The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from May 16, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, Machinists, Teamsters, UAW, UFCW and United Mineworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Providence man comments on autonomous shuttle pilot program
- MTA transit strike a ‘risky strategy’ in contract negotiations
- Minority Writer Shames Black DC Transit Employee For Eating On Train
AFL-CIO
- Some caution about paid family and medical leave proposal
- AFL-CIO Budget Is a Stark Illustration of the Decline of Organizing
- From Meany to No Middle Class: The Marxist Decline at the AFL-CIO
- Debate over fossil fuel divestment fires up organized labor
AFSCME
- Union workers strike Thursday, say UCD cuts them out of jobs
- Iowa Supreme Court to rule on collective bargaining restrictions Friday
- New York aims to fight climate change by creating green union jobs
Communications Workers of America
- AT&T cut 23,000 jobs after getting $21 billion from GOP tax scam
- NJ tax plan would merge schools, cut health benefits, change pensions
- New Lottery Agreement Could Earn State $100M Over Coming Decade
Fraternal Order of Police
- U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Senator Police Suicide Prevention Legislation
- Police labor dispute drags on
- City starts salary talks with police union
Machinists
National Labor Relations Board
- National Labor Relations Board judge orders new union vote at Kumho’s tire plant
- Trump’s NLRB says Uber drivers are independent contractors
- NLRB ruling could further deflate union’s use of ‘fat cat’ and ‘scabby’ figures
Teamsters
- Teamsters strike at Murphy Warehouse Company throughout the Twin Cities
- XPO shareholders reject union bid to separate chair, CEO positions
- Company Hit Teamsters with Federal Charges for Illegally Having Minnesota Worker Fired for Refusing to Join Union
United Auto Workers
- 8 Detroit hiring centers to help FCA plant job seekers
- Mercy Health made ‘final’ offer for contract
- Another Six Months of Uncertainty for the Auto Industry
United Food & Commercial Workers
- Battling Target to keep their Key Food
- Trader Joe’s: YouTube channel debut
- Leinbach: Reps’ letter on Berks Heim ‘extremely misleading’
United Mine Workers
- Labor head warns of ‘frightening uptick’ in black lung disease among miners
- Coal Jobs Tick Back Up Slightly Under Donald Trump
