The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 6, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFSCME, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, UFCW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
American Federation of Government Employees
- Federal Agencies Respond to Riots at U.S. Capitol
- CIA unveils new website to step up recruitment efforts
- At Least One Federal Agency Plans to Begin the Biden Administration Under a Hiring Freeze
AFSCME
- Former members sue Pennsylvania union over improper paycheck deductions
- Large majority of state veterans’ home staff declined to be vaccinated
Communications Workers of America
- Frontier agrees to fiber-network expansion in plan to exit bankruptcy
- How Google’s union plans to build a space for worker activism
National Labor Relations Board
- NYC’s Mandatory Collective Bargaining Agreements in Fast-Food Shops
- NLRB Trims Proposed Union At Domestic Violence Nonprofit
- Termination of Mechanics Following Vote to Unionize Was Retaliatory
Service Employees International Union
- 29% of health care workers opted out of COVID-19 vaccine
- Three State Workers Sue SEIU Chapter Alleging Dues Were Illegally Withheld
Teamsters
- Congress puts off help for multiemployer pension plans
- Justice Barrett Brings A Badly Needed Voice Of Reason To SCOTUS’s Bench
- Man accused of arson at the Spokane Teamsters building now facing federal charges
Unite-Here
- Hotel Union Frustrations Boil Over as Deeper Job Cuts Coming
- Trump administration pumps new money into Farmers to Families Food Box program
United Auto Workers
- UAW-FCA cover-up of outbreaks continues at Toledo Jeep complex
- GM, Ford Shift More Than 1K UAW Workers to Permanent Status
United Food and Commercial Workers
- Giant Food to Invest $800M in Pension Benefit
- PBGC brokers deal to delay UFCW local pension fund insolvency
- California Dispensary Settles with Union for $75k in Back Pay
United Steelworkers
- Alphabet Workers Union to bring back the ‘Don’t be evil’ motto
- Google Workers Launch Union To Press Grievances With Executives