Labor and Business News 1/27/2022
“Our management is quick to call veterans ‘our heroes,’ but they don’t show it in the way they run this facility,” said Ruby-Rose Hutchinson, RN, and director of National Nurses United – Miami VA, where she’s worked as a nurse for over 20 years.
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To Avoid a Strike, the UAW at the Corvette Assembly Plant has Four Demands for Management
The UAW Local 2164 at the Corvette Assembly Plant rejected management’s latest offer for a local contract with these four demands that remain outstanding that the Union wants to settle.
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Biden’s Shot-or-Test Rule Abandoned After Supreme Court Loss (1)
The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 shot-or-test rule for workers at large employers in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked the measure from taking effect.
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LinkedIn News on LinkedIn: Tuesday Wrap-up, Dec 21
Here is your Tuesday Wrap-Up with Nina Melendez Ibarra, where you get the news that’s sparking today’s top professional conversations. We’d love t
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Corvette Assembly Plant Workers Reject Local Labor Contract, Strike Authorized
Members of the UAW local 2614 in Bowling Green have overwhelmingly rejected a local labor contract and membership has authorized a strike if demands aren’t met.
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Supreme Court blocks Biden admin’s Covid requirements for workplaces, allows vaccine mandate for health care workers
The workplace requirement, which was challenged by a group of red states and businesses, would have affected nearly 80 million U.S. workers.
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Records of former labor leader and close Biden ally subpoenaed
A grand jury is probing Harold Schaitberger’s financial activities as the leader of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
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A new era for the American worker
More than any other time in recent memory, the present moment offers many Americans a chance to make work better.
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Whole Foods Claims Rights Violation in BLM Insignia Case: Report
Whole Foods was responding to the National Labor Relations Board’s claims that it illegally stopped employees from wearing BLM insignia at work.
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Covid News: U.S. Hospitalizations Break Record as Omicron Surges – The New York Times
Slovakia is easing its coronavirus restrictions. Officials canceled an 8 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew starting on Monday, though access to bars, restaurants and other businesses will still generally be limited to vaccinated people and those who have recovered from coronavirus infections, The A.P.
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