The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 23-25, 2019. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, NEA, SEIU, Unite-Here, UFCW, and Unit Mine Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
American Federation of Government Employees
- Louisiana AFGE President Pleads Guilty to Forgery
- Federal Prison hosts job fair, looking for correctional officers
- Union buys subscription after agency canceled contract with news outlet dedicated to covering it
AFL-CIO
- 3 More AFL-CIO Call for General Strike
- State Emergency Workplace Rules Spark a New Epidemic
- AFL-CIO Challenge to Labor Board Election Rule Put on Hold
AFSCME
- Decreased work week for county employees on hold
- County Library staff, probation officers face threat of layoffs
- AFSCME Asks SGA to Pass Resolution Calling for Layoffs to be Rescinded
Communications Workers of America
- AT&T CEO says Fiber is the juice behind every network
- How Amazon prevents unions by surveilling employee activism
National Education Association
- School districts face hard choices amid pandemic-era cuts
- Remote learning adds extra level of stress for Delaware teachers
- How a rural Iowa school district changed busing for costs, and students’ safety
National Labor Relations Board
- Hotel workers furloughed amid pandemic can’t vote in union election
- NLRB failed to explain why it approved separate bargaining units at Chicago hotel
- Union seeks stronger COVID-19 protection at furniture factory
Service Employees International Union
- Mount Nittany Health reaches contract agreement with SEIU
- Public-Sector Unions Resorting to Forgery to Preserve Their Monopoly
- “Grassroots” Gig Workers Collective Exposed As UFCW Front
Unite Here
- County’s Unemployment Rate Remains High as Potential Second Coronavirus Wave Looms
- Laid-off hotel workers rally after health insurance yanked
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- UFCW Local 400 associates protest for better contracts
- Marijuana Dispensary Workers Unionize In DC
- Demonstrators Rally in Support of Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers
United Mine Workers
- Consol Can’t Shake Central Claim In Lifetime Benefits Suit
- State Emergency Workplace Rules Spark a New Epidemic
- Medical lab to pay $1.2M for false Medicare and UMWA benefit claims
