POLITICS
ON THE HILL: NWSLPA representative Naughton to speak today at reintroduction of workplace bill
Front Row Soccer
November 3, 2021
National Women’s Soccer League representative and Houston Dash defender Katie Naughton is scheduled to speak on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning. Naughton, who will be part of a virtual press conference that will announce the reintroduction of an important workplace bill.
JOINING TOGETHER
Scranton teachers walk picket lines
WNEP
By Carmella Mataloni
November 3, 2021
After working years without a contract or pay raise, teachers in one of the area's largest school districts hit the picket line. Hundreds of Scranton School District teachers and paraprofessionals went out on strike Wednesday. Teachers have been without a contract since 2017, and those Newswatch 16 spoke to say enough is enough.
Sparrow caregivers to rally for fair contract, safe patient care
WLNS
By Izzy Martin and Wells Foster
November 3, 2021
Unionized Sparrow caregivers will be holding an informational picket today alongside community members. Based on RSVPs alone, organizers estimate that approximately 1,000 people will attend the rally, with more wearing red inside the hospital to show their support while on the job. Sparrow plans to operate normally during the pickets, citing that Sparrow has met with the union 19 times since negotiations began on July 28, and “significant progress is being made on a number of issues.”
According to a release from the Michigan Nurses Association, PECSH-MNA members say that if hospital executives do not change their actions after the picket, they are prepared to call for a strike authorization vote.
A union vote at Starbucks could be a rare success for organizing franchise workers
Quartz
By Michelle Cheng
November 3, 2021
Starbucks baristas in New York state are looking to unionize. If workers vote in favor of organizing, they would form the first Starbucks union in the US—and could encourage other efforts to unionize the food service industry. The vote at three Starbucks locations in the Buffalo area will be held via a mail-in election with ballots due Dec. 8, with the vote count the following day.
Tens of Thousands of Kaiser Permanente Workers Are Prepared to Strike
Jacobin
By Alex N. Press
November 3, 2021
As negotiations continue between Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions, which represents 50,000 workers at the company, Kaiser’s workforce is preparing to strike. Tens of thousands have authorized a stoppage, should bargaining stall.