The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from May 7, 2019. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teachers’ Unions, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- Employees at League of Legends’ Riot Games Stage Walkout
- The Most Powerful Men In the AFL-CIO Batter One Another With Charges of Negligence and Misconduct
- There’s a bill to keep workers safer at work. But Gov. Murphy may not sign it, union leaders say.
AFSCME
- AFSCME announces May 16 strike in protest of labor outsourcing
- Hamden unions approve concessions in exchange for no layoffs
- Kane County Board OKs new union contracts for second time, 2% pay raise retroactive
Communications Workers of America
- Fight over AT&T jobs reflects broad worker anger
- Settlement ends union policy to collect dues from workers who opt out
- Commissioners approve 3-year contract for Shawnee County dispatchers
- Workers Kick Off an Organizing Drive; NPM Allegedly Fires Engineers for Organizing
Fraternal Order of Police
- Not charging prolific offenders does ‘immeasurable damage’
- Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista is ‘doing a great job,’ city manager says
National Labor Relations Board
- Ousting Unions May Get Easier as NLRB Weighs Options
- Greyhound Wrongly Fired Driver After Fiery Talk, NLRB Says
- Uber, Lyft drivers plan strikes in 10 cities to protest low wages and working conditions
SEIU
- Nevada’s $12 minimum wage proposal “not enough,” Gillibrand says
- Sonoma County approves $28 million in pay raises for largest group of employees
- Vallejo, other Kaiser gardeners to keep jobs
Steelworkers Union
Teachers’ Unions
- National Teacher Day: What 5 Teachers Want After Protests
- Special ed teacher suing California union in case that could cost labor big
- More than 6,800 Illinois educators have stopped sending money to IFT
United Auto Workers
- UAW Lagging Against VW
- Uber Strikes Could Be the Start of Something Bigger
- Striking workers at Mercy Health St. Vincent pick up support