The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from December 11-13, 2020. Unions included are the ATU, AFGE, AFL-CIO, Communications Workers, FOP, Operating Engineers, SEIU, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Nearly 900 CTA workers have had COVID; 18 drove the busy bus routes
- Santa Clara County starts free COVID-19 workplace testing for transit employees
American Federation of Government Employees
- VA employee union plans Saturday protest over safety
- Florence federal prison worker details COVID-19 staffing strain
AFL-CIO
- Will New York minimum wage hike happen as scheduled?
- Trane Fights Bid To Dissolve Vacation Pay Arbitration Award
- Republicans who want election overturned shouldn’t be seated in January
Communications Workers of America
- Bookshop Santa Cruz workers unionize
- Nurses call on MVHS to increase staffing levels now
- Soccer league players announce partnership with CWA
Fraternal Order of Police
- State senator wants to make doxing a law enforcement officer a felony crime
- Cincinnati PD’s new contract makes big changes to police discipline
National Labor Relations Board
- Ambulance Cos. Illegally Banned Union Buttons, NLRB Says
- Mitch McConnell’s Sudden Interest in Independent Agencies
- NLRB Memos Extend GC’s Employer-Friendly Policy Spree
Operating Engineers
- Labor Board to Prosecute IUOE Officials for Restricting Workers’ Resignations and Dues Revocations
- Enbridge pipeline project hitting at key time for union laborers
Service Employees International Union
- Portland Airport implements new $15 wage floor
- California workers at 3 HCA hospitals OK potential strike
- Workers at 11 Tenet hospitals in California reach labor deal
United Auto Workers
- Former GM top negotiator Art Schwartz dies of COVID
- Tesla Temporarily Halts Production On Models S And X, Through Early 2021
