Daily Labor Union Report for Wednesday, July 18, 2018

The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from July 17, 2018. Unions included are the AFSCME, CWA, IBEW, Operating Engineers, UFCW, UMWA and UNITE-HERE, as well as the National Labor Relations Board…

AFSCME

• Just 20% of AFSCME Council 31 spending goes toward representing workers

Communications Workers of America

• Bank Workers Rising: CWA Wants To Unionize Banks

IBEW

• IBEW members protest lack of financial information from local leadership
• Electrical Workers say Election Back On, but Concerns Not Yet Resolved

National Labor Relations Board

• U.S. labor board judge rejects McDonald’s bid to settle franchisees’ case
• Boeing Standard Approved By NLRB

Operating Engineers

• Union Gives Up Legal Fight To Claim Workers’ Paychecks As Its Own Property
• After two years of negotiations, first union contracts approved for some Rolling Meadows employees
  

UFCW

• In the Wake of Yet Another Scandal, UFCW Local 135 Members Want Their Union Back

UMWA

• Pension Problems: Lawmakers Warn Of Economic Fallout From Failing Pensions

UNITE-HERE

• California Restaurant Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Remove Union after Multiyear Legal Fight