The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from September 14-16, 2018. Unions included are the AFSCME, ATU, FOP, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Teamsters, Teachers’ Unions, United Steelworkers, UAW, and UNITE-HERE…
AFSCME
- We deserve more than a rubber stamp
- UC, nurses’ union have tentative deal
- 10K New York City Employees Stop Paying Big Labor Fees After Janus Ruling
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Trade war tariffs hit Albany, upstate ports
- Attacking Metro over employee pensions is baseless
- Taking over TTC subway would be ‘quite straightforward,’ says Metrolinx CEO
Fraternal Order of Police
- Fontana POA joins Fraternal Order of Police
- Nashville FOP Wants Community Oversight Board Removed From Ballot
- FACT CHECK: Did the National Association of Police Organizations Call for a Boycott of Nike?
- Some Ohio State security staffers to vote on whether to join FOP
Operating Engineers
- Statewide labor dispute impacting Cherry Hill road reconstruction
- Labor war with Hudson Yards developer could be a good thing
- State waives make-up days for new Port Townsend elementary school
SEIU
- SEIU residential building workers authorize strike
- News articles should have same rules as letters
- Dignity merger angst to be vented in Oxnard hearing
Teamsters
- When RFK Took on the Youngstown Rackets
- Meatpacker, Muslim Workers in US Settle Bias Dispute
- Local UPS package handlers caught up in national Teamsters power struggle
Teachers’ Unions
- Rutgers faculty members enter fall semester with expired contracts, negotiations underway
- Florida Supreme Court knocks Amendment 8 off November ballot
- Unions to gather at West Virginia Capitol Sunday for unity rally
- Education groups race for taste of state revenue surplus
- Rally for Social Justice
United Steelworkers
- Local 2911 sets meetings to authorize strike
- USW: Proposed concessions threaten incentive pay, would ‘devastate retirees’
- Steel workers aren’t yet benefitting from Trump’s steel tariffs. And they’re getting upset.
- Minor league baseball players exploring union as they continue to battle low wages
UAW
- Trump’s help needed now in Valley
- Montblanc pen seized in Fiat Chrysler-UAW scandal could be sold soon
- Recent UC student workers contract is regressive
UNITE-HERE
- 2,300 San Francisco Marriott Hotel Workers Vote To Strike
- Marriott employees vote to strike at Boston locations
- Crowne Plaza pulls plans for second hotel tower
- Matteson Returning To City Hall
- Is Disneyland exempt from Anaheim’s ‘living wage’ ballot measure? The debate rages
