The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from September 11, 2018. Unions included are the AFSCME, ALPA, Machinists, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teamsters, UFCW, UNITE-HERE, and UMW, as well as the NLRB…
AFSCME
- Study finds increasing minimum wage does not cause loss of jobs
- Employers accused of violating terms of Wisconsin right-to-work law
- Sources: Union Preparing to Fight for Hennepin County Employees Accused of Falsifying Time Cards
ALPA
- ExpressJet Pilots to Vote on Proposed Labor Pact
- QTS to provide hybrid colocation solution for Air Line Pilots Association
- ‘Clown’ claim: Air traffic control towers too thinly staffed says Air Line Pilots Association
Machinists
- Alaska Airlines union workers picket for better wages
- Boeing calling back retirees to fix 737 production snags
National Labor Relations Board
Operating Engineers
- Detroit at work: How the city can capitalize on new development to secure stable, well-paying jobs
- Road construction labor dispute continues with 1,000 union members locked out
SEIU
- Longview teachers receive 9 percent pay raise, return to work
- Red Cross union employees to vote on offer that could spare 100 jobs
- Detroit at work: How the city can capitalize on new development to secure stable, well-paying jobs
Steelworkers
- USW, U.S. Steel Head back to Bargaining Wednesday
- Steel Workers Demand Higher Pay Raises as Tariffs Lift Profits
- Simmering Alcoa Labor Dispute Morphed Into `Clash of the Titans’
- Service acknowledges ‘silent epidemic’ of occupational disease
Teamsters
- Pop bottler closing facility
- Sun-Maid workers go on strike over wages and healthcare costs
- Red Cross union employees to vote on offer that could spare 100 jobs
- Nurses Claim Restrictive Timekeeping Software At Dignity Health Has Led To Unpaid Overtime
UFCW
- Farmworker and Food Labor Movements
- Four Roses Workers Strike Amid $55 Million Distillery Expansion
- Employees at New York Target Store Reject Bid to Unionize
- Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Worker Rejected For Medical Marijuana Use
UNITE-HERE
- Hotel guests getting an earful from striking workers
- Strike expands to 26 Chicago hotels: Cambria workers walk off the job
- Hawaii hotel workers vote to authorize strike on Marriott
- UNITE HERE Local 26 holds massive picket to gear up for potential strike
United Mine Workers
- EPA aids Big Coal, imperils human health and planet
- Is Illinois coal industry poised for a comeback?
- AMCU files a wage dispute with three mines which might lead to a strike