The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 1, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, AFT, FOP, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, and UFCW, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act:
Amalgamated Transit Union
- CAT employees speak out after CEO’s firing
- Leaders push for jail time for spitting on MTA workers
- Union unhappy with punishment of man who assaulted bus driver
American Federation of Government Employees
- Biden orders restoration of federal employee protections
- Biden Directs Justice Department Not to Renew Private Prisons Contracts
American Federation of Teachers
- Educators Don’t Act as if Schools Are Essential
- Chicago Mayor Bends Knee to Teacher Union, Allows Remote Learning After Threat of Strike
- Teacher urges for vaccine before resuming in-person classes
Fraternal Order of Police
- FOP concerned Meck County DA not prosecuting low-level drug offenses
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Brings Police Review Board Case to SCOTUS
National Labor Relations Board
- NLRB Division of Advice Weighs in on Cannabis Workers
- Changing Labor Policies Under the Biden Administration
- Labor experts: Biden firing of NLRB general counsel could be ‘unlawful’
SEIU
- Tensions Rise At NLRB Trial Over Layoffs At McDonald’s
- CPS reaches reopening deal with 9,000 district staff represented by SEIU
Teamsters
- Jacobin and the Democratic Socialists of America aided the Teamsters’ betrayal of the Hunts Point market strike
- Trade Unions That Endorsed Biden Are Mad He Kept His Promise To Kill Keystone
Unite-Here
- Biden Health Care Executive Orders Expand Affordability
- New Top NLRB Lawyer Kills Predecessor’s Union Neutrality Case
United Food and Commercial Workers
- Kroger is testing an all self-checkout store on Cedar Springs Road in Dallas
- Biden Withdraws Trump Chicken Slaughter Rule Industry Says Is Safe
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