The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 28, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Teamsters, UAW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
American Federation of Government Employees
- TSA Screeners, Air Traffic Controllers Still Await COVID Vaccine
- Union Leaders Report Slow Movement to Implement Biden Workforce Order
- Biden Moves to End Justice Contracts with Private Prisons
AFL-CIO
- Unions by the Numbers: 2021 Edition
- Union membership falls in New York for the third year
- A COVID-related bill in the Legislature pits businesses against rank-and-file workers
AFSCME
- Union Criticizes State for Lack of Vaccine Preparedness for Corrections Officers
- NYC union slams city hiring of low wage foreign interpreters
Communications Workers of America
- Google employees from across globe form global alliance
- Activist Left and Organized Labor Begin Choosing Their Next City Council Class
National Labor Relations Board
- US companies using pandemic as a tool to break unions
- Biden Names Acting Top NLRB Lawyer After a Pair of Firings
- Casino Blasts NLRB’s Bid To Force It To Bargain With Union
Operating Engineers
- Green Groups Too Late To Stop Mont. Mining Expansion
- Longroad Energy completes 160-MWac Little Bear solar project in California
Service Employees International Union
- With Minimum Wage Victory in Reach, The Fight for $15 Vows Bigger Things to Come
- Gavin Newsom Removes Essential Workers From Vaccine Priority List as Frontline Deaths Soar
Teamsters
- Labor unions push lawmakers to drop GET on groceries
- By his own definition, Biden is already governing like a dictator
United Auto Workers
- Tears, surprises flow as ex-UAW official Nick Robinson sent to prison
- Former UAW Official Who Cooperated Against Two UAW Presidents Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison
- SEAS Cancels Class on Controversial Policing Strategy After Student Petition
United Steelworkers
- Time to think beyond oil and gas?
- Pitt spends additional $881K on ‘union avoidance’ law firm, pushing total over $2M
