The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from September 26, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, ATU, CWA, Machinists, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Teachers’ Unions, Teamsters, UAW, UFCW, UNITE-HERE, and United Mine workers…
AFL-CIO
- Marketing consultant, city agree on $540K deal
- A union assist to preserve Plant Vogtle reactors
- Tony Evers floats tax cut for 860,000 working families
AFSCME
- Corrections officers union calls for harsher penalties for assaulting staff in Minn.
- Judicial eliminates Supreme Court police, including position held by union president
ATU
Communications Workers of America
- How Verizon Is Trying to Bust its Workers’ Union
- Amazon uses these 8 characteristics to tell if employees want to union
- Frontier Communications service complaints aired at Lakeville hearing
Machinists
- Boeing saved $227 million from state tax incentives last year while it cut 6,000 jobs
- Healthcare, wages at stake in Machinists strike at UTC Cheshire Aerospace
Operating Engineers
- Union blasts decision to bring in out-of-state workers to build roads
- As labor dispute continues, Northern Michigan road projects buttoning up for winter
- Snyder administration backs strikebreaking threat by Michigan road construction contractors
SEIU
- Build worker’s union rallies in Scarsdale for new contract
- Mayor Kenney wants to raise minimum wage for city contractors to $15/hour
- Proposition 8 isn’t about dialysis care, it’s about punishing non-unionized clinics.
Teachers’ Unions
- LA teachers are ready to walk
- Ohio ranked 10th best state for teachers
- Superintendents Struggle to Lure Teachers to Rural Colorado
- NM Labor Board reacts to Deming Public Schools approach to collective bargaining by teacher’s union
Teamsters
- Sun-Maid workers off picket line and back to work
- UPDATED: School Bus Strike Thursday, Bus Co. Blames Teamsters
United Auto Workers
- 100 years of building cars and wealth at the Rouge
- Trump’s trade proposals slammed by Senate Republicans
- Lawmakers fight for GM Lordstown plant
United Food & Commercial Workers
UNITE-HERE
- UNITE HERE Pledges Ballot Box Consequences Over Death of TV Drug Pricing Consumer Protections
- Alleged attack on Waikiki housekeeper prompts push for added protections
- San Francisco OKs $17 Minimum Wage for Contractors
- Stockton program helps young adults get hospitality job training
United Mine Workers
- Peabody buying mine from Drummond Co. for $400 million
- Miners Urge Congressional Action On Pensions And Black Lung Fund
- UMWA Local #4893 hosts Rock Springs Mayoral debate
