The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from February 15-17, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, Longshoremen, Machinists, RWDSU, SEIU, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, and UAW, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Transit union seeking wage support from public, riders
- Oakland AC Transit Will Continue Service to Schools During Teacher Strike
- Right to Organize in Alexandria
AFL-CIO
- Do these collective bargaining issues seem related
- US labor organization AFL-CIO urges game developers to unionize in open letter
- Labor Leader Sees Causes For Optimism On Wisconsin Political Landscape
AFSCME
- Unions won’t end UMD’s unethical treatment of workers
- AFSCME President Calls Trump’s Emergency Declaration ‘An Abuse of Power’
- State court recording monitors object to Judicial Branch plan to outsource
American Federation of Teachers
- IVCC union tensions continue
- 2020 Democrats Eager for Teachers’ Backing
- Teachers’ Strikes Are Rattling Washington. Hearing in the U.S. House Is Proof.
Longshoremen’s Association
Machinists
- Gunman Kills Five Employees in Illinois Factory Shooting
- Machinists Treasurer in California Charged with Embezzlement, Coverup
National Labor Relations Board
- Tribune Publishing Recognizes ‘Hartford Courant’ Newsroom Union
- Rocky Mountain Clinic nurses vote to form union; ruling awaited on second clinic bargaining unit
- US Court of Appeals rules against Wolf Creek in union representation case
RWDSU
- How Amazon-NYC deal fell apart
- Violence and verbal abuse is on the rise as shoppers take their frustration out on staff, say unions
SEIU
- SEIU Appeal Implicates Strikes, Worker Actions Across U.S.
- CA’s Largest Labor Union Warns Border Wall Funding & Reckless Emergency Declarations Will Only Hurt Families
Teamsters
- Teamsters To Hold Lobbying Day For Kansas School Bus Drivers
- XPO to close Memphis warehouse at the center of pregnancy discrimination claims
UNITE-HERE
- Flying out of LAX? Service could be interrupted if nearly 700 catering workers strike
- Mayor Hancock’s $15 Minimum Wage Deal Bumps Proposed Ballot Measure For DIA
