The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from March 31, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFT, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- The PRO Act Passes House, Awaits Senate Fate
- Here’s how the PRO Act would impact freelance and gig workers
AFL-CIO
- New workforce liaison at Oregon AFL-CIO
- Frontline Workers Cheer Final Passage of Emergency Paid Sick Time
- Cincinnati Voters to Consider Affordable Housing Trust Fund
American Federation of Teachers
- Time for Americans to Take Back Power from Teachers’ Unions
- Why American Jews Should Embrace Education Choice
- Are Kamala Harris’ Horrible Laughing Tics Just Part of Her Liberal Hubris
Communications Workers of America
- Wave of unionization sweeps through Washington newspapers
- Google Promises Not to Muzzle Staff on Pay, Settling Labor Case
National Labor Relations Board
- Supreme Court Path Set for Potential First Black Female Nominee
- Elon Musk Anti-Union Tweet Needs To Be Deleted, Labor Board Says
- NLRB Tells 4th Circ. Courts Can Enforce Voluntary Orders
Service Employees International Union
- Brodsky suspends workers who stood by as Asian woman was attacked
- Huntington Hospital technical bargaining employees ratify first contract agreement
- Massachusetts certifies union to represent 613 UMass residents
Teamsters
- Teamsters, Hauler Co. Beat Ex-Truck Driver’s Race Bias Suit
- Biden Pitches $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan to ‘Bring Everybody Along’
Unite-Here
- Boston Hotels, Gutted By Pandemic, May Take Years To Rebound
- Disney World Will Pay Cast Members Who Get Vaccinated
- Atlantic City Casino Workers Prioritized for COVID-19 Vaccine
United Auto Workers
- Ford to shut down Louisville Assembly Plant
- UAW and automakers urge Biden to adopt expansive EV strategy
- Amazon workers in Alabama just voted on a union. What’s next?
United Steelworkers
- 1,300 steelworkers in five states strike at Allegheny Technologies
- Prysmian Group employee strike continues
- The pandemic has heightened the stakes for graduate student union negotiations