The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 8, 2020. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, Unite-Here, UAW, UFCW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Metrobus strike averted, as transit union accepts deal
- Halted stimulus talks undercut already ailing airlines and transit systems
American Federation of Government Employees
- OPM looks to change when it owes back-pay from personnel disputes
- Civil Rights Groups Pressure VA Ahead of GAO Racism Audit
- Bureau of Prisons responds to positive cases at FCI McDowell
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
- Mayor Lightfoot is THINKING about cutting workers
- Workers’ Compensation in D.C.: Separate and Unequal
- State Considers Unfair Labor Charge Against R.I. County
Communications Workers of America
- AT&T puts hundreds more stores on chopping block
- Union claims AT&T’s web of subcontractors puts public at risk
Fraternal Order of Police
- Former FOP president suspended from police union
- Louisville, police union reach deal on extension
- ‘Biden Owes an Apology to Law Enforcement for Calling Antifa an ‘Idea’
National Labor Relations Board
- Employers Must Beware The Coming Union Organizing Storm
- How a Scrappy Group of Tech Workers Formed One of the Only Unions in the Industry
- Auto Dealership’s Scapegoating Equals Union Bias, Court Affirms
Unite-Here
- Effort To Unionize Surly Brewing Company Workers Fails By A Vote
- More than 8,800 part-time Disney cast members laid off
- Large hotels and their employees face ongoing uncertainty
United Auto Workers
- The way forward for NYU graduate students
- The 1936 GM Sit-Down Strike Changed Labor History
- Summer Session Teaching Assistants File Union Grievance for Receiving Half-Pay
United Food and Commercial Workers
- RCBJ Talks Pandemic, Consumer Safety, Product Hoarding, With Stop & Shop
- Union workers protest Kroger for hazard pay, insurance changes
- QFC workers told not to wear Black Lives Matter buttons
United Steelworkers
- Diversity-Fueled ‘Reverse’ Bias Claims Put Employers in Quandary
- Electric Bus Manufacturing Workforce Training Launched In Los Angeles
