The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 17, 2019. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, CWA, IATSE, NTEU, SEIU, Teachers’ Unions, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- UMass studies Colorado’s green job potential
- Coalition says Dallas schools, governments suffer, commercial properties don’t pay ‘fair share’ of taxes
- House looks to shield higher ed searches
AFSCME
- Lawsuits Successfully Challenge Schemes to Block Workers’ Janus Rights
- AFSCME, Teachers Donate $5K To Stop & Shop Strikers
- AAUP-AFT labor union reaches contract with Rutgers granting pay increases
Communications Workers of America
- Justice Department a Potential Obstacle to T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
- In lawsuit filing, Media Mobilizing Project calls for more diversity in media ownership
IATSE
National Labor Relations Board
- New NLRB Advice Memos Tackle Worker Vs. Union Issues
- Union Turf War Erupts at Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Moves Forward on Wage-and-Hour Updates
National Treasury Employees Union
- Another clue into when feds will see a raise in their paychecks
- Tax preparation services hit low-income filers with added fees
SEIU
- Students show support for campus union
- A Nonprofit Aiding Refugees Epitomizes Portland Values. What Happens When Its Workers Want a Union?
Teachers’ Unions
- Strike is averted, faculty receives new contract
- Are America’s teachers really underpaid?
- California educator warns of ‘far-left’ agenda being pushed on kids in classrooms
- Probation officers, court workers sue St. Clair County officials over board’s budget cuts
Teamsters
- East Wenatchee police chiefs sue patrol union for defamation
- Lakota school bus drivers end strike threat, approve 5-year contract
UNITE HERE
- Yale Security Officers Protest Contract Impasse
- Aramark, Food Service Workers Reach Tentative Contract
United Auto Workers
- What a Union Means to Student Parents
- Anti-union group blasts UAW in full-page Free Press, Detroit News ad
- Employees at Tennessee Volkswagen plant Request to join union
United Steelworkers
- USW Union Members Ratify Harley-Davidson Contract
- NLRB Judge Rules Tecnocap’s 2018 West Virginia Lockout Illegal, Orders Back Pay for USW Members
