BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 04/03/2023
Labor News
‘Referred to as inmates by managers’: DHL workers push to unionize US hub https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/03/dhl-workers-inmates-union-airport
'Retaliation at Its Worst': Starbucks Fires Worker Who Sparked National Union Movement
https://www.commondreams.org/news/starbucks-fires-worker-union-movement
NBA and players’ union reach pact on new seven-year labor agreement
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/01/nba-players-union-new-cba-agreement
Amazon spent $14.2 million last year on labor consultants as the e-commerce giant aimed to quash union drives, according to a Labor Department filing.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/technology/3932177-technology-amazon-spends-big-on-anti-union-push/
Filings Reveal Amazon Spent Over $14 Million to Bust Union in 2022 Alone
CSX becomes first railroad to reach sick time deal with conductors’ union
Union Pacific routinely hires private investigators to check out employees' medical leave claims and then fires anyone who happens to leave their house while out on leave, according to a lawsuit filed against the railroad.
https://news.yahoo.com/union-pacific-sued-firing-rail-201100468.html
Derailment Spree Proves Railway Regulations Urgently Needed, Say Union Members
https://www.commondreams.org/news/derailments-show-need-for-stronger-regulations-rwu
Employee union says Royals won’t provide them clean drinking water at Kauffman Stadium
https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article273908020.html
Musk loses in court, has to delete tweet threatening Tesla workers who join union
American Airlines pilots 'near' reaching agreement on new contract - union memo
St. Louis Labor Council seeking names of union members to be remembered at 43rd annual Union Labor Mass
Labor union calls for worker protections in final cannabis bill
Chicago REl workers file for union election in latest retail organizing effort
Nevada Gold Mines, union agree to new three-year contract
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-gold-mines-union-agree-to-new-three-year-contract
Local 21 United Steel Workers raise money for sick Billerud Paper Mill employees
Shalom House workers withdraw union petition amid concerns that managers discouraged organizing
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/01/business/shalom-house-workers-withdraw-union-petition/
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Disney World Workers Secure 37% Pay Raises, Other Benefits
United Auto Workers Convention Lurches Towards Reversing Concessions
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/03/auto-workers-convention-lurches-towards-reversing-concessions
Members of New York Times Union stage noisy newsroom protest
W.V.a. Governor Justice calls wage garnishment ‘grandstanding,’ says his companies will make good on debt
TEAMSTERS GIVE UPS NEGOTIATORS A HARD ‘NO’ TO COST-NEUTRAL BARGAINING
https://teamster.org/2023/04/teamsters-give-ups-negotiators-a-hard-no-to-cost-neutral-bargaining/
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien blasts UPS ahead of contract negotiations: ‘We are not afraid’ to strike
TEAMSTERS WIN PROTECTIONS AT ENERGIZER, CONTINUE FIGHT TO SAVE JOBS
https://teamster.org/2023/03/teamsters-win-protections-at-energizer-continue-fight-to-save-jobs/
REPUBLIC SERVICES WORKERS IN ARIZONA JOIN TEAMSTERS
https://teamster.org/2023/03/republic-services-workers-in-arizona-join-teamsters-2/
Teamsters Joint Council 39 and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen are spearheading an effort across Wisconsin to get out the vote for Judge Janet Protasiewicz in the upcoming April 4 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court. While getting out the vote, Joint Council 39 Teamsters have been using the opportunity to also engage UPS Teamsters ahead of upcoming contract negotiations for a new National Master Agreement that will begin on April 17.
https://teamster.org/2023/04/teamsters-go-all-in-on-wisconsin/
RISD Teamsters Local 251 strike Monday demanding a contract —Janitors, groundskeepers, and other staff at the Rhode Island School of Design went on strike Monday.
McDonald’s Corp is temporarily closing its U.S. offices this week as it prepares to inform corporate employees about its layoffs as part of a broader company restructuring, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Politics & Legislation
Under Biden, U.S. sees unions as key ally in democracy agenda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/31/biden-unions-democracy-summit/
Chris Minns government must remove some senior bureaucrats, unions warn https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/department-heads-in-firing-line-as-unions-warn-of-damaged-relations-20230402-p5cxdi.html
How the Chicago Teachers Union Became a Political Force
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/chicago-mayoral-race-teachers-union-politics.html
Millions of people are losing essential food assistance because Republicans want to impose work requirements that benefit corporations—not families.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/hunger-cliff-snap-food-stamps-republicans-gop-work-requirements
Meet the Activist Coalition That Outlawed Caste Discrimination in Seattle
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