Daily Labor Union Report for Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from July 23, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, ATU, Construction Unions, IAM, IATSE, IBEW, Machinists, Nurses Unions, SEIU, Teamsters, UAW, UFCW, as well as the National Labor Relations Board and OLMS…

AFL-CIO

• AFL-CIO leaves Vermont labor coalition in dispute over lobbying
  
• Rev. Bullock: ‘Shocked to See a Picture of Myself and Gretchen Whitmer on a Mailer’
  

Amalgamated Transit Union

• DC Metro Union Workers Don’t Realize They Work For Taxpayers

Construction Workers

• Democrats Campaign to Raise Wages While Pushing Cheap Labor Immigration
• Trump initiative supports training of 500,000 construction workers

IAM

• U.S. Labor chief stresses job training during visit to Boeing’s North Charleston plant

IATSE

• IATSE Members Talk Strike During Editors Guild Meeting

IBEW

• Labor Board Sets Trial to Prosecute Missouri IBEW Union for Making Illegal Forced Dues Demands from Nonmember

National Labor Relations Board

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of July 9 – 13, 2018

Nurses’ Unions

• Service changes ahead of strike at RI Hospital, Hasbro

OLMS

• New Challenge Looms for Public-Sector Unions
  

SEIU

• Janitors union to announce strike intentions tonight
• Detroit janitors to announce strike decision at vigil Monday
  

Teachers Unions

• California teacher pension debt swamps school budgets

Teamsters

• Bail out Central States
  
• Pension retirees share concerns with Nancy Pelosi, U.S lawmakers
  
• Teamsters With USF Holland In Wisconsin Ratify First Contract
  
• Teamsters union blackmails UPS workers: Approve contract or your wages will be cut
  

UAW

• Future of Lennox looms as employees await decision
  
• UAW keeps fighting for GM
  

UFCW

• Contract negotiations continue with Confluence Health
  
• Cartwright hosts forum on importance of unions