BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 04/06/2023
Labor News
AFL-CIO: Happy Easter!
The AFL-CIO extends heartfelt greetings to our Christian members, their families and the Christian community during this Easter season.
https://aflcio.org/2023/4/5/happy-easter
Grocery store workers from seven UFCW local unions – representing more than 100,000 Kroger and Albertsons workers in 11 states and the District of Columbia – are holding actions in front of stores now through April 13 to connect with customers about the impacts of the proposed megamerger. https://www.thestand.org/2023/04/actions-opposing-grocery-merger-this-week-across-state-nation/
Kroger union workers protested Wednesday in opposition to a proposed merger that would make the grocery chain one of the largest in the country. https://wvpublic.org/kroger-union-protests-outside-charleston-location/
‘Union guy through and through’: New NHLPA boss getting positive early reviews https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/union-guy-through-and-through-new-nhlpa-boss-getting-positive-early-reviews/
Teachers and staff at a Columbus charter school are a big step closer to holding a union vote. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/teachers-and-staff-at-kipp-columbus-charter-school-to-consider-union-vote/
Strike at New Yorks Hispanic Society enters second week as museum pushes back long-planned reopening https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/05/hispanic-society-strike-reopening-pushed-back
Berlin nightclub staff to vote for trade union https://chicagopopular.com/berlin-nightclub-staff-to-vote-for-trade-union/
Largest Federal Employee Union Reaches Tentative Agreement with Veterans Affairs Department on Union Contract https://www.afge.org/publication/largest-federal-employee-union-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-veterans-affairs-department-on-union-contract/
HOLLYWOOD WRITERS UNION ASKS MEMBERS TO AUTHORIZE STRIKE AMID CONTRACT TALKS WITH STUDIOS
https://abc7.com/writers-guild-of-america-strike-vote-hollywood-film-production/13090335/
Union-busting is Disgusting: Starbucks’ CEO says he’s all for unions, just not at Starbucks https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/04/06/starbucks-ceo-says-hes-all-for-unions-just-not-at-starbucks/
Upper Big Branch miners honored in Beckley, progress announced on memorial wall construction
NLRB News & Decisions
NY’s Trump Village to Negotiate With Teamsters in Settlement
Politics & Legislation
New Florida bill could make it harder to join a union
https://nbc-2.com/news/politics/2023/04/05/new-florida-bill-could-make-it-harder-to-join-a-union/
Teachers Union Wins Big in Milwaukee School Board Races
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/04/05/teachers-union-wins-big-in-milwaukee-school-board-races/
The Fed could easily drive Black unemployment much higher than the overall jobless rate https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/05/business/black-white-unemployment-rate-federal-reserve/index.html
Florida Republican targeting public sector unions got $19,000 from business groups last month
Jobs & Economy
AT&T moving hundreds of jobs out of downtown Minneapolis
Oregon to stop paying remote workers to travel to their offices
This Day in Labor History
On this day in Labor History the year was 1917. That was the day the United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I. The war had been raging since 1914, but the US did not enter the conflict until 1917. Dubbed the “War to End All Wars,” the conflict transformed the work experience for many women. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-yju82-13d7ed3
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