The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 29, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFSCME, CWA, Machinists, Rail and Transportation Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Autoworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Metrolinx to ban recreational pot use for some workers on or off duty
- Federal agency bolsters argument against organizing contract drivers
AFSCME
- California union membership drops to lowest level in decades
- Pritzker places state employees on correct step pay plan
- Union Retreats in Lawsuit Challenging Scheme to Block Worker Rights
Communication Workers of America
- Last year, organized labor showed it’s coming alive
- House committees to grill CEOs on T-Mobile-Sprint merger
- TEA Union Head After Big Pay Hikes, Uniformed Status in Contract Talks
National Labor Relations Board
- DOJ Argues Against Extending Reach of ‘Janus’ Ruling
- Veteran NLRB Appellate Lawyer Linda Dreeben Is Stepping Down
- The number of jobs lost to Obama-era anti-franchise rules is staggering
Machinists
- NASA Is Reopened, But Thousands of Contractors Are Still Waiting on Paychecks
- Union expects Ingersoll Rand to decide soon on Cheektowaga plant
- Norcross Introduces the Fairness for Federal Contractors Act
Rail and Transportation Workers
- Shameful to judge furloughed workers who needed charity
- Union Pacific sues to fire worker who defecated on railcar
SEIU
Teamsters
- Teamsters join fight against Amazon HQ2
- Drivers At Sysco Sygma In Detroit Area Vote To Join Teamsters Local 337
- Teamsters agreement with Anheuser-Busch includes Merrimack brewery
UNITE-HERE
- California hotel workers ‘on the brink’ of joining wave of strikes
- Unionists, allies to keep pressure on after Trump lockout ends
United Autoworkers
- Town hall draws former Delco employees
- Uncertainty over GM future at Lordstown a familiar story for other northeast Ohio communities with closed auto plants
- UC academic researchers need better working conditions
