The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from July 12, 2018. Unions included are AFGE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, CWA, ILA, Ironworkers, Nursing Unions, Teacher’s Unions, Teamsters, UAW, UMWA, as well as the National Labor Relations Board.
AFGE
AFSCME
- Board to state: Figure out how to pay step increases
- Governor candidate calls on Ricketts to fire prisons head
- Right-to-work nonprofit threatens lawsuits against officials still collecting “fair-share fees” for unions
AFL-CIO
- Thousands rally for private pension fix
- California’s Major Government Unions Collect At Least $900 Million Per Year
- Congressman asks Acosta about lagging enforcement, inspector attrition at OSHA
- AFL-CIO Chief Warns Red to Blue Candidates That Being a Democrat Isn’t Enough
Communications Workers of America
- Union lobbies for investment in former Delphi Howland plant
- Employees at Laurel Mall Verizon store vote to unionize
- National Abortion Federation Fought A Union Drive For Months. Then Its Board Got A Letter.
Ironworkers
- Dispute between Wendt Corp., union drags on as workers picket
- Flashback: At Wendt, workers learn the first union contract can be a long time coming
Longshoremen’s Association
- Dockworkers, East and Gulf Coast Ports Reach Tentative Labor Agreement
- ‘Ghost worker’ longshoreman charged with lying about hours worked at Port Tampa Bay
National Labor Relations Board
- Businesses Want Labor Board Democrat Out
- ADR Pilot Program by NLRB Intended to Reduce Internal Conflicts
- House Committee Approves Labor Department Funding Cuts
Nurses Unions
- Nurses union: Understaffing got worse at W-B General
- UVM medical center nurses strike in Burlington, Vermont
Service Employees International Union
Teacher’s Unions
- Still Pulling the Strings
- The Teacher Paradox: Educators Organize Under Fire
- NEA Budget Cuts Don’t Include Executives’ Salaries
Teamsters
UAW
- United Auto Workers: US autoworkers urge Trump to take action on GM, Auto News, ET Auto
- BMW Will Follow Harley-Davidson and Move SUV Production Out of US
United Mine Workers
- 30K United Mine Workers head to Ohio rally
- Scott Pruitt’s replacement tells EPA employees, ‘When it comes to leadership, you can’t lead unless you listen.’
