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The Latest Breaking News from the National Labor Relations Board

What small businesses need to know about new regulations going into 2024

Regulations are a double-edged sword

The Independent UK

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation

More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union

The Independent UK

Employee Post Their Salaries On A Notice Board After Delusional Message From Management

After trying to limit conversations about his employees' salaries, this manager was quickly reminded of the law. The post Employee Post Their Salaries On A Notice Board After Delusional Message From Management first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Amazon’s first delivery workers to unionize were later fired – now they’re striking at warehouses

The online retail giant has terminated its contract with a California delivery contractor and denies it is the drivers’ joint employer

The Guardian - US

US labor movement faces big obstacles despite surge in strikes and union wins

Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws

The Guardian - US

Signature Room owners failed to properly bargain over closure, union claims in NLRB filing

The union representing the 132 former Signature Room employees on Monday filed an unfair labor practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can autoworkers fuel a labour renaissance?

Labour strikes are taking place across North America as a labour shortage helps worker demand better pay and rights.

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‘This is psychological warfare’: Starbucks workers allege anti-union firings

The National Labor Relations Board has reinstated 28 of the more than 200 pro-union workers fired since late 2021

The Guardian - US

Will Starbucks’ union-busting stifle a union rebirth in the US?

The NLRB has brought 100 cases against the coffee chain over anti-union activities – but it cannot punish the company

The Guardian - US

El Milagro workers praise settlement of labor charges

The tortilla manufacturer will post notices affirming workers’ rights to organize as part of an agreement to end a dispute before the National Labor Relations Board.

Chicago Sun-Times

Universal Studios denies trimming trees to expose strikers to heatwave

NBC Universal claims it is not trying to make conditions uncomfortable for writers and actors who will be picketing with no shade as temperatures soar

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re going to keep fighting’: delivery workers stand up to Amazon

Unionized workers at delivery service partner in California fight company’s intent to terminate contract

The Guardian - US

Americans want to join unions. The supreme court doesn’t like that

Court’s new ruling makes it harder for workers to join a union, easier to break one and riskier to try to force concessions

The Guardian - US

Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact

The high court ruled against truck drivers who walked off the job, leaving their trucks loaded with wet concrete, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect.

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Los Angeles Times

National Labor Relations Board files complaint against USC, Pac-12 and NCAA

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than…

Chicago Sun-Times

Ben & Jerry’s supports Vermont workers’ unionization drive

Employees at an ice cream store in the town where it was founded have formed an organizing committee and have asked the National Labor Relations Board for an election.

The Independent UK

Ben & Jerry's supports Vermont workers' unionization drive

Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s says it supports a plan to unionize by the workers at a retail shop in the same city where the brand was founded

Chicago Tribune

Food prep workers vote to unionize at growing fast-casual chain Portillo’s

Workers at a Portillo’s food preparation facility in the Chicago suburb Addison voted to unionize Thursday in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board.

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The Guardian - US

Starbucks fires Buffalo worker who founded union campaign

Lexi Rizzo, shift supervisor for seven years at one of the first stores to unionize, says company claims she was fired for tardiness

Fortune

Howard Schultz tells Bernie Sanders it's 'unfair' to call him a billionaire

Ex-Starbucks CEO Schultz didn't appreciate it when Bernie Sanders called him a billionaire.

Chicago Sun-Times

El Milagro in Chicago threatened workers for speaking out: NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board cited several cases of alleged intimidation and coercion during a campaign of worker activism in 2021 and 2022.

Tribune News Service

Schultz denies alleged Starbucks union busting in Sanders-led congressional hearing

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defended the coffee giant’s labor practices and denied union busting Wednesday in his testimony before a Senate committee chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders. His appearance, along with his Starbucks coffee cup, came after a lengthy refusal that nearly led to a subpoena vote.

The Independent UK

Howard Schultz says Starbucks has never broken the law. A judge said the company did ‘hundreds of times’

The retail coffee giant’s chief has denied that the company has violated labour law with its anti-union campaign, weeks after a judge found ‘egregious and widespread misconduct’

WEKU

Unions are having a moment. So why isn't union membership booming?

Labor organizing surged last year. A Gallup survey found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

Chicago Tribune

University of Chicago grad students vote overwhelmingly to unionize

CHICAGO — Graduate students at the University of Chicago voted overwhelmingly to unionize following a ballot count held Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board, the latest such vote in a swell of organizing at universities across the country.

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