The following is the Labor Union Report’s weekend news recap from July 6-9, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, CWA, IAM, Operating Engineers, Teachers’ Unions, Steelworkers, UAW, UNITE-HERE, as well as the National Labor Relations Board and Office of Labor-Management Standards…
AFL-CIO
- Illegal immigration means illegal
- Sanctuary initiative garners opposition on ballot deadline
- Group wants to teach workers how to stop paying union dues
- RELEASE FROM ANDREW CUOMO: NEW YORK STATE AFL-CIO ENDORSES GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO FOR REELECTION
AFSCME
- Editorial: Tennessee Needs Unions
- City should not delay action on accused worker
- Governing bodies to consider labor contract, incentives for promoters
Communications Workers of America
Machinists
National Labor Relations Board
OLMS
- Punching In: Trump Union Watchdog Has New Honcho
- Labor-Management Office Gets a Director at Long Last
Operating Engineers
- Man Convicted In Fellow Union Member ‘s Death After Fight Over Moonshine
- Bills to overhaul worker’s compensation in Illinois still alive despite vocal opposition
SEIU
- Class action lawsuits alleges union and Washington state conspired to ripoff caregivers
- Janus Supreme Court Decision: No More ‘Hotel California’ Opt-Out Rules for Unions
- Big Labor Hit with Another Class Action Suit
- The first post-Janus lawsuit against the SEIU has arrived
Steelworkers
- Tariffs from China, US have potential for $2 trillion trade war fallout
- The Steelworkers Argument For Tariffs
- The Granite City plant reopening is not just about tariffs
Teacher’s Unions
- ‘Union Alternatives’ Woo Illinois Teachers
- Teachers’ union files labor complaint
- ICYMI: Florida education news in review, week of July 1, 2018
- The FEA Teachers Union Sues The Florida Legislature. Again.
UAW
- Send UAW leader General Holiefield’s widow to prison, feds say
- New UAW president hopes to play helpful role in community
- Westland council OKs deal with supervisor union
- Feds: Widow trying to buy way out of prison in FCA-UAW scam
UNITE-HERE
- Panic Button To Be Required In Chicago Hotels Because Of Sexual Harassment
- Huge picket line against Marriott in Boston
