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☆ Janitors who clean Twitter's HQ are on strike after failed negotiations mean they face losing their jobs, union says
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Janitors cleaning Twitter's HQ went on strike over unfair labor practice, SEIU Local 87 says. Twitter ended the contract with the firm employing the janitors, per the California Labor Federation (CLF). The janitors face losing their jobs on Friday when the contract with the janitorial company is set to end. The union shared a picture of people who appeared to be demonstrating outside Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco. It wasn't clear which janitorial company Twitter has picked as its new contractor.
☆ Workers at 15 major US airports are gearing up to picket and rally on December 8
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Airport service workers are planning a day of action on December 8 to demand better conditions. Airport service workers are gearing up for a day of action, rallying, picketing, and marching to demand better conditions on the job. Airport service workers, such as janitors, security guards, and baggage handlers, will call on Congress to pass the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act. "Airport service workers all across this country help make our airports run. Now, airport service workers are the latest essential group to ask for more.
☆ Nevada is 1 of 5 states with over 10% Asian Americans. Both parties courted vote, but Dems won out.
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
In the highly competitive swing state of Nevada, both parties aggressively courted Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders ahead of last week's midterm elections, but Democrats managed to clinch the group's vote. Koo said both parties made significant efforts to appeal to Asian Americans, particularly in comparison to elections past. “The main industry there is service and hospitality, and there’s a lot of Asian Americans that are employed by that industry,” Wong said. Democratic candidates in Nevada, who are often more moderate than those on the coasts, may naturally align more with the Asian American community. “We’re starting to see with younger Asian American voters, climate is a huge conversation that everyone is having.
☆ Biden to meet with Ford CEO, UAW Friday on economy
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The White House meeting, which will be in-person and virtual, will also include the presidents of the Service Employees International Union and United Food and Commercial Workers union, the official said. Attendees will discuss the economy and meeting participants' perspectives on the economy "and ideas they have to continue bringing inflation down," the official said. The White House has often cited a shortage of semiconductor chips as a key factor in higher prices for cars and trucks and overall inflation. Also attending is White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In May, Biden, in a trip to South Korea, expressed support for workers seeking to unionize joint venture battery plants.
☆ Biden to sit down with business, labor leaders to highlight inflation progress
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Jeremy Diamond Arlette Saenz | Jeremy Diamond | Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN Business —President Joe Biden will sit down Friday with business executives and labor leaders to highlight recent progress in combating inflation and steadying the economy, a White House official told CNN. “Thanks to the President’s economic plan, the U.S. economy has created 10 million jobs—including 700,000 manufacturing jobs—since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration,” a White House official said. “We are seeing initial signs that inflation is coming down: the October Consumer Price Index showed moderation in inflation, as did the October Producer Price Index released this week. Biden’s sit-down with the business and labor executives comes two days after he returned from a week-long trip to several global conferences. The Consumer Price Index slowed to a 7.7% annual gain last month, a slower pace than the 8% that economists had been expecting.
☆ Starbucks union to strike at more than 100 locations on Red Cup Day, one of the chain’s busiest days of the year
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Workers at more than 100 unionized Starbucks locations plan to strike on Thursday, one of the chain’s biggest sales days of the year. The giveaway on the coffee chain’s Red Cup Day has become a must-have for collectors, and this year’s event marks its 25th anniversary. It’s the largest collective action Starbucks Workers United has taken so far in its organizing push over the past year. Over the past 12 months, roughly 260 company-owned Starbucks locations have voted to unionize under Workers United, an affiliate of Service Employees International Union. But Starbucks Workers United contend the company hasn’t been bargaining in good faith.
☆ Starbucks union to strike at more than 100 locations on Red Cup Day, one of the chain's busiest days of the year
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
It's the largest collective action Starbucks Workers United has taken so far in its organizing push over the past year. On Thursday, organizers at 113 striking locations are planning to protest and distribute a version of the red cup featuring the Grinch's hand holding an ornament with the logo of the Starbucks union. Workers at more than 100 unionized Starbucks locations plan to strike on Thursday, one of the chain's biggest sales days of the year. Over the past 12 months, roughly 260 company-owned Starbucks locations have voted to unionize under Workers United, an affiliate of Service Employees International Union. But Starbucks Workers United contend the company hasn't been bargaining in good faith.
☆ Proposition 29: California could soon pass controversial new dialysis requirements
  + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Proposition 29 would require medical providers to be on-site while a patient is undergoing dialysis. Proposition 29 would mandate that physicians report dialysis-related infections and specify whether or not the physician has a financial stake in the clinic. They also argue that for-profit dialysis clinics are opposed to these rules because it would cut into their billion-dollar profits. No Prop 29, which is against the amendment, includes Fresenius and DaVita, two of the largest dialysis providers in the state. The state's Legislative Analyst's Office estimates that Proposition 29 will increase costs for dialysis clinics.
☆ U.S. Senate candidate Fetterman releases doctor letter saying he is OK
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman speaks during a joint rally with Democratic candidate for Governor Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro for Service Employees International Union workers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania released a doctor's letter on Wednesday that said he was recovering well from a stroke and has no work restrictions. Governor is recovering well from his stroke and his health has continued to improve," Dr. Clifford Chen wrote in a letter released by Fetterman's campaign. Chen said in the letter that Fetterman is committed to maintaining good fitness and health practices. "He has no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office," the doctor said.
☆ Starbucks could face 'just cause' bids at hundreds of unionized U.S. cafes
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Hilary Russ | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A Starbucks sign is show on one of the companies stores in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake//File PhotoNEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Starbucks plans to start negotiating its first labor contracts with employees at hundreds of unionized U.S. cafes in October, the coffee chain said on Monday. Baristas and shift supervisors in at least 240 company-owned U.S. Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) locations have unionized in a little over a year. More than 110 Starbucks employees have been terminated for minor issues as retaliation for their union organizing, Moore said. No Starbucks employees have or will be disciplined for supporting unions, the company said earlier this month.
☆ Special interest groups representing Amazon to Uber oppose possible crypto regulation in California
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Industry groups representing Amazon, Apple, Block, Coinbase, Genesis, Google, GrubHub, Lyft, Facebook/Meta, Uber, and other companies wrote to the state assembly opposing the law. Nine organizations representing consumers and advocating for economic justice wrote to the state assembly expressing support for the law. Several tech industry groups representing major companies and venture capital firms wrote in to oppose the law. Several organizations advocating for consumers and economic justice wrote to the state assembly expressing support for the law. Interest groups argued that regulation presents an "undue burden"on crypto companiesBlockchain Advocacy CoalitionThe Blockchain Advocacy Coalition wrote to Assemblymember Grayson on August 26.
☆ Major League Baseball players union joins the AFL-CIO
  + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
New York CNN Business —The Major League Baseball Players Association is joining the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation that includes unions representing a total of 12.5 million members. Recently, it announced plans to add about 5,400 minor league players, the majority of whom have signed cards requesting union representation. The announcement was made Wednesday by Tony Clark, a retired Major League player and executive director of the players union, and Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO. The union also won the right to binding salary arbitration for players who haven’t yet qualified for free agency. The MLBPA will join several other sports unions in the AFL-CIO, including the National Football League Players Association, the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association, the United Soccer League Players Association, the US Women’s National Team Players Association and the United Football Players Association, which was recently organized by the United Steelworkers, another AFL-CIO affiliate, to represent members of the upstart US Football League.
☆ California signed off a landmark new law that could pave the way for a $22 minimum wage for fast-food workers. Here's how the state's fast food council will work.
  + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
California has passed legislation to create a Fast Food Council that could pave the way for a $22 minimum wage. The council would create minimum standards for areas like health and safety, wages, and conditions. "Fast food workers are the largest and fastest growing group of low-wage workers in the state and lack sector-specific protections," it continues. Californian counties and cities with more than 200,000 residents would also be able to establish a Local Fast Food Council. The council's purposes would be to "establish sectorwide minimum standards on wages, working hours, and other working conditions," including training and health and safety standards.
☆ A group of strippers from Los Angeles is seeking to join one of the largest actors' unions
  + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Dancers who work in a topless bar in California are seeking to join the Actors' Equity Association. The dancers had already been seeking to unionize, as Insider reported in May, but Wednesday's press release specifically linked their bid to the Actors' Equity Association. President of the Actors' Equity Association, Kate Shindle, said in the press release that the dancers approached the organization for support. "We like what we do," a Star Garden dancer named Velveeta said in the press release. Wednesday's press release claimed that the club's security guards repeatedly failed to protect dancers from "threatening and abusive behavior from patrons."
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