Daily Labor Union Report for Thursday, October 11, 2018

The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 10, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, ATU, IBEW, Machinists, SEIU, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, UAW, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…

AFL-CIO

• AFL-CIO Faces a Strike of Its Own
• Michigan Supreme Court hears oral arguments on UIA fraud case
• AFL-CIO to drop 1.3 million leaflets in key battleground races

AFSCME

• Janus Can’t Stop Pa. Fee Payment Challenge, Judge Hears
• Urbana council OKs union contract
• From unclear to unnerving: 3 rulings that could reshape HR policies
• Monroe city worker voices concerns over AFSCME union contract

Amalgamated Transit Union

• ‘They feel safer with shields’: ETS working to increase security
• City yellow school bus industry’s largest union vote to authorize a strike
• Alberta launches probe into how teen accused of attacking Edmonton bus driver was treated by child welfare system
• Metro must rehire worker fired over alleged falsified inspection reports, arbitration panel says

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

• Boston’s Local 103 Named Fastest-Growing IBEW Affiliate
• Small Businessman Wins Worker Rights Fight Against Big Labor
• IBEW Local 98 in labor dispute with star football player

Machinists

• Miba Sinter employees vote to remain union free
• Demonstrators picket outside Wood River Township over union dispute
• AK Steel and the International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 1943 Celebrate Launch of New Apprenticeship Program at Middletown Works

National Labor Relations Board

• Tesla Forced Staff to `Renew Their Vows’ After Leaks to Media
• Detroit Medical Center hospital charged with unfair labor negotiations
• NLRB rejects Southern Ocean Medical Center nurses’ bid to leave union
• Liberal Union-Busters Accused of Silencing Workers, Punishing Union Supporters
• Northwestern Non-Tenure-Track Instructors Narrowly Vote Down Union

SEIU

• Union Uses Debit Cards to Fight Trump Proposal Threatening Dues
• Deja Vu: $15 minimum wage movement sets sights on McDonald’s
• Stanford Hospital, union spar over healthcare initiative
• Homecare Workers’ Union Creates Payroll Card

Teamsters

• Teamsters Scold Pa. Members for Voting Trump
• Teamsters Local 805 benefit reduction approved by Treasury Department
• Oak Forest officials blame ‘scrivener’s error’ after emergency dispatchers paid incorrect union dues for a year
• Workers at Carbon County firetruck manufacturer KME turn down union

UNITE-HERE

• The spreading hotel strike lands in Boston
• Marriott strike: nearly 8,000 Marriott workers are on strike in 8 cities
• Westin Gaslamp hotel workers walk off their jobs, part of nationwide strike
• Coalition of rights organizations urges City Council to consider ‘fair workweek’

United Auto Workers

• UAW official facing assault charges
• We’re Ready to Bargain for A Better Harvard
• Who is funding the fight over a redistricting proposal in Michigan