{"id":1502,"date":"2022-05-12T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2022-05-12T10:11:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T14:11:47","slug":"unions-in-the-news-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-4\/unions-in-the-news-may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Unions in the News &#8211; May 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1507\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/UnionNews-Story-2.jpg\" alt=\"Union News Story\" width=\"488\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/UnionNews-Story-2.jpg 488w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/UnionNews-Story-2-300x61.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Biden praises union organizers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Six union organizers from Starbucks to Amazon visited the White House this month and sat down with Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, who chair and co-chair the Biden administration\u2019s taskforce on supporting unions.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden joined the guests for a surprise visit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/biden-christian-smalls-trouble-amazon-labor-union-dont-stop-organizing-2022-5\">here<\/a>. Read the task force readout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/05\/05\/readout-of-task-force-on-worker-organizing-and-empowerment-meeting-with-grassroots-worker-organizers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NLRB reports steep increase in union petitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the first half of 2022, the National Labor Relations Board reported a 57 percent increase in the number of union representation petitions filed and a 14 percent rise in charges of unfair labor practices. A recent Gallup poll shows 68 percent of labor unions in the U.S. have the highest approval rating since 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/07\/why-is-there-a-union-boom.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intel engineers fed up, eye unionization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 350 engineers at Intel, the largest semiconductor company by revenue and the largest private employer in Oregon, are looking to form a union to support the exhausted workforce. Engineers are essentially \u201con call\u201d all the time, proponents of a union state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/intel-engineers-union-oregon-matt-west-220457858.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>House staffers gain right to unionize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House of Representatives voted to grant aides the legal protections to form a union, a step toward ensuring staffers can bargain over working conditions without fear of retaliation. Aides, particularly junior staff, are frustrated over low pay, long hours and a difficult work environment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/10\/us\/politics\/house-staff-union.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden praises union organizers Six union organizers from Starbucks to Amazon visited the White House this month and sat down with Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-40-no-4"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unions in the News - May 2022 - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-4\/unions-in-the-news-may-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unions in the News - May 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Biden praises union organizers Six union organizers from Starbucks to Amazon visited the White House this month and sat down with Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-4\/unions-in-the-news-may-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEF Communicator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-12T13:53:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-12T14:11:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Newest-News-Feature.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ccanham\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ccanham\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-40-no-4\\\/unions-in-the-news-may-2022\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-40-no-4\\\/unions-in-the-news-may-2022\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ccanham\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4\"},\"headline\":\"Unions in the News &#8211; 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