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☆ Google workers fired for Israel contract protests claim terminations were illegal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google employees who were fired for protesting the company's work with Israel have gone to the NLRB. AdvertisementGoogle workers who were fired for protesting against the company's cloud contract with the Israeli government filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday. Last month, Google said that it fired 28 employees for staging in-office protests in New York City and Sunnyvale, California. But Google told BI last month that the company's work was not directed at highly sensitive or classified military projects relevant to weapons or intelligence services. AdvertisementThe ongoing dispute between Google and some of its employees highlights companies' tricky balance between their business interests and their workers' desire for self-expression.

Persons: —, Nimbus, Rob Munoz Organizations: Google, Service, National Labor Relations Board, Business, NLRB, BI, Amazon, Protesters, Washington Post, Nimbus, Post Locations: Israel, New York City, Sunnyvale , California, Gaza

☆ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke federal labor law with anti-union remarks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated federal labor law in comments he made to media outlets about unionization efforts at the company, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday. NLRB Administrative Law Judge Brian Gee cited interviews Jassy gave in 2022 to CNBC's "Squawk Box," Bloomberg Television and at The New York Times' DealBook conference. At the DealBook conference, Jassy said that without a union the workplace isn't "bureaucratic, it's not slow." The NLRB filed the complaint against Amazon and Jassy in October 2022. But the Amazon chief's other remarks that employees would be less empowered and "better off" without a union violated labor law, "because they went beyond merely commenting on the employee-employer relationship."

Persons: Andy Jassy, Brian Gee, Jassy, Gee, Mary Kate Paradis, Paradis Organizations: National Labor Relations, NLRB, Bloomberg Television, The New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, Amazon Locations: Amazon's

☆ Starbucks resumes bargaining with union after two sides thaw relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Store agreements will be negotiated and ratified separately, but the union might make proposals that could affect all of the Starbucks workers it represents. Workers United has broadly pushed for higher wages and more consistent scheduling, among a range of other priorities. Citing unfair labor practices by Starbucks, the labor board has denied 18 other petitions to decertify. Starbucks argued that other agencies seeking injunctions have a higher threshold to receive one than the labor board does. Starbucks could share more about the union negotiations during its quarterly earnings call.

Organizations: Starbucks, Workers United, National Labor Relations Board, Service Employees International Union, NLRB, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Locations: U.S, Pittsburgh, Memphis

☆ Federal labor board has been much more pro-worker under Biden. Employers want courts to end that
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The companies are asking federal courts, often with conservative, pro-business judges, to stop the agency from standing behind the more activist unions now making their lives more difficult. “The NLRB has long used the federal courts … to obtain injunctions … before the merits of an unfair labor practice case are fully evaluated,” said a statement from Starbucks. The employer doesn’t have to pay any interest, penalty or fine, to the fired workers, their union or the agency. While this is the first such case to reach the Supreme Court, other cases are emerging in which some high profile employers are challenging the agency’s right to exist. The Supreme Court’s decision is expected by the end of June.

Persons: Biden, …, ”, “, Jennifer Abruzzo, Cathy Creighton, Clinton, Elon Musk’s, Joe’s, Cornell’s Creighton, she’s, “ They’re, “ I’m Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Memphis, Cornell University’s, Industrial and Labor Relations, SpaceX, nonunion Locations: New York, Memphis, Buffalo , New York

☆ What investors should know about the UAW's organizing drive of VW
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"We're going to carry this fight on to Mercedes and everywhere else," Fain told VW workers Friday night following the historic vote. Impact on labor costsTop of the list of likely impacts from organizing efforts at VW is labor costs. But for the Big Three Detroit automakers — and their shareholders — the VW organizing drive could be a positive. GM, Ford and Stellantis have higher all-in labor costs than non-organized automakers such as VW. Fain on Friday said "the real fight begins now," referring to the expected negotiations between the union and VW.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Alex Hertel, Fernandez, It's, Shawn Fain, Kelcey Smith, Kevin Wurm, Fain, Let's, Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, there's, – Organizations: Volkswagen, Getty, DETROIT, United Auto Workers, UAW, Detroit union's, U.S . Department of Labor, Columbia University, Union, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, VW, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Detroit automakers, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Benz, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, Volvo, Washington Post, Workers, Mercedes, UBS, Big Three Detroit automakers —, GM, Ford, Chamber, U.S, Capitol, Reuters Locations: Chattanooga , Tennessee, U.S, Vance , Alabama, Chattanooga, Washington , U.S, Detroit

☆ VW workers in Tennessee vote to join UAW in historic win for Detroit union
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

According to results posted by the UAW's main lawyer, union organizing passed with 73% of the vote, or 2,628 workers, in support for the UAW, according to the post. A total of 3,620, or roughly 84%, of the more than 4,300 eligible VW workers voted in the election, the union said. "In a historic victory, an overwhelming majority of Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to join the UAW," the union said in a release Friday night before official results were released by the NLRB. "While votes continue to be tallied, the outcome is clear: Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga are the first Southern autoworkers outside of the Big Three to win their union." VW confirmed the UAW's win in a release Friday night but offered little comment.

Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, VW, Volkswagen, NLRB, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler Locations: Chattanooga , Tennessee, Detroit's, Chattanooga, Southern, U.S

☆ Volkswagen union vote in Tennessee to test UAW's power after victories in Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Elijah Nouvelage | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote this week on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in a key test of the union's sway. More than 4,000 VW workers are eligible to vote, beginning Wednesday and ending at 8 p.m. EDT on Friday. The organizing vote, which is being overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, will need a simple majority to succeed. Volkswagen, which has union workers at non-U.S. plants, has said it will let its workers determine whether to organize. An aerial view of the Chattanooga Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 10, 2024.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Shawn Fain, Fain, Stephen Silvia, Southern, Silvia, Kevin Wurm, it's, we're, —, Isaac Meadows, Meadows Organizations: Volkswagen, Getty, DETROIT, United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Detroit, Tennessee VW, VW, National Labor Relations Board, Detroit automakers, Southern Gamble, Workers, Foreign, American University, Washington , D.C, Chattanooga Volkswagen, Washington Post, Ford Locations: Chattanooga , Tennessee, U.S, Detroit, Tennessee, Chattanooga, Washington ,

☆ Read the memo Elon Musk sent Tesla staff announcing that the company is laying off more than 10% of the workforce
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk sent Tesla employees a memo on Sunday announcing the EV maker is laying off more than 10% of its workforce globally. Separately, Tesla started instructing managers in February to identify which roles at the company were business-critical and had temporarily delayed performance reviews. AdvertisementRead the full memo Elon Musk sent Tesla employees below:Over the years, we have grown rapidly with multiple factories scaling around the globe. This will enable us to be lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle. As we prepare the company for the next phase of growth, your resolve will make a huge difference in getting us there.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, I'm, Elon Organizations: Business, National Labor Relations Board Locations: California, Buffalo , New York

The SpaceX logo is shown on a Falcon 9 rocket as it is prepared for launch to carry NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2024. The National Labor Relations Board accused SpaceX in a new complaint of entering into unlawful severance agreements with terminated employees nationwide. The unfair labor practices complaint comes two months after SpaceX filed a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the NLRB's oversight authority, and after the federal agency in a separate complaint accused the company of illegally firing eight workers who had criticized its CEO Elon Musk in an open letter. The new NLRB complaint claims that SpaceX included unlawful confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements and that it unlawfully limited the terminated workers' ability to participate in other claims against the company. It also alleges that the rocket maker and satellite internet company maintained an unlawful rule that required workers — as a condition of their employment — to sign an agreement for arbitration and dispute resolution, and to waive their right to receive money in class-action lawsuits against the company.

Persons: Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Alexander Grebenkin, SpaceX, Elon Musk Organizations: SpaceX, International, Kennedy Space Center, National Labor Relations Board, Company Locations: Cape Canaveral , Florida, U.S

☆ UAW says VW workers at Tennessee plant file for union election
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

DETROIT – Volkswagen workers at a plant in Tennessee have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a vote to join the United Auto Workers, the union announced Monday. In 2019, VW workers at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant rejected union representation in an 833-776 vote. The Chattanooga plant is Volkswagen's only U.S. assembly plant and employs over 4,000 autoworkers who would be eligible to vote for union representation. "We will fully support an NLRB vote so every team member has a chance to vote in privacy in this important decision. By the end of the UAW contracts, top wages are expected to surpass $42 an hour for production workers.

Organizations: DETROIT, Volkswagen, National Labor Relations Board, United Auto Workers, U.S, UAW, Nissan, VW, NLRB, Detroit automakers, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Benz, Subaru, Toyota, Volvo Locations: Tennessee, U.S, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Chattanooga

The union has come close to representing workers at the VW plant in two previous elections. Some prominent Tennessee Republican politicians had urged workers to vote against the union during both campaigns. The year after the 2014 vote failed, 160 Chattanooga maintenance workers won a vote to form a smaller union, but Volkswagen refused to bargain. In November, VW gave workers an 11% pay raise at the plant, but the union says VW's pay still lags behind Detroit automakers. Top assembly plant workers in Chattanooga make $32.40 per hour, VW said.

Persons: —, we'll, Yolanda Peoples Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Workers, National Labor Relations Board, UAW, Detroit automakers, Tesla, Nissan, Mercedes, Benz, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Honda, VW, NLRB, Volkswagen, Tennessee Republican, General Motors, Ford, Detroit Locations: Chattanooga , Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mercedes, Vance , Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

☆ Dartmouth basketball’s union vote is just a small part of the campus organizing wave
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team achieved a significant milestone last week when they became the first college athletes to vote to join a union. And similar to the 13-2 margin vote in favor of the union at the Dartmouth basketball team last week, the unions are winning these votes overwhelmingly. Organizing athletes still uphill battleThe vote last week by the Dartmouth basketball team rightly got a lot of attention as the first group of college athletes to vote to join a union. Dartmouth basketball players don’t get a scholarship, and the college has announced it will seek to overturn the union vote, arguing that they are not employees. Haskins and Myrthil said they hope the victory of the union vote at Dartmouth will spark union votes on many other teams, including the big dollar programs.

Persons: don’t, Christian Sweeney, “, ”, we’ve, Romeo Myrthil, Cade Haskins, Laura Oliverio, Nadine Formiga, Sian Beilock, CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Dartmouth “, ” Romeo Myrthil, CNN Haskins, Myrthil, they’re, ” Haskins, Haskins, who’s, ‘, ’ ”, Douglas Murphy, CNN “, Murphy, Ed Burns, Dartmouth, he’s, “ You’re, “ Will, ‘ We’ll, ” Burns, “ They’re, Jim Harbaugh, Harbaugh, you’ve, It’s, Robert F, Logan Mann, Mann Organizations: New, New York CNN, Dartmouth College men’s, AFL, Dartmouth men's, Dartmouth, Columbia University, CNN, National Labor Relations Board, California State University, CSU Employees Union, Student Workers, “, NLRB, Dartmouth men’s, Ivy League, Michigan, Alabama, NCAA, University of Michigan, Department, NFL, United Electrical, Machine Workers of America, Dartmouth College Locations: New York, New York City, Dartmouth, Sweden, America, Minneapolis, Columbia, . Michigan, Hanover, N.H

☆ Dartmouth men's basketball is the first college team to vote to unionize. But the fight over the future of college sports could just be beginning.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

By a vote of 13 to 2, the team voted to join the service employees union SEIU Local 560 — making them the first college athletes in US history to vote to join a labor union. Then, last month, the NLRB ruled that the Dartmouth players were employees of the school, clearing the way for the unionization vote. The Dartmouth vote also comes as the share of union members in the US reached a record low of just 10% in 2023. AdvertisementIn the short term, however, the impact of the Dartmouth vote could be limited. AdvertisementIf the NLRB's decision to recognize the Dartmouth players stands, it could establish a precedent that enables other teams to follow suit.

Persons: —, Dartmouth, Kaiser, There's, Victor Chen, Chen, Jake Rosenfeld, Louis, Trump, Rosenfeld, VCU's Chen, Matthew Johnson, Johnson, Barry Eidlin Organizations: Service, Dartmouth men's, Harvard, SEIU Local, National Labor Relations Board, Dartmouth, NLRB, Business, US, UAW, Hollywood, Kaiser Permanente, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington University, NCAA, Northwestern football, Northwestern, Big, Associated Press, University of Southern, —, USA, Duke University, McGill University Locations: Dartmouth, St, University of Southern California, Angeles, Montreal

☆ Dartmouth basketball team votes to join the first college athletics union
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team Tuesday became the first college athletes to vote to join a union, a significant milestone in the rapidly changing business for collegiate sports. The team members voted 13-2 in favor of the union, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union representation votes for private employers. The affirmative vote does not automatically mean that there will be a union for members of the the team. Dartmouth has already indicated it will appeal the decision by the NLRB to recognize the players as employees who are eligible to join a union. They are among the best paid union members in the country.

Persons: Sian Beilock, CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Dartmouth “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Dartmouth College men’s, National Labor Relations Board, Dartmouth, NLRB, Dartmouth men’s, Department of Education, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, National Basketball Association Locations: New York, America, American

☆ Dartmouth men's basketball team votes 13-2 in favor of first labor union for college athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Natalie Kainz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Romeo Myrthil #20 (C) of the Dartmouth Big Green watches as his team play against Columbia Lions in their NCAA men's basketball game on February 16, 2024 in New York City. The Dartmouth Men's Basketball team voted 13-2 in favor of becoming the first-ever labor union for college athletes on Tuesday afternoon. The vote could present a huge shakeup to the National Collegiate Athletics Association's (NCAA) model, which currently only allows college athletes to financially benefit from their role on teams through name, image and likeness. "Because Dartmouth has the right to control the work performed by the Dartmouth men's basketball team, and the players perform that work in exchange for compensation, I find that the petitioned-for basketball players are employees within the meaning of the [National Labor Relations] Act," Sacks said in a statement. This isn't the first time a college athletics team has made a bid to be recognized as employees.

Persons: Romeo Myrthil, Laura Sacks, Sacks, Michael L, Huyghue, We've, Dartmouth, Cade Haskins, Haskins Organizations: Dartmouth Big Green, Columbia Lions, NCAA, Dartmouth Men's Basketball, National Collegiate Athletics Association's, National Labor Relations Board, Regional, Dartmouth, Dartmouth men's, National Labor Relations, NLRB, Cornell Sports, Supreme, NBC News, NBC, Northwestern University's Locations: New York City

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another attack on the NCAA's deteriorating amateur business model. "Today is a big day for our team," players Cade Haskins and Romeo Myrthil said in a statement. That could delay negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement until long after the current members of the basketball team have graduated. “In this isolated circumstance, however, the students on the men’s basketball team are not in any way employed by Dartmouth,” the school said. A college athletes union would be unprecedented in American sports.

Persons: Cade Haskins, Romeo Myrthil, —, “, ”, ” Haskins, Myrthil, Haskins, ” Myrthil, ” Mary Kay Henry, ” “, Jimmy Golen Organizations: Dartmouth, National Labor Relations Board, Service Employees International Union Local, SEIU, Ivy League, NCAA, NLRB, Big Green, Northwestern football, Wildcats, Big, Ivy League Players Association, Harvard, The Associated Press, AP Locations: HANOVER, N.H, Alabama, Michigan, Dartmouth

☆ Starbucks to begin talks with Workers United union
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Starbucks said Tuesday it will begin talks with the Workers United union to discuss bargaining agreements and union organizing. Starbucks also said it is using the framework to begin to resolve litigation related to partner benefits announced in May 2022 and the use of the Starbucks brand in an intellectual property lawsuit. “As a sign of good faith, Starbucks has agreed to provide partners represented by Workers United with the May 2022 benefits, including credit card tipping,” the statement said. In November, thousands of Starbucks workers at hundreds of stores went on strike, protesting the lack of their first contract despite a nearly two-year organizing drive. Since the first location voted to unionize in December 2021, Starbucks has fought aggressively against the union drive.

Persons: – CNN’s Danielle Wienner, Bronner Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Workers United, NLRB Locations: New York

☆ Home Depot broke labor law by firing an employee with ‘BLM’ on apron, NLRB rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday ruled that Home Depot violated the law by firing an employee after he refused to remove “BLM” (which stand for “Black Lives Matter”) messaging from his work apron. The NLRB ruled that Morales’ refusal to remove the messaging was a “protected concerted activity” to protest the racial injustice that took place at the store from August 2020 to February 2021. The Board’s reasoning flips rulings from lower NLRB judges on BLM messaging on employee uniforms in Home Depot and Whole Foods. A change in messagingThe decision by the Labor Board overturned a ruling by an NLRB administrative law judge in 2022. A decision by an administrative law judge can be appealed to the Board, made up of five members.

Persons: George Floyd’s, Floyd –, Antonio Morales, Morales, ”, Paul Bogas, ” Bogas, Ariel Sotolongo, Risa Lieberwitz Organizations: New, New York CNN, National Labor Relations Board, BLM, NLRB, ” Workers, National Labor Relations, Foods, Depot, Labor, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Appeals, First Circuit Locations: New York, United States, New Brighton , Minnesota, Minneapolis

☆ Labor coalition accuses Starbucks of 'flawed' union strategy, risking shareholder value
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The coalition is pushing to replace three current Starbucks board members with its own nominees. The SOC proxy presentation claims the company's board has backed what it calls an "unnecessarily confrontational" strategy with the union. Starbucks said it has not only a new CEO, but with these additions, it has added five new board members in the past year. The proxy presentation targets three current Starbucks board members: Ritch Allison, Andy Campion and Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. Allison, Campion and Knudstorp, specifically, provide "continuity and highly-valuable unique perspectives," the Starbucks presentation said.

Persons: Baristas, Nielsen, Maria Echaveste, Joshua Gotbaum, Wilma Liebman, Daniel Servitje, Neal Mohan, Mike Sievert, Ritch Allison, Andy Campion, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Allison, Campion, Knudstorp, Wendy's, Narasimhan Organizations: Starbucks, CNBC, Organizing Center, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Starbucks Corporation, Siren Retail, Service Employees International Union, Starbucks Workers United, Communications Workers of America, United Farm Workers of America, Chipotle, Darden, Restaurant Brands, Yum Brands, White House, Hawaiian Airlines, White, Grupo Bimbo, YouTube, Mobile, SEC Locations: Buffalo, Arlington , Virginia, China, U.S

Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing. In its filing, Amazon denies many of the charges and asks for the complaint to be dismissed. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesSeth Goldstein, an attorney who represents both the Amazon Labor Union and the labor group Trader Joe’s United, said the trend was “very frightening.”“Since they can’t defeat successful union organizing, they now want to just destroy the whole process," he said. The lawsuit came a day after the labor agency accused the company of unlawfully firing employees who wrote an open letter critical of Musk and of creating the impression worker activities were being surveilled. At a January labor board hearing over allegations Trader Joe's retaliated against union activism, an attorney for the grocery chain said the NLRB and its panel of administrative law judges are structured unconstitutionally.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, —, Seth Goldstein, Joe's Organizations: National Labor Relations Board, Elon, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Amazon, NLRB, Amazon Labor Union, SpaceX Locations: New York City, Seattle

☆ Elon Musk must testify in SEC probe of his Twitter takeover
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has to testify in a probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concerning his 2022 acquisition of Twitter, a U.S. judge ordered in a court filing out Saturday. Musk closed his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022 in a deal worth roughly $44 billion, and has since rebranded it X. Musk, his attorney Alex Spiro and the SEC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The settlement required Musk to have a "Twitter sitter" approve his tweets about his electric vehicle business before posting them. Attorneys for SpaceX argued in their suit that the very structure of the federal labor board violates the U.S. Constitution.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Laurel Beeler, Alex Spiro, Tesla Organizations: SpaceX, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Twitter, CNBC, SEC, U.S, Supreme, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Southern, Southern District of, Attorneys, . Constitution, Starbucks Locations: Warsaw, Poland, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Brownsville, .

BOSTON (AP) — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team has scheduled a March 5 election to determine whether the players will unionize – a step that would be unprecedented in American college sports. The National Labor Relations Board said the in-person election will take place on the school’s Hanover, New Hampshire, campus. That cleared the way for a union election. All 15 members of the team had previously signed a petition asking to be represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents some other Dartmouth staff. An NLRB spokeswoman said Dartmouth has until Feb. 20 to appeal the regional director’s finding.

Persons: unionize, ”, Dartmouth Organizations: BOSTON, Dartmouth, National Labor Relations Board, NCAA, NLRB, Service Employees International Union Local Locations: Hanover , New Hampshire, Boston

☆ Tesla workers still make less than those at Ford and GM, despite recent raises
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Nora Naughton | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Even with a raise, Tesla workers don't make as much as union-represented workers. AdvertisementTesla recently gave some of its factory workers raises, but union-represented workers at Detroit’s Big Three will still make a lot more per hour. According to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider, new pay guidelines for Tesla workers were implemented on January 8. Why some Tesla workers aren’t focused on UAW payDespite the pay discrepancy, some Tesla workers previously told BI they’d be hesitant to join a union. But the German union IG Metall said last year that some Tesla workers at the company's Brandenburg plant had joined its union.

Persons: —, Tesla, Stellantis, aren’t, Elon, “ It’s, Musk, Metall Organizations: unionizing, UAW, NEW, Service, Business, United Auto Workers, Ford, GM, EV, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB Locations: Buffalo , New York, rehire, company's Brandenburg

Only 4.4% of Georgia workers are union members, the eighth-lowest rate among states. The National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency overseeing union affairs, did not immediately respond Thursday to an email seeking comment. Democrats, though, say the bill is really about making it harder for unions to organize and for companies to accept them. Sen Mike Hodges, a Brunswick Republican who is sponsoring the bill, denied that it would violate federal law. But Democrats said they think the bill is an attempt to attack federal labor law.

Persons: Brian Kemp, Bill, ”, Hannah Perkins, Kay Ivey, ” Henry McMaster, ’, Joe Biden’s, “, Kemp, you’re, Sen, Bo Hatchett, Cornelia, Nikki Merritt, Merritt, Sen Mike Hodges, Hodges, Jason Esteves, they’re Organizations: ATLANTA, —, Gov, Union, National Labor Relations Act, “, Georgia AFL, National Labor Relations Board, American Legislative Exchange Council, Democratic, United Auto Workers, Alabama Republican Gov, South, Republican, Georgia Gov, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Republicans, Cornelia Republican, Senate, Lawrenceville Democrat, Democrats, State, Brunswick Republican, Atlanta Democrat Locations: Georgia, Tennessee, ” Alabama, South Carolina, Indiana, Arizona, Atlanta

The NCAA has long maintained that college players are “student-athletes” — a term designed to perpetrate the pretense that education comes first. The school says playing on the basketball team is not a job; it's like participating in the orchestra or Model United Nations. “Because Dartmouth has the right to control the work performed by the Dartmouth men’s basketball team, and the players perform that work in exchange for compensation, I find that the petitioned-for basketball players are employees,” she wrote. The Dartmouth players want to be paid $20 an hour, like the cafeteria workers on campus, with the school paying their health care premiums. ___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

Persons: it’s, Cade Haskins, Romeo Myrthil, Laura Sacks, “, ”, Dartmouth doesn’t, Sacks, it's, Jimmy Golen Organizations: BOSTON, Dartmouth, Ivy League, National Labor Relations Board, ” Dartmouth, NLRB, NCAA, Southeastern Conference, NFL, United Nations, “, Dartmouth men’s, Local, Service Employees International Union, Northwestern football, NBA, The Associated Press, AP Locations: Michigan, Alabama, Power, Tennessee, Virginia, California, Hanover , New Hampshire, Dartmouth

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