BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 03/22/2023
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Organizers say an increased unionizing drive has been met with threats and retaliation – and now the Senate wants answers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/22/starbucks-amazon-workers-union-drive-retaliation
Starbucks Union to Greet New CEO Narasimhan With 100-Cafe Strike
Employees at several Louisville-area Starbucks coffee shops take part in national strike
Will tech layoffs silence or galvanise tech worker organizing?
https://www.equaltimes.org/will-tech-layoffs-silence-or#.ZBq13vbMLIU
What’s Fueling the Graduate Worker Union Upsurge?
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/03/whats-fueling-graduate-worker-union-upsurge
Nursing Home Initiative to Right America’s Injustices
https://aflcio.org/2023/3/22/nursing-home-initiative-right-americas-injustices
NLRB General Counsel Issues Memo with Guidance to Regions on Severance Agreements
HGEA member says elected office is a natural place for union members https://www.afscme.org/blog/hgea-member-says-elected-office-is-a-natural-place-for-union-members
CSX Reaches Agreement with IBEW Union on Paid Sick Leave
L.A. school strike symbolic of California union growth
https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/22/l-a-school-strike-symbolic-of-california-union-growth
Good Riddance to Howard Schultz, Starbucks’s Union-Buster-in-Chief
https://jacobin.com/2023/03/starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-resignation-shareholder-meeting
Lawmakers and union tell Norfolk Southern CEO that railroads' voluntary safety plans aren't enough
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/business/norfolk-southern-rail-safety-legislation-hearing/index.html
Siding with anti-union Starbucks, House Republicans probe federal labor agency
Unions: NJ must force hospitals to hire more nurses, or more will keep quitting
OSHA investigating employee injury at GlobalFoundries computer chip factory
Michigan stores join national Starbucks strike after bargaining grew ‘uglier’ https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/03/michigan-stores-join-national-starbucks-strike-after-bargaining-grew-uglier.html
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