The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from April 8, 2020. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, UMWA and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
American Federation of Government Employees
- Coronavirus cripples federal prison in Louisiana
- Union warns of coronavirus exposure in federal prisons
- 2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic
AFL-CIO
- Flight Attendants Want Non-Essential Trips Grounded
- Virus exposure risk scares transport workers, threatens supply chain
- Philly Shipyard Wins Major Training Ships Contract
AFSCME
- Some Maine state workers get a boost in hazard pay
- Union says Veterans Home workers at risk of infection
- Another union lawsuit filed in Illinois over First, Fourteenth Amendments, Janus
Communications Workers of America
- ‘Hey we can make ventilators’ signs held at Salem GE protest
- GE Workers Protest Safety Measures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
National Labor Relations Board
- Labor Board Pauses Union Election Rule Due to Virus
- COVID-19 and the Emergency Exception to the Duty to Bargain
- What Can A Post-Pandemic World Look Like For Restaurant Workers
SEIU
- NM needs universal masking in health facilities
- Strike averted among Jackson County workers
- Essential public workers demand more COVID-19 protections
Teamsters
- Brookfield Zoo union files labor complaint over worker furloughs
- Fired union drive leaders claim ‘retaliation’ by LIC art handling firm
Unite Here
- New School Students to “Strike” for Tuition Refunds
- Miami airport wants $65M in rent relief for airlines, tenants
- Forty-Three Harvard Dining Workers Risk Going Without Pay
United Auto Workers
- Disgraced UAW President Strong-Armed Board to Pick His Own Successor
- GM Secures $500 Million U.S. Contract to Make 30k Ventilators
United Mine Workers
- The 31 biggest worker strikes in US history
- Infrastructure Workers Nervous Safety Guidelines Fall Short Amidst COVID-19
United Steelworkers
- Mill jobs idled as business slowed
- Need creates increase in workload at ArcelorMittal
- Employees worried about Valero response to virus cases at Texas refinery
