The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from June 7-9, 2019. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, CWA, National Education Association, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Teamsters, and UAW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- New Jersey Workers Sue Unions for Failing to Respect Their Choice to Opt Out
- Oregon lawmakers vote to cut public employee retirement contributions
- How LGBTQ Union Activists Transformed the Labor Movement
AFSCME
- Knoxville native named to Booker committee
- Ohio Worker Files Brief in Federal Lawsuit Seeking Return of Teachers’ Forced Union Fees
- Democrats face angry union members after tough vote to cut pensions
Communications Workers of America
National Education Association
- Schools reckon with social stress: ‘I’m on my phone so much’
- Michigan’s declining teacher salaries leave many educators…
- DeVos, unions drive Democratic candidates to back away from charter schools
National Labor Relations Board
- DirecTV Contractor Must Show Union ‘Whole’ Service Pact
- Big Labor Swats Away Its “Kick Me” Sign
- Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason
Operating Engineers
- Homestead panel examines bridging the blue-green divide
- Operating Engineers Secretary in Tennessee Sentenced for Embezzlement
SEIU
- Growing number of Latinos broaden labor’s mission, political power
- Green New Deal Picks Up 2 Major Union Endorsements As Labor Support Grows
- Janitors Protest Vienna-Based Cleaning Contractor
Teamsters
United Auto Workers
- FCA Breaks Off Possible Renault Merger
- Judge denies GM’s request to dismiss UAW lawsuit over employee
- GOP officials rehash old fight against Volkswagen union vote
- Union members protest after researcher’s postdoctoral appointment ends
United Steelworkers
- Arconic workers join Alcoa union employees in vote to strike if no deal is reached
- Goodyear’s local union workers have new deal into 2022
- Right to work laws violated, Burlington company employee alleges in lawsuit
