The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 12-14, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, Communications Workers, Machinists, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Congressional Democrats Advance Pro-Labor Initiatives
- New Federal Labor & Employment Legislation to Watch
American Federation of Government Employees
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Launches New Hiring Effort
- Employees Raise Concerns as IRS Recalls Staff From Home Ahead of Tax Season
- ‘Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act’ Top Priority for FOP & Federal Officers
AFL-CIO
- 2020 Criminal Enforcement Actions
- Hollywood Unions Lobby for Tax Incentive to Promote Diverse Hiring
- South Dakota energy executive pleads for sit-down with Biden to discuss Keystone XL revival
Communications Workers of America
- Workers at Medium Are Forming the Newest Tech Union
- Unions take on Amazon and Alphabet. Big tech watch out
International Association of Machinists
- Boeing machinists will get ‘disappointing’ 1.2% annual bonus for 2020
- ‘Machinists preemption’ didn’t bar new ordinance
National Labor Relations Board
- Hospital Vaccinates Out-of-State Union-Busters as Vulnerable Residents Forced to Wait
- Food Co. Tells NLRB That Acting GC’s Appointment Is Illegal
- NLRB Rebuffs Union’s Bid to Reconsider Browning-Ferris Ruling
Service Employees International Union
- SEIU, CA Uber drivers sue court to block Proposition 22
- Aetna Medicare Advantage and the Attack on Traditional Medicare
Teamsters
- Unions Refuse To Answer Why They Supported Biden Despite His Years Of Promising To Take Down Keystone
- Teamsters Say Welch Foods Fight Should Return To Arbitrator
Unite-Here
- NLRB Says Alaska Hotel Stonewalled Union In Access Talks
- Hotel workers need to wait for next phase to receive vaccine
- How the pandemic is impacting women in the workforce
United Auto Workers
- Electrifying the Auto Industry Will Require Far More than Just Better Batteries
- Biden to tackle chip shortage while U.S. semi execs and UAW urge domestic production
- GM’s UAW workers to get $9,000 profit sharing checks this year