The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from September 18, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, Carpenters’ Unions, FOP, IBEW, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE, as well as the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- After the Climate Action Summit, Commitments Emerge Amidst Growing Disaster
- Midterms Labor Candidates are Shaking Up the Status Quo and Standing Up for Workers
Carpenters’ Unions
- What does factory-built housing mean for Bay Area trades workers?
- Training for construction jobs in San Francisco in the midst of a labor shortage
- ACLU files complaint against Facebook for discriminatory job postings
Fraternal Order of Police
- Jackson trustees approve agreement with police sergeants
- FOP president: Officer who used Taser on 11-year-old being unfairly persecuted
- No on-call system for Chicago SWAT endangers officers and civilians, FOP complaint says
IBEW
- Big Rivers Electric Corporation vote expected Monday
- New Hampton dam part of Eversource’s $83 million sale of hydro plants
- IDAHO DEMOCRATIC PARTY SIGNS UNION CONTRACT WITH IBEW LOCAL 291 IDP becomes one of first state parties in the country to unionize
NLRB
- Legislation Lowering Labor Department Funding Advances
- Labor Dept. Eases Rules for Unions After Florence
- Sens. Want NLRB Member Off Case For Littler Mendelson Ties
- The Washington Post Tried to Penalize a Writer for Criticizing Jeff Bezos. He Fought Back—And Won.
SAG-AFTRA
- How to Deal With Sexual Harassment
- Animation Guild Reaches Deal For New Contract
- Ad Agency Tensions With Union for Commercial Actors Intensify
SEIU
- Wage Parity at Harvard
- Kaiser Permanente workers oppose proposal to outsource 60 gardeners
- Nashville mayor David Briley taps 5 to find millions in Metro savings
- McDonald’s Slammed for Using Weinstein Law Firm to Advise on Harassment Policy
Steelworkers
- Steel workers seek improved deal with ArcelorMittal
- Minor League Baseball players explore forming a union
- Massachusetts gas explosions reveal infrastructure decay and negligence
Teamsters
- Some Lyft drivers at Disney World put brakes on union
- Teamster President, Secretary in Southern Illinois Sentenced
- Opioid MDL Stakes Rise For Pharmacy Benefit Cos.
UFCW
- Schnucks buying 19 Shop ‘n Save locations
- Four Roses bourbon strike: Distiller says no two-tier wages
- Confluence Health, service workers reach contract agreement
UNITE-HERE
- City Council flexes its muscle with businesses amid Detroit resurgence
- Hotel workers’ strike now in its second week with no end in sight
- United Airlines catering workers start voting to decide if they want to unionize
