Hollywood union workers voting whether to authorize strike | abc7chicago.com
Workers in the television and film industry are voting Sunday whether to authorize a strike that could shut down productions nationwide.
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4-unit Boston coffee chain agrees to be unionized
Darwin’s said it will voluntarily accept collective bargaining by its employees if a majority favor union representation.
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‘It’s Almost Comical:’ Starbucks Is Blatantly Trying to Crush Its Union
Starbucks executives have swarmed Buffalo, New York stores, pulling aside workers to chat one-on-one during their breaks, at peak hours, and at night.
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Labor unions are showing signs of life on Labor Day
The movement isn’t quite resurgent, but it’s doing better after decades of decline.
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Teamsters president says Amazon workers deserve a union
On this pandemic Black Friday, Teamsters president James P. Hoffa says that workers fighting for better wages and more rights is the only way to counteract the rise of underpaid, dangerous jobs at Amazon and other companies that we are buying from today.
Unions will concentrate their upcoming organizing activity as safety issues and accuse companies as being unconcerned with safety precautions during the Covid-19 pandemic for years to come. Workers deserve and have an absolute right to be safe in their workplace, but most companies take this pandemic and general safety concerns very seriously. Union organizing activity most effective are ones where the concentration is based on safety issues and personal respect from management, these issues elicit the most emotion and outrage from employees which tend to block out attempts to educate them about unions. A breakdown of communications is the biggest cause of union organizing activity and anger and frustration are the fuel that propels it.
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Youngstown State Faculty Walk Picket Lines Over Salary Issues – CBS Pittsburgh
Faculty members at Youngstown State University have gone on strike as negotiators continued their efforts to resolve disputes over salary increases and related issues.
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Youngstown State Faculty on Strike Over Contract
Youngstown State University’s faculty union went on strike Monday over contract negotiations. The institution is on its fall break, so classes won’t be affected until they resume Wednesday, should the strike continue.
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Proposed Rule Would Limit Back Pay for Federal Workers
Federal employees would not be able to collect back pay and attorney fees for certain unjustified personnel actions under an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed rule.
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Amazon: More than 19,000 employees have tested positive for coronvirus
More than 19,000 front-line Amazon employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, the company said last week. The data — the first of its kind released by Amazon — included all Amazon and Whole Foods Market front-line employees across the U.S. employed between March 1 and Sept. 19, a total of 1,372,000 workers. It comes months after many Amazon employees spoke out abou
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Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of September 8 – 11, 2020 | National Labor Relations Board
The Summary of NLRB Decisions is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the opinions of the NLRB. Inquiries should be directed to the Office of the Executive Secretary at 202‑273‑1940.
Summarized Board Decisions
Holy Cross Health d/b/a Holy Cross Hospital (05-CA-182154 and 05-CA-187452; 370 NLRB No. 16) Silver Spring, MD, September 11, 2020.
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