Union Bailout Update
Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill includes multiple measures benefitting unions
https://lri.link/2YhAPBq
Parts of the PRO Act may become law under the Reconciliation Bill
https://lri.link/3BwbF0b
Certain college athletes are school employees, National Labor Relations Board memo says
https://lri.link/3msv9MZ
New NLRB general counsel sets course
https://lri.link/3iQy94B
NLRB signals even harsher penalties for employers may be coming
https://lri.link/3l6N1gG
NLRB pressured to remove Biden picks from joint labor case
https://lri.link/3mJ3szm
Second Circuit approves National Labor Relations Board contract coverage test
https://lri.link/3mEpfbu
Missouri Democratic Party must publicly address claim of unfair labor practices (Opinion)
https://lri.link/2Ygr4CW
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Covid-19
Teamsters employees say union creates hostile work environment against unvaccinated staffers
https://lri.link/3FCuama
Largest teacher's union throws support behind vaccination or testing
https://lri.link/3ozk3bG
Federal court upholds St. Elizabeth Healthcare's COVID-19 mandate
https://lri.link/3FjVjdm
Detroit hospital system sued over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
https://lri.link/3Dd5M8t
Vaccination-related employee departures at 25 hospitals, health systems
https://lri.link/3uWUTox
New York’s largest health care provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated employees
https://lri.link/3a839rU
Kaiser Permanente suspends at least 2,000 employees who shunned vaccine
https://lri.link/3FzqtO2
Louisiana hospital puts pressure on employees’ spouses to get COVID-19 vaccine or health care fees could rise
https://lri.link/2WJvG4c
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Aviation Woes
American Airlines, Alaska, JetBlue order workers to get Covid-19 vaccinations
https://lri.link/3AbLrOO
Number of unvaccinated United staff drops from 593 to 320 after airline said it would fire them
https://lri.link/3D7Wgn2
Unvaccinated employees ‘will not be able to work at American Airlines’ due to federal mandate
https://lri.link/3DclEbq
Southwest is latest airline to mandate vaccines for workers
https://lri.link/3iwYyo3
Southwest cancels thousands of flights, leading to chaos at airports across the country
https://lri.link/3v2sQE0
Southwest Airlines CEO insists flight cancellations not linked to Covid vaccine protest
https://lri.link/3atCh67
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Organizing
NMB electronic voting notice (mail-in ballots to be used during transition to electronic)
https://lri.link/30hU3rf
Airgas employees free from unwanted union after Teamsters flee workplace to avoid vote
https://lri.link/3l6K7c3
Starbucks says workers lack right to unionize at store level
https://lri.link/3uFPPEO
Can the Teamsters organize Amazon, post-Hoffa?
https://lri.link/3l9sg4f
What's been the spark behind all the recent strikes and attempts to unionize?
https://lri.link/3Atze8u
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Union Corruption
Top Teamsters official faces discipline for defying suspension
https://lri.link/2YB81TU
UAW: Stellantis Local 412 missing $2M in 'very elaborate embezzlement scheme'
https://lri.link/3uAfQW5
UAW identifies $2M in 'improper expenditures' at Michigan local
https://lri.link/3B7s5M5
John Dougherty’s ties to Bobby Henon will take center stage as the Philly powerbrokers’ bribery trial begins
https://lri.link/3AaGtSv
'Do it because it helps me': FBI drills into alleged Dougherty-Henon corruption
https://lri.link/3FBBMoE
Wiretaps show John Dougherty repeatedly relied on Councilmember Henon for help
https://lri.link/3lrhW7C
Corruption threatens the Detroit comeback story (Opinion)
https://lri.link/3AoR3pW
Carpenters union dissolves its St. Louis-based regional council, a major force in local politics
https://lri.link/3aloP4h
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Manufacturing
UAW members advocate for, against direct elections in virtual forum
https://lri.link/3DtAgDu
Will the UAW work at Ford's Tennessee and Kentucky plants?
https://lri.link/3A6QeBh
Union jobs? Ford's plan for new EV factories raises question
https://lri.link/3uDN4Up
Exxon accuses USW of 'voter suppression' in message to locked-out Texas refinery workers
https://lri.link/3BwGEsK
UAW members reject new agreement with John Deere
https://lri.link/3lx94xb
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Tech/Media Unions
Infrastructure bill offers telecom unions a $43 billion boon
https://lri.link/3ovq9JZ
The NLRB accuses Google of retaliating against workers trying to Improve their working conditions
https://lri.link/3FfIJeT
Citizen app workers push to form union as company blasts outside ‘meddling’
https://lri.link/3a6iFVx
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Workers at all of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants go on strike
https://lri.link/3Bhrisf
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Healthcare/SEIU
Nearly 1 in 5 health care workers have quit their jobs during the pandemic
https://lri.link/3ldHULY
Wave of US labor unrest could see tens of thousands on strike within weeks
https://lri.link/3a0e476
Hospital staff, hailed as heroes in 2020, confronted with disbelief, rage, even violence as COVID pandemic wears on
https://lri.link/3iuVhp8
Missouri hospital to supply panic buttons in response to increased violence against employees
https://lri.link/3Fha80j
350 Denver airport janitors vote to strike over $17 pay, workload
https://lri.link/3ir0NJd
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Minimum Rising
Washington state sets new minimum wage for next year
https://lri.link/3a5awRc
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A fast food chain is bringing corporate employees to work in its restaurants
https://lri.link/3iKYJfC
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Gig Economy
How leaders can prepare for the further rise of the gig economy
https://lri.link/2YqCR1R
New York passes sweeping bills to improve conditions for delivery workers
https://lri.link/3FevviF 
