The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 28, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFSCME, AFT, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Autoworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- MARTA to seek court action to end bus driver ‘sick-out’r Bowl week
- NLRB Re-Writes Independent Contractor Test
AFSCME
- Teachers Union Chief Defends the L.A. Strike
- Reports of the labor movement’s death were greatly exaggerated
- Koch group touts education push on curriculum, technology
American Federation of Teachers
- Roanoke Valley teachers join educators’ march to state Capitol
- Activists call on Education Secretary DeVos to take action for ‘menstrual equity’ in schools
- Mingo Co. educators prepared to vote on work-stoppage option
National Labor Relations Board
- Union says Trade Off owes it $100M in double-breasting scheme
- National Labor Relations Board Rules Agains Teamsters Representing Minnie Van Lyft Drivers
- NLRB Concerted Activity Definition Restored
- These Burgerville employees organized the first official fast-food labor union in the country
Operating Engineers
SEIU
- Chartwells Food Service Workers Organize Against Layoffs
- SEIU NJ State Council urges swift passage of $15 minimum wage bill
- Union Warns that Homecare Agency CarePartners’ Working Conditions are “Stuck in the Past”
Steelworkers Union
- Longtime Labour Leader William Parsons Passes Away
- A future made of coke? In Monessen, the world’s largest steelmaker promises to stay
- Chevron to buy Texas refinery from Brazil’s Petrobras
Teamsters
- Syracuse TSA airport screeners receive 5,000 pounds of food, supplies while they wait for their checks
- Oil Workers’ Overtime Claims Barred By CBA, 9th Circ. Says
UNITE-HERE
- California housekeeper sues Marriott over guest sexual misconduct
- Hilton becomes first hotel in Stamford to unionize
- Hotel Association Sues Long Beach Over Panic Button, Work Rule Law
United Auto Workers
- Former GM employee shares dark experiences
- Ford hourly workers to receive $7,600 profit-sharing checks
- These Burgerville employees organized the first official fast-food labor union in the country
