The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from June 21-23, 2019. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, Machinists, Nurses’ Unions, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, United Food and Commercial Workers, and UMWA, as well as the United Steelworkers…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Grand jury report says VTA is most expensive, least efficient in entire country
- Metro board chair stepping down after alleged ethical violations
- VTA drivers: ‘They hear us, but they don’t listen’
AFL-CIO
- AFL-CIO president says ‘useless’ Trump trade deal hurts workers
- New York City exemption sinks prevailing wage deal
- AFL-CIO leader decries trade deal
AFSCME
- Illinois state employees approve 4-year deal with raises
- Independence Mental Health Institute ongoing ‘safety crisis’
- Pritzker ‘taking care of his cronies’ with AFSCME contract proposal, Will County GOP chair says
Communications Workers of Amerrica
- DISH edges into T-Mobile-Sprint deal
- ENVOY Air & CWA Reach Tentative Agreement During Mediation For Initial Passenger Service Agent Contract
- Contract talks break off for 7,200 Kaleida Health employees
Machinists
Nurses’ Unions
- Unions protest safety gap at Anoka center
- ‘Our movement is Medicare for all’: Activists behind the policy
- Baltimore’s John Hopkins Hospital says it will allow nurses to unionize
- Controversial Settlement Divides New York Nurses
SAG-AFTRA
- Is There a ‘Right Time’ to Join SAG-AFTRA? Here Are Some Things to Consider
- BoJack animators utilize their collective horse-power, unionize
SEIU
- Union drives ahead for cannabis industry
- Governor Appoints Several Southlanders to Posts
- Treat workers as employees? Uber, Lyft and others are scrambling for a compromise
United Food and Commercial Workers
- A.I. May Not Take Your Job, but It Could Become Your Boss
- Southern California grocery workers to vote on possible strike
- Stop & Shop Employee Says Union Threatened Him for Working During Strike
United Mine Workers
United Steelworkers
- Bishop Noa nurses picket over contract negotiations
- Carnegie Library workers plan union organizing drive
- Steelworkers accuse Tesla of firing 6 pro-union workers and retaliation
