The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from November 20-22, 2020. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
American Federation of Government Employees
- Cutting Federal Agency Costs for Union Activity
- Labor authority overturns VA’s new employee discipline process, affecting thousands
AFL-CIO
- A Union’s Strength Comes from the Power to Strike
- Apple lobbying against Forced Labor Prevention Act
- What’s behind the divisions over Biden’s secretary of Labor
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Here Are The Pro-Union Labor Laws Joe Biden Has Promised To Pass As President
- Union Sounds Alarm Following COVID-19 Outbreak at Juvenile Facility
Communications Workers of America
- Verizon gives a few more clues about Tracfone acquisition
- Diversity Lacking as AFL-CIO Unions Mull Labor Chief Choices
Fraternal Order of Police
- Rules about police wearing masks vary widely across US
- Commission signs off on Sheriff’s Office union change
National Labor Relations Board
- Took a Boatload of Uber Cash to Beat Organized Drivers
- Museum’s Security Workers Won’t Get Say On Union
- Leslie Smith Discusses UFC Cutting Her While She Was Attempting To Unionize
SEIU
- Wage protest targets Subway’s Milford HQ
- SEIU-West reaches tentative agreement with SAHO after three years of bargaining
- Santa Clara County moves forward with job cuts in face of deficit
Teamsters
- UPS worker dies of injuries at Worldport facility as holiday package crush begins
- Teamsters Prez’s Foes Can Press Bias Claims Against Local
- Supreme Court weighs challenge to public-sector labor laws
Unite Here
- NLRB Offices Grapple With Virus Layoffs’ Effect On Unit Votes
- Some City Council members want to override mayor’s vetoes of hospitality worker bills
- Major Layoffs at Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Union Says
United Steelworkers
- U.S. Weekly says Jobless Claims Jump to 742K
- Biden Unlikely to Quickly Unwind China Tariffs
- Union officials say Charleston chemical plant closing
