having a Fine Old Lockdown

Federal Labor Relations Authority submits brief defending rule on union dues  

USMCA labor case building: Former official

U.S. Postal Service officials to testify on finances in congressional hearing

Amazon faces biggest union push in its history — in right-to-work Alabama, of all places

Karen Lewis Lit the Spark

Changes Afoot at the NLRB Under the New Administration

New Jersey Business Association  Challenges Union Boondoggle Requirement Of Mandatory Apprenticeship  Program For Construction Employers

NLRB

NLRB grants Michigan construction workers’ petition to vote on union removal

D.C. Circuit Says NLRB Must Explain Its Decision-Making

Congressional Democrats Advance Pro-Labor Initiatives With Reintroduction Of The PRO Act

Teamsters (IBT)

House committee advances multiemployer pension reforms

Hood River Distillers Labor Dispute FAQ

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

Autoworkers face uncertain future in an era of electric cars

GM 2020 profit drops, but it makes $6.43B despite pandemic

Rick Haglund: GM’s road to the future of electric vehicles could be bump

Jeep’s Super Bowl ad: “Can’t we all just get along?”

Will Biden Repeat Trump’s Automotive Mistakes?

Electrifying the Auto Industry Will Require Far More than Just Better Batteries

The Death of the Carbon Coalition

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

Howmet and United Steelworkers reach agreement for operations at Niles plant

Postmaster General DeJoy reportedly set to make changes to first-class mail even as governing board gets new chairman

Election of new chair portends change at US Postal Service

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)

Grocery industry suing Seattle over new hazard-pay law

Coachella first city in U.S. to require "hero pay" for farmworkers

Some front-line workers are now eligible for the vaccine. Employers might pay them to get it.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Boeing machinists will get ‘disappointing’ 1.2% annual bonus for 2020

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

Reuters Health News Summary

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Activists push for reallocation of DPS funds amid public safety debate

Labor, business groups debate proposed minimum wage hike

'Hopefully it makes history': Fight for $15 closes in on mighty win for US workers 

Unite-Here

Michael Reese Hospital Redevelopment Should Hire Workers From Bronzeville, Union Say

How the pandemic is impacting women in the workforce

Hilton Vancouver Metrotown hotel workers issue 72-hour strike notice 


2/12/21


Labor Unions In The News

The Amazon Warehouse Union Vote in Alabama Is a Big Deal

Call Transportation Bailouts What They Are: More Welfare for Labor Unions

TikTok Solidarity: Influencers Can Now Join A Union

Hollywood Unions Lobby for Tax Incentive to Promote Diverse Hiring in the Industry

Behind Amazon's 'Most Aggressive Anti-Union Effort 

Workers at Medium are unionizing

The Rise of Minority Unions: How Social Movements and Tech Giants Could Be Showing Signs of Things To Come

One Amazon Warehouse Worker In Alabama Has 'No Doubt' Her Coworkers Will Vote To Unionize

Re-Filed “PRO Act”: Big Potential Risk for Union-Free Employers and Employees

Unions are becoming ubiquitous in digital media. Medium is the latest

Oregon lawmakers will introduce a bill to help their employees unionize

Inside 9to5, the movement for women’s workplace rights

NLRB

Do You Smell a Rat? Scabby Gets a Lifeline

Congressional Democrats Advance Pro-Labor Initiatives with Reintroduction of the PRO Act

Labor Board: Most Cannabis Employees are Agricultural Workers, Cannot Unionize

5 Key Employee Handbook Updates to Consider in 2021

Teamsters (IBT)

Teamsters Applaud House Ways & Means Vote Approving Pension Reform Plan

Teamsters General President Hoffa's Statement On Shooting Death Of Dylan Wall

Union investigates the legality of White Pass and Yukon Route layoff

United Auto Workers Union (UAW)

Gamble talks upcoming election, anti-corruption efforts, says UAW 'very much alive'

GM's Hourly Workers Got a Bigger Profit-Sharing Check for 2020 Despite Pandemic

United Steelworkers Union (USWA)

USW, Howmet reach deal to save melt shop

Indorama pushing union for job cuts at Texas, plant: sources

As vaccines expand to teachers, older NC residents fear getting squeezed out

The One-Click Curse

Racial Discrimination Goes Better With Coke?

Alabama’s Amazon union push latest chapter in state’s tumultuous labor history  

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW

Union wants faster vaccinations, hazard pay for essential food workers

Grocery store workers seek hazard pay during pandemic

PCC, union agree on pandemic pay hike for grocery workers beyond Seattle

Calls for grocery workers to get vaccine, hazard pay

Woman slapped worker after she was told repeatedly to wear mask, grocery store says

Largest COVID Workplace Outbreak Doubles in Size, Despite Safety Measures

Lawmakers Debate Legislation That Would Protect Essential Workers

Target Offering Extra Pay, Free Transportation To Hourly Workers Receiving Vaccine

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Bombardier will end Learjet production and cut 250 jobs in Wichita, plans to focus on Challenger and Global aircraft

International Longshoremen Association (ILA)

New video shows massive scope of California box-ship traffic jam

Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)

Uber/Lyft Drivers Win Latest Round in California

Lawmakers Debate Legislation That Would Protect Essential Workers

On the picket line

How secretaries organized and changed the workplace for women

Unite-Here

Pan Pacific Vancouver hotel workers vote to unionize



2/11/21

Labor Unions In The News
Amazon Hired Koch-Backed Anti-Union Consultant to Fight Alabama Warehouse Organizing
Amazon’s Creepy Fight Against Unionization Has Reached This Warehouse’s Bathrooms
Union dues bill advances in Florida Senate, would require added steps before paycheck deduction
Biden Fired Me, by Order of Big Labor
Protesters Decry Use Of Non-Union Workers At New Peter Rubi Store
PRO Act Would Upend U.S. Labor Laws for Non-Union and Unionized Employers Alike
Taking Care of the Food Workers Who Take Care of Us
What Can Employers Expect From the Biden Administration?
Karen Lewis Lit the Spark
Union Says Portland Museum Of Art Eliminated 18 Positions As Retaliation For Organizing
Non-Union Employers Beware: The NLRB Pendulum is Pushed Pro-Union
Maine Hospital Brought Anti-Union Consultants From Out Of State And Vaccinated Them
NLRB
No Time to Waste – The NLRB and Signs of What’s to Come Under the New Administration
The NLRB: A Farewell To Many Trump Administration Policies
Afternoon Briefs: DOJ changes stance on health care law; Scabby the Rat gets NLRB lawyer’s support
Teamsters (IBT)
Teamsters Laud Nomination Of Su As Next Deputy U.S. Labor Secretary
Tyson Foods to face investor pressure over lobbying, human rights at shareholder meeting
Yellow, ABF drivers edge closer to long-term pension protection
Jennifer Carroll Foy earns two new union endorsements
Jerry Summers: Blount - Schoolfield - Trump
U.S. Capitol Police Braces For Union No-Confidence Vote Following Jan. 6 Attack United Auto Workers Union (UAW)
UAW president urges caution on rush to electric vehicles amid industry push
UPDATE 1-UAW president holds White House talks on vehicle emissions
UAW, Detroit automakers plan worker coronavirus vaccinations
GM's UAW workers to get $9,000 profit sharing checks this year
UAW on GM’s 2020 earnings: A testament to our membership
GM's electric future plan raises job concerns or some UAW members United Steelworkers Union (USWA)
Congressman Ryan in talks to help United Steel Workers keep jobs
Local contractors file liens against shuttered alumina plant; union still negotiating
Election of Democratic chair portends change at post office
Valley congressman hopes to stop Niles factory from downsizing
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)
Food worker union urges for expedited COVID vaccinations
UFCW presses states to speed up vaccine access for grocery workers  
Frontline Grocery Workers in Texas Push for Vaccine Priority, Hazard Pay
Amazon Hired Koch-Backed Anti-Union Consultant to Fight Alabama Warehouse Organizing
PCC agrees with grocery union on companywide 'hazard pay' boost
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
Black Legion (1937): American fascism, then and now
These are the names of more than 600 of the Iowans who have died from COVID-19
International Longshoremen Association (ILA)
10,000 B.C. waterfront workers to receive anti harassment, anti violence training
Service Employees Internationa (SEIU)
Pennsylvania healthcare union calls for nursing home regulation reform
Workers File To Form Union At Skokie Public Library
Unite-Here
Advocates protest increased deportations of Black lives during Black History Month
Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Dies




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