The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 18, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFT, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protect the Right to Organize
- Women’s Workplace Gains Would Suffer Under the PRO Act
- DOL Delays Implementation of New Worker Classification Regulations
American Federation of Government Employees
AFL-CIO
- House panel gives health care liability protections its first OK
- Texas suspends work search rule for unemployed because of power outages
American Federation of Teachers
- CDC issues detailed strategy for safely reopening K-12 schools
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Teachers Union ‘Akin to a Political Party’
- Teachers’ union president on reopening schools
Communications Workers of America
- What Employers Should Know About Minority Unions
- Verizon’s acquisition of TracFone gets additional review time
- CWA labels purported US telecom workforce shortages as ‘misinformation’
National Labor Relations Board
- 5 Key Employee Handbook Updates to Consider in 2021
- DOJ Flips Position, Backs Union Access To Calif. Farms
- Second City nears sale to private equity mogul
Service Employee International Union
- Political Clash on Minimum Wage
- Ohio salary list: 117 state workers making above $200K amid COVID-19
- NLRB Official Says Uninked Deals Can’t Bar Union Ouster Vote
Teamsters
- Gig Economy Coming for Millions of U.S. Jobs After California’s Uber, Lyft Vote
- Shred-it Drivers In Rhode Island Join Teamsters
- Local union representing school-bus drivers urges parents to find alternate transportation to school
United Auto Workers
- Kia and Hyundai recovering from days-long network outages
- UAW and Stellantis set April 5 start date for 12-hour, seven-day schedule at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
United Steelworkers
- How corporations try to divide and exploit America’s workers
- USW Demands Justice for Victims of Grupo Mexico
- Tentative agreement between NLMK and company
