The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 1, 2018. Unions included are the AFSCME, Flight Attendants, FOP, IBEW, Nurses’ Unions, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Teamsters, UAW, and UNITE-HERE, as well as, the NLRB…
AFSCME
- AFSCME Strike: What Happens Now?
- Liberty Justice Center to appeal local right-to-work case to U.S. Supreme Court
- Big Government’s Largest Cheerleader Is Itself
- Fund Led by Steyer and Soros Rolling Out State-Focused Donations, Strategy
Association of Flight Attendants
- Years after airline mergers, flight attendants start to fly together
- American Airlines hits another merger milestone with flight attendant integration
Fraternal Order of Police
- New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Tom Malinowski
- Religious leaders push for city workers to strike if Van Dyke found not guilty
- Knox County deputies lighten plates for October cause
- Chicago police officer suicide rate 60-percent higher than other departments
IBEW
- Trump heads to Philly to talk job training, as robots will take over
- NECA/IBEW Local 48 works to shrink the gender gap in the electrical field
- IBEW Local 103 mobilizes for emergency electrical work in Lawrence, after gas line disaster
National Labor Relations Board
- Purple Communications Reversal Ahead?
- Joint employer rule change: Boon to industry or employee slap-in-the-face?
- ‘They want us to be robots’: Whole Foods workers fear Amazon’s changes
- Lawmakers from both coasts battling over Boeing’s North Charleston union vote
Nurses’ Unions
- Fight over nurse workload
- More nurses voice concerns ahead of Dignity-CHI merger
- UC nurses approve five-year contract with 15 percent wage increases
- Mike Hastings Voted Emergency Nurses Association 2019 President-Elect
- Nurses call for Michigan hospital CEO to step down as possibility of bankruptcy looms
Operating Engineers
- Union equipment operators end lockout
- Lincolnshire forced unionization case now expected to go to U.S. Supreme Court
SEIU
- County of Lambton paramedics heading toward strike position after contract talks break down
- County employees call for moratorium on management increases
- HHS, Nonprofit Group Combat Union Medicaid Dues-Skimming Schemes
Teamsters
- Teamsters Local 399 Ratifies New Film And TV Pact
- No school buses on Monday as strike continues in Providence
- L.A. and Long Beach port truckers and warehouse workers begin strike
United Auto Workers
- New Trade Pact Spares U.S. Auto Makers From Tariffs but Adds Restrictions
- Francis Rooney unveils Union Integrity Act
- Tesla’s union-busting trial may challenge Silicon Valley
- Unions Optimistic About New NAFTA Deal
UNITE-HERE
- Hilton Hotels settles with striking Chicago hotel workers
- Marriott Hotel Workers Authorize Strike in Key Cities
- Hotel strike ends at five more downtown Chicago hotels as workers at Hilton, Inn of Chicago ratify contracts
