The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 24, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, Machinists, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, Unite-Here, United Mineworkers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- State legislators support VTA driver’s union
- DASH bus drivers ask council for funds to boost pay and retain jobs
AFL-CIO
- Union chief demands opening up USMCA
- Democratic House ‘has stood on the side of workers’
- Union rallies outside GE in Schenectady as contract talks near
AFSCME
- County ratifies AFSCME contract
- Unions spent $2B on politics in 2018
- Getting pay right for city workers
American Federation of Teachers
- Rutgers administrators, top professors given $5.5 M. in ‘incentive pay’
- Lawmakers laud ‘historic’ deal for public education
- Healthcare Union Pushes Back Against Kaiser Permanente With New Ad
Machinists
- Lobster union fires co-op CEO
- City Council postpones vote that could integrate airport security with LBPD
National Labor Relations Board
- Employees have Right under NLRA to Talk to Press
- NLRB Overruled Obama Board’s “Independent Contractor” Test
- Right To Reject Evidence Add-On, 11th Circ. Says
- Workers accuse Google of retaliating against them for organizing efforts
SAG-AFTRA
- The Latest on the WGA + ATA Labor Conflict
- SAG-AFTRA Pulls Franchise Of Jordan McKirahan Talent Agency
SEIU
- Medicaid Expansion Emerges As Decisive Issue In State Budget Fight
- Shelton school bus drivers could go on strike
UNITE-HERE
- Union representing 1,700 New Orleans workers urges rejecting Convention Center hotel
- Gaming report asks: “Who’s on the hook for the Palms?”
United Mine Workers
United Steelworkers
- Dow, union still far apart as Deer Park lockout continues
- Resolute Announces Four-Year Renewal of U.S. Labor Agreements
- Union-Busting Lawyer to Host Biden’s 1st Fundraiser Thursday
