The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from October 4-6, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Denver schools warn of bus delays due to driver shortage
- ECAT no longer under special district, county says bus service won’t change
- Faculty union marks picket line as librarian, archivist strike looms
American Federation of Government Employees
- Health Insurance Premiums to Rise by 5.6% in 2020
- First black Texas union president to be sworn in October
- Ex-officer admits to stealing at least $77,716 from Lewisburg prison guards’ union local
AFL-CIO
- R-88: ‘leveling playing field’ or imposing racial quotas?
- Alaska Attorney General says longstanding hiring law unconstitutional
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Oregon AFSCME: ‘No endorsement, no financial support’ for PERS cutters
- California child care workers now allowed to unionize under new law
- Biden Benefit Picketed by AFSCME 3299 At Senator Feinstein’s House
Communication Workers of America
- Biz groups say Warren labor plan would be disaster
- T-Mobile-Sprint merger has majority support at the FCC
- Union authorizes strike against Frontier Communications
Fraternal Order of Police
- ‘Any co-conspirators should not rest easy‘
- Baltimore Prosecutor Seeks to Throw Out Nearly 800 Criminal Convictions
National Labor Relations Board
- Biz groups say Warren labor plan would be disaster
- General manager of Palms Casino in Las Vegas steps down
SEIU
- SEIU Members Outshine Journalists in Questioning Candidates
- Santa Clara County workers’ strike intensifies on Day 3; county files grievance
- Heart Attack Forces Sanders to Reset Campaign at Pivotal Moment
Teamsters
- Teamsters need federal loans for pensions
- Atlas Air pilots authorized to form own local
- East Coast sanitation-worker strike halts trash pickup in Western Washington cities
UNITE-HERE
- Battery Wharf Hotel Strikers March Through North End
- San Diego’s Evans Hotels accuses labor unions of extortion
United Auto Workers
- UAW GM Strike: Parties Move Closer to a Deal
- Talks between UAW and GM take ‘flip for the more severe’
- UAW official charged in corruption probe takes leave of absence
