The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from November 19, 2020. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, APWU, Communications Workers, IBEW, SEIU, Teamsters, UFCW, and United Mine Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- RTD approves budget with layoffs, salary cuts
- VTA postpones Santa Clara County cuts to service for next year
- Bus drivers protest outside CARTA garage, call for hazard pay
AFL-CIO
- Burlington hoping AFL-CIO will provide construction loan
- US ramping up pressure on China’s use of forced labor in distant-water fishing
- Unions Float Two Picks to Be Workplace Safety Chief Under Biden
American Postal Workers Union
- Maine postal workers warn cuts to USPS will continue, impairing service
- Postal Workers Union urges Senate to grant the USPS coronavirus aid
- American Postal Workers Union calls for no more budget cuts
Communications Workers of America
- Telecom employees in Tustin required to return to office hit with COVID
- Crookston New Flyer of America workers hold rally ahead of contract talks
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers
- Kentucky Democratic Party staff unionize joining IBEW
- Worker’s rights activists rally outside county legislature for local jobs
National Labor Relations Board
- NFL Union Pushes Back On Ex-Player’s Benefit Changes Suit
- NLRB Official OKs Waste Co. Union Vote Despite Layoff Plans
- Labor Board Confirms Employees’ Uniform Protest Is Protected Activity
SEIU
- Cleveland Public Library Buying Tasers for Security Guards
- Tropicana Workers Rallying at Queen’s Park in Protest of Years of Wage Freezes
Teamsters
- Teamsters end strike at Toledo Coca-Cola facility
- Food service disruption possible for Sioux Falls schools, amid North Dakota strike
United Food and Commercial Workers
- NIMBYs Mobilize to Block New San Francisco Whole Foods
- Opponents upend Whole Foods plan to open S.F. store in Western Addition
- OSHA fines meatpacking plant for hundreds of COVID-19 cases
United Mine Workers
- Former Remington workers are dealing with a lot this Thanksgiving season
- Medical Lab Settles with Feds, West Virginia Mine Workers Local for $1.2M+
