The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from August 23, 2018. Unions included are the AFSCME, CWA, OPEIU, Operating Engineers, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, Steelworkers, UAW, UFCW, as well as the NLRB…
AFSCME
- Mermell puts three employees on leave and opens probe into alleged misuse of union funds for convention in Las Vegas
- Corvallis City Council backs 9-1-1 taxing district
- Knox County Nursing Home lays off 3 employees
CWA
Machinists
NLRB
- Microsoft Bug Testers Unionized. Then They Were Dismissed
- NLRB Orders Fired Workers Reinstated In Union Row
- NLRB tells Station to start talking
- Health Center ‘Laundered’ Workers To Duck CBA
OPEIU
Operating Engineers
- Closure Of 6th St. In Kirkland Delayed Due To Labor Strike
- Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Gasser loses lawsuit to nullify Local 150 contract
- Bridge work delays concern county
- Local 302 Strike Slows 5 Redmond Construction Projects
SAG-AFTRA
- Jessica Alba’s Honest Company makes a deal with SAG-AFTRA after union issues ‘do not work’ order
- SAG-AFTRA Revokes Signatory Status Of Signatory Company
SEIU
- Union President Accused of Sexual Misconduct
- Federal court rules that PELRA does not infringe on First Amendment rights of in-home parent caregivers
- Pottstown Hospital workers air grievances against Tower Health
- Reject Prop. 8, capping dialysis firms’ profits
Steelworkers
- Around the region
- National Grid lockout of 1,200 workers drags on
- Bull Moose Negotiations with USW Union Reach Impasse Resulting in Lockout
UAW
- Help sought for laid-off GM workers
- High Ranking Union Officials Accused of Corruption
- Fiat Chrysler wanted to ‘buy labor peace’ from UAW, U.S. prosecutors say
UFCW
- Canada’s poverty reduction strategy “missing key ingredient,” says national union leader
- Bargaining under way for 18,000 Oregon grocery workers
- Twin Cities unions’ merge to create largest UFCW in five-state area
