Daily Labor Union Report for Friday, July 12, 2019

The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from July 11, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, Operating Engineers, Machinists, NABET-CWA, Nurses’ Unions, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, and United Auto Workers, United Mine Workers, United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…

Amalgamated Transit Union

• Union-busting lands on Martha’s Vineyard’s shores

Operating Engineers

• Kaleida Health, unions reach agreement on new labor contract
• Our gas tax went up but N.J.’s roads still stink, poll says, surprising no one

Machinists

• Some Local Unions Reject Labor Agreement | General Electric

NABET-CWA

• Union Fat Cats Pounce On ESPN Cameraman And Threaten To Get Him Fired. Employee Hits Back With Federal Charge.

National Labor Relations Board

• Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of July 1 – 5, 2019
• National Labor Relations Board charges Twin River Casino with hiding casino crime data
• NLRB Unanimously Declares that Mandatory Arbitration Agreement Violates the NLRA if it Restricts Access to the Board
• Breaking News: 400-truck LTL carrier suddenly shuts down

Nurses’ Unions

• Sanders Joins Union Leaders and Healthcare Workers In Protesting ‘Corporate Greed’-Fueled Private Equity Sale of Philadelphia Hospital

Teamsters

• Judge shuts down class action vs Teamsters local over pension contribution rules
• Teamsters Applaud Ways And Means Vote To Approve Pension Reform Bill

UNITE-HERE

• Union Leaders Vow ‘Direct Action’ Against Companies Involved in Trump Administration’s Deportation Plans

United Auto Workers

• GM temp workers a key issue as contract talks with UAW start next week
• Kirsten Gillibrand: Deadbeat tax plan

United Food & Commercial Workers

• Local grocery workers brace for possible strike
• L.A. labor rallies to build unity with grocery workers, stop neighborhood disruption
• New York Employees Stand Up to Union Officials False Claims About Forced-Union Dues

United Mine Workers

• The Media Uses Coal Miners To Attack the Green New Deal—Then Ignores Their Pension Fight

United Steelworkers

• Western and United Steelworkers Fighting over Saltwater Logs
• TODAY: United Steelworkers vote to ratify new contract with Arconic