Daily Labor Union Report for Wednesday, July 10, 2019

The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from July 9, 2019. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, Machinists, Nurses’ Unions, SAG-AFTRA, Teachers’ Unions, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…

AFL-CIO

• The next AFL-CIO president will likely be a woman, insiders say

American Federation of Teachers

• Judge Green-Lights Lawsuit Against Student Loan Service Provider

AFSCME

• Opioid epidemic pushing caseworkers to their limits, strike possible

Communications Workers of America

• KUOW – Journalists at KCTS, Crosscut launch union effort
• Employees at Seattle’s Cascade Public Media seek union representation
• Unions, Environmental Groups Join Forces on Climate Action

Laborers (LIUNA)

• City, union at odds over depot fixes

Machinists

• FAA raises safety concern about fraught American Airlines-mechanics relationship

National Education Association

• Largest U.S. Teachers’ Union Endorses Abortion
• How Bernie Sanders sold out to teachers’ unions and turned his back on American students
• BTU Ad Supports New Bedford Charter School Teachers

National Labor Relations Board

• NLRB Eases Standard for Withdrawing Union Recognition Upon Contract Expiration
• Get Back: NLRB Overturns Long-Standing “Public Space” Exception – JDSupra
• Fed Court Overturns Suspension of Union Oil Refinery Worker
• Gig Businesses Face Tug Of War Over New Employment Laws
• NLRB’s Emanuel Should Sit Out McDonald’s Case, Leaked Records Say

Nursing Unions

• Duluth nurses go before city council voicing concern – KBJR 6
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts Nurses Association Approve New Contract

SAG-AFTRA

• ‘Walking Dead’ Star Michael Cudlitz Running for SAG-AFTRA Board
• Kip Pardue Fined $6,000 by SAG-AFTRA for Alleged Sexual Misconduct
• Camryn Manheim to Run for SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer

Service Employees International Unions

• Union leaders use the ‘S’ word
• Kalispell Nurses To Vote On Unionization
• Union Due Deductions Blocked From Home Care Workers Checks

Teamsters

• Teamsters Vote to Sanction Potential Calif. Grocery Workers’ Strike
• YRC CEO: More Changes To Come After New Penn HQ Closure
• Today’s Pickup: Get To Work, Judges Tell Atlas Air Pilots
• Teamsters Call On Ways And Means To Approve Pension Reform Bill

UNITE-HERE

• Julian Castro is Pushing Station Casinos to Recognize A Workers Union

United Auto Workers

• Good times promise tough talks for UAW
• Autoworkers demand substantial improvement in wages and conditions on eve of contract talks

United Mine Workers

• Coal union invites Democratic 2020 hopefuls, at least half say ‘Yes’

United Steelworkers

• USW Members to Rally for Bill to Protect Pensions
• Workers at Cascade Steel Rolling Mills ready to strike