January 2023

January 27, 2023

Post-Gazette Bargained in Bad Faith; South Korea Smears Unions

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Best of the Week’s News:

Judge rules that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bargained in bad faith with the union, broke National Labor Relations Act. (WTAE)
Nearly all of NYC’s 300,000 unionized employees are working under expired contracts and frustration is mounting. (The City)
HarperCollins and its union head to mediation to resolve their differences after weeks on strike. (Publishers Weekly)
Amazon workers strike in Britain for the first time, with workers walking off the job in Coventry. (Jacobin)
South Korea’s government smears labor unions as fronts for communist spies from North Korea. (Al Jazeera)

January 20, 2023

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Best of the Week’s News:

Hector LaSalle’s bid to become New York’s top jurist blocked in the State Senate after pressure from labor and pro-choice groups. (NYMag)
The restaurant industry makes new hires pay for “safety trainings” and spends their money fighting minimum wage increases. (NYT)
Kroger union files lawsuit alleging rampant wage theft. (News59)
“That was torture”: Kenyan laborers paid $2/hr (or less) to screen out horrific content for the ChatGPT bot. (Time)
The teacher shortage in MS is so bad that high school students are teaching themselves geometry. (WaPo)

January 13, 2023

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Courtest of the NYSNA.

The Best of the Week’s News:

7000 nurses back on the job as union hails a “historic victory” in their strike for safer staffing levels. (NBC)
Twitter may have broken the law by firing its immigrant cleaning staff. (Documented)
More reasons why Hector LaSalle is the wrong pick to lead New York’s highest court. (Syracuse.com)
Why UPS workers are poised to strike. (New Yorker)
“Director of First Impressions”: How companies cheat low wage workers out of overtime by giving them fancy titles (Pop Info)
Amazon loses bid to overturn Staten Island union victory. (NYT)

January 6, 2023

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New York State Court of Appeals, Wadester16, Creative Commons

The Best of the Week’s News:

Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge faces stiff opposition because he’s anti-union and anti-abortion. (Common Dreams, Vox, Times Union)
A cabin cleaner explains why she and her union are demanding action to protect the airline service workforce. (Forbes)
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a sweeping new rule that would ban non-compete clauses. (NYT)
Video game workers gain a union toehold at Microsoft. (NYT)
“He’s getting paid to kill us”: Milwaukee slumlord stiffs tenants on heat during deadly cold spell. (Journal-Sentinel)