The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 18, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, CWA, ILWU, SEIU, United Auto Workers, UFCW and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- ‘I’m Tired Of Working All These Hours’: Bus Drivers Call For Wage Increase
- On Tax Day, NJ Progressives Push For Murphy’s Millionaire Tax
AFL-CIO
- CWA president to speak at annual labor dinner
- Trainor launches campaign to lead Oregon AFL-CIO
- Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding United Way and Embezzling from a Labor Union
AFSCME
- Salem ‘intimidates workers’ for reporting harassment, discrimination
- Kamala Harris may back out of Democrats’ dinner appearance after unions plan protests
- AFSCME Launches Seven-Figure Campaign to Engage Young People of Color Ahead of 2020
American Federation of Teachers
- Is deprofessionalization killing the soul of teaching?
- Rutgers Faculty Union Reaches Contract Agreement
- AFT Invites the Lordstown Community to ‘Feel the Bern’
Communications Workers of America
- CWA president to speak at annual labor dinner
- Facebook’s Anti-Bias Vows May Not Kill Suit Against Advertisers
- A Hotly Contested Race for NewsGuild President
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
- Longshore labor: LA automation vote delay opens door for compromise
- Maritime Industry opposes new Oakland Athletics’s ballpark at Howard Terminal
National Labor Relations Board
- Mighty Good Coffee shops in Ann Arbor to close
- Labor Dept proposes new Guidelines
- Instagram meme pages unionize as they declare the location income from their work
- NU blocks faculty union election for the second time
SEIU
- CYS contract negotiations between Berks, SEIU stall
- SNF workers say they’ll strike if $40M isn’t added to the state’s budget
- Stuck in my union: Even after Janus ruling, issues with organized labor persist
United Auto Workers
- Full page ad attacks UAW leaders for ‘culture of corruption’
- NLRB postpones Volkswagen Union vote decision at least 7 days
UFCW
United Steelworkers
- Steelworkers question benefits change by TimkenSteel
- Harley-Davidson, union reach a deal on contract, $10 million to be invested in Tomahawk plants
- Bid to organize Pitt faculty falls short, but union contests ruling
