BlueCollarWriter Labor News Update
Labor News Update - 02/23/2023
Labor
Union officials say cost cutting led to significant derailment rate increase
Google Subcontractors Face Low Pay, Inadequate Benefits, Union Survey Finds
Statement from Alphabet Workers Union-CWA in support of Seattle ordinance to ban caste discrimination
https://alphabetworkersunion.org/press/releases/support-for-seattle-caste-ordinance/
‘Lavatory waste comes on us’: New York airport workers protest unsanitary conditions
Union Veterans Council Leads Delegation to Express Solidarity with Ukraine
Under a new labor rule, justice is coming for Starbucks workers
https://perfectunion.us/under-a-new-labor-rule-justice-is-coming-for-starbucks-workers/
FedEx Pilots Plan Strike-Authorization Vote as Labor Talks Stall
Panel: Unions are the road to good jobs for Black workers
https://peoplesworld.org/article/panel-unions-are-the-road-to-good-jobs-for-black-workers/
4 million days of strikes: Why so many workers walked out in 2022
Maui and Lānai hospital workers strike after rejecting new contract
House cafeteria workers eyeing pickets, walkouts if contract talks sour
WGA East Files Third Unfair Labor Practices Charge Against Hearst Magazines Media
https://deadline.com/2023/02/wga-east-unfair-labor-practices-hearst-1235267101/
Actors' Equity Association Report Reveals 'Progress Towards Diversity and Equity' in 2021
Packers Sanitation Services made off the backs of children cleaning a meatpacking plant.
You might've heard that the FTC is moving to ban noncompete clauses, which employers can use to trap workers.
They're not the first to take on this fight. Read about baseball players' unions successes:
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/02/baseball-players-defeated-non-competes-build-union
Economy and Jobs
Walmart and Home Depot are getting ready for a consumer slowdown
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/21/walmart-home-depot-cautious-consumer.html
Noncompetes' : Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/success/severance-agreements-rule-change-from-nlrb/index.html
A February 13, 2023 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) clarifies whether employees can be disciplined for recording conversations with management officials.
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2023/02/nlrb-punches-holes-no-recording-policies
Why are nurses quitting? Ask the nurse no hospital will hire
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/21/katie-duke-instagram-nursing-pandemic/
Jobs Market Holds Steady as Economy Grew Slightly Less Than Forecasted Earlier in the Fourth Quarter
There are districts in Kentucky that wouldn't hire a Black person to be superintendent. It's unfortunate, but we still have people who think that way."
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article272475193.html
Won't Cannabis Vending Machines Cut Jobs?
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/will-marijuana-vending-machines-cut-jobs-16178013
Politics and Legislation
Kentucky: The Senate Education Committee Has Now Added SB 7 to it's Agenda: Take action now
https://ky.aflcio.org/news/update-senate-education-committee-has-now-added-sb-7-its-agenda-take-0
How the Fed can close the racial wealth gap: AFL-CIOS William Spriggs (Video)
Labor Spotlight on Black History Month
Black History Month Profiles: Yvonne Brooks
https://aflcio.org/2023/2/23/black-history-month-profiles-yvonne-brooks
Black History Month Profiles: Dejon Ellis Jr.
https://aflcio.org/2023/2/23/black-history-month-profiles-dejon-ellis-jr
Take Action
Workers at Hearst deserve a fair union contract that reflects the standards set across the media industry, yet management is has been holding out for TWO YEARS!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hearst-union-members-need-a-fair-contract?clear_id=true
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