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31/07/2023

The Top Labor Union News Stories for Monday, July 31, 2023: Yellow Corp. notifies Teamsters it is closing; Real Housewives stars unionizing? Southwest reaches deal with mechanics; Tortilla workers organizing (and winning) without a union & 72 more news articles...



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30/07/2023

After years of steady decline, a federal bailout, and months of disagreement with the Teamsters, Yellow Freight is filing for bankruptcy on Monday and shutting down, according to multiple media outlets.

https://open.substack.com/pub/laborunionnews/p/yellow-shutting-down22000-teamsters

30/01/2023

Last week, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced five more failing union pension plans will receive taxpayer moneys to ensure the pensions maintain the ability to pay plan participants.

In total, the PBGC will dole out $277.6 million in “special finance assistance,” covering 2,274 pension plan recipients—which averages to nearly $125,000 per participant, with some receiving nearly up to $158,000 from the PBGC.



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17/01/2023

Today's Top Labor Union News Stories [41 Articles]: Layoffs Threaten Tech Organizing Efforts; Democrats Plan On Right-to-Work Repeal In Michigan; Virginia's Patchwork of Laws; 40 Years Later, Allen Dorfman's Killing Is Still Unsolved & More...

Top Stories: Layoffs Threaten Tech Organizing Efforts; Democrats Plan On Right-to-Work Repeal In Michigan; Virginia's Patchwork of Laws; 40-Years Later Allen Dorfman's Killing Still Unsolved & More...

16/01/2023

A new union will be targeting fast food, retail, warehouse, care, and other service industry workers across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama for unionization.

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)—the union behind the Fight for $15 movement, the Starbucks Workers United, and the largest (mostly) private-sector union in the United States—has launched a cross-sector union affiliate to unionize workers in the Southern United States.

A new union will be targeting fast food, retail, warehouse, care, and other service industry workers across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama for unionization.

16/01/2023

Today's Top Labor Union News Stories: 6 Key Issues Driving UPS Teamsters Toward Striking; Unions Want A Say In New Technology; Unions Want To End Secret Ballots & More...



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10/01/2023

Today's Top Labor Union News Stories (50 articles): A Supreme Court Case Has Unions On Edge; NY Nurses Strike Hits Day 2; Teamsters' New President Readying UPS Drivers For A Strike; Starbucks Organizing Slows & More...



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11/05/2022

LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Wednesday, 5/11/22

Top 5 Stories: Target Gets Targeted; Congressional Staffers Can Unionize; The NLRB Sues Starbucks; Democratic Campaign Workers Are Now Teamsters & Diesel Prices Are Hurting All Of Us



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Top Five Stories: Target Gets Targeted; Congressional Staffers Can Unionize; The NLRB Sues Starbucks; Democratic Campaign Workers Are Now Teamsters & Diesel Prices Are Hurting All Of Us

01/05/2022

Members and families react after IBEW disclaimed interest in further representation of Charter Communications' employees in the New York metro area.

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11/04/2022

Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 16—Five BIG stories, PLUS, the NLRB Wants To Ban Employer Speech. Don’t Panic…(yet).

With so much in the headlines, in this episode of Labor Relations Radio, we cover some of the major news stories over the last five days—from the Teamsters ending the Seattle concrete strike to Amazon and its election objections, as well as include the NLRB General Counsel’s memorandum seeking to ban so-called “captive audience” meetings and why not to panic—yet.

Listen now (40 min) | So much to cover, so little time...

01/04/2022

BREAKING: Amazon Loses Union Election In Staten Island in David vs. Goliath-Like Contest

One of the most watched union elections in years is over, with a small, independent upstart union—with help from other unions and left-leaning organizations—prevailing against one of the largest and richest corporations in the world. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded...

28/03/2022

LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Monday, March 28, 2022

Top 3 Stories: Votes to Strike; Chevron Talks Monday With Striking ; and Donate $1 Million To Concrete Strikers



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Top 3 Stories: UFCW Votes to Strike; Chevron Talks Monday With Striking USW; and Teamsters Donate $1 Million To Concrete Strikers

25/03/2022

COAL STRIKE UPDATE: Late Night Pipeline Explosion Prompts FBI, ATF Investigation, Union Condemns Violence

Authorities believe the explosion was caused by an explosive device.



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Authorities believe the explosion was caused by an explosive device.

21/03/2022

Labor Relations Radio, Ep 11—Guest: Joe Perpiglia, ABC President of Eastern PA talks about union RCOs, sabotage and more...

Unions are trying to pass ordinances in cities and towns nationwide to exclude non-union employers and their employees from doing public works.

They’re called Responsible Contractor Ordinances (RCOs) and, while this is happening across the country, eastern Pennsylvania is one of the current battle grounds.

Listen now (56 min) | Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Unions are trying to pass ordinances in cities and towns nationwide to exclude non-union employers and their employees from doing public works. They’re called Responsible Contractor Ordinances (RCOs) and, while...

10/03/2022

LaborUnionNews.com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, March 10, 2022

Featured Stories: Union Wins Three More, Locked Out Players Cry 'Foul,' and Tips For Unionized Employers



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Featured Stories: Starbucks Union Wins Three More, Locked Out MLB Players Cry 'Foul,' and Tips For Unionized Employers

10/03/2022

Three More Starbucks Stores Unionize

Three locations were in New York state unionized, but the vote counts may have been closer than expected.

Three locations were in New York state unionized, but the vote counts may have been closer than expected.

01/03/2022

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20/02/2022

Judge Limits Some Activities As Concrete Companies Claim Violence In Teamsters Strike

"I'm afraid someone's going to get hurt,' stated a King County judge.

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"I'm afraid someone's going to get hurt,' stated a King County judge.

17/02/2022

LaborUnionNews. com's Morning News Digest for Thursday, February 17, 2022 (by subscription)

Featured Stories: SEIU 32BJ Data Breach, Starbucks Ballots Impounded & Why Isn't Tesla a Union Shop?

Featured Stories: SEIU 32BJ Data Breach, Starbucks Ballots Impounded & Why Isn't Tesla a Union Shop?

08/02/2022

LaborUnionNews.com's Daily News Digest for Monday, February 7, 2022

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▪️LEGAL NEWS
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▪️POLITICAL NEWS
▪️TEACHERS UNION NEWS

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The following are the top employee and labor-related news stories from LaborUnionNews.com. Categories included in today’s digest are: FEATURED NEWS NLRB PETITIONS & CHARGES BARGAINING NEWS ECONOMIC NEWS GENERAL UNION NEWS GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS

04/02/2022

Daily News Digest for Friday, February 4, 2022

Featured: Biden Executive Order Rewards Unions & With Pelosi's Blessing, Congressional Staffers Are Unionizing

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Featured: Biden Executive Order Rewards Unions & With Pelosi's Blessing, Congressional Staffers Are Unionizing

03/02/2022

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15/01/2022

What a difference a day can make…

RICHMOND, Va.—Glenn Youngkin, the first Republican to win the state of Virginia since 2009, was sworn in as ...

28/12/2021

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08/12/2021

What "labor shortage" in healthcare? 🤔

About 200 UMass Memorial employees are out of a job because they missed the health care system's COVID vaccination deadline.

03/12/2021

A Step-By-Step On How Workers Can Decertify An Unwanted Union

“If you say you believe in the Freedom of Association or the right to join a particular organization (like a group, a social club, a political party, or a union), you’ve also got to believe in its concomitant, which is the Freedom to Disassociate from that organization If you don’t, you’re nothing more than a hypocrite.”

WARNING: This is for employees only. This is NOT for management Despite the fact that over 90% of employees in unions today never voted to unionize, unions spend millions of dollars bankrolling union organizers and politicians to put more people into unions. However, there are very few resources for...

28/11/2021

What do you think of putting 18-year olds behind the wheel of big rigs? 🤔

As part of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, truck drivers under the age of 21 will soon be able to cross state lines.

22/11/2021

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters have chosen a new President…despite the vast majority of union members not bothering to vote at all.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters have chosen a new President…despite the vast majority of union members not bothering to vote at all. Last week, the membership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters elected a new president to lead their union for the next five years. Boston Teamst...

08/11/2021

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02/11/2021

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27/10/2021

Nearly two months after his death, Democrats are still mourning the death of late AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and paying him tribute.

16/10/2021

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12/10/2021

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25/09/2021

"No experience necessary! Fitness teachers, plumbers among highest-paying jobs with no work history" [Link in comments below.]

24/09/2021

“The typical inflation rate is about 2%; this year, it’s been more like 5%. Workers who don’t know this, or who are slow to perceive the rise in prices they pay for goods like cars and groceries, won’t realize this, and will be happy with their unusually large raises.” — Washington Post

11/09/2021

"I love my liberty, and imprisonment would be, to say the least, very disagreeable to me; but there are some things that are even less desirable, among them one's loss of self-respect and the loss of inherent and lawful constitutional rights." -- Samuel Gompers, Founder of the American Federation of Labor, May 15, 1900.

07/09/2021

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