The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from December 6-8, 2019. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, AFL-CIO, Communications Workers, FOP, Operating Engineers, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, Teamsters, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Fairfax Connector To Operate Limited Service As Strike Continues
- Two-tiered labor? Privatization on trial in Transdev bus worker strike
American Federation of Government Employees
- TSP participants must secure their online accounts by the end of the year
- EPA, Union Reopen Negotiations After Agency Implements Unilateral Contract
AFL-CIO
- Thousands Missing, Audit report shows union charity co-mingled Sandy Hook funds
- Independent contractors bill creates confusion in “gig” economy
- Virginia AFL-CIO Shares Letter Blasting Gov. Northam for Opposition to Repealing Anti-Union Laws
Communications Workers of America
- Union Says FCC Abused Discretion In Sprint/T-Mobile Tie-Up
- Sacked Google engineers break silence in complaint to US government
- AT&T Said to Fire Hundreds at Christmas Amid Trump Tax Bonuses
Fraternal Order of Police
- AG Says If Communities Don’t Support Police, They May End Up Unprotected
- Following teachers’ lead, police union plans on fighting for a raise of its own
- Retirees turn out to oppose pension changes
National Labor Relations Board
- Boeing workers in South Carolina reject union
- NLRB Allows Decertification to Proceed During Extension
- MOCA will recognize employee union; Marciano closure is permanent
Operating Engineers
SAG-AFTRA
- Simon Reportedly Beefs Up Legal Team Amid ‘America’s Got Talent’ Investigation
- L.A. attorney charges operators of five casting workshops with violating scam law
Service Employees International Union
Teamsters
- School bus drivers‘ strike continues with no end in sight
- Where is Jimmy Hoffa? Do we really care?
- Union workers question presidential hopefuls
United Auto Workers
- UAW abolishes regional office in St. Louis plagued by embezzlement
- Former UAW official Ashton pleads guilty, sent to prison for 3 years
- Elon Musk condemns ‘morally outrageous’ pro-union agitation at Tesla
