The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 26-28, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, FOP, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- What Will a Higher Minimum Wage Really Do?
- Calif’s AB 5 Contractor Law Could Soon Become National Standard
Amalgamated Transit Union
- CDC Urged to Recognize COVID Aerosol Transmission in Petition Signed by 10,000
- Federal judge denies Port Authority request for stay pending appeal on BLM masks
American Federation of Government Employees
- Report Gives Union Members Insight Into 20 Years of Labor Finances
- More vaccination sites staffed by military get up and running
- Prisons Bureau Could Do a Better Job Using Data to Help With Hiring
Fraternal Order of Police
- County DA says police use-of-force bill will reduce shootings
- Maryland policing bills face changes, dividing Democrats
National Labor Relations Board
- Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in `Hero Pay’ Suit
- NLRB Says Freight Co.’s Alleged Violations Not ‘De Minimis’
- NLRB Judge Faults NYC Hotel For Unilateral Pillow Upgrade
Service Employees International Union
- The $15 minimum wage scam
- McDonald’s has reportedly been collecting ‘strategic intelligence’ on unionizing workers
- California halts system of shared vaccine codes after misuse
Teamsters
- UPS Teamsters remember sell-out contract, organize to change leadership
- House Approval Of Stimulus Bill Containing Pension Reforms
Unite-Here
- Biden Urges Amazon Workers to Vote in Alabama Unionization Drive
- Workers at Richmond federal quaratine hotel vote to strike
United Steelworkers
- Steelworkers Call Out Liberals’ Failure on Pharmacare
- Newport News Shipbuilding lays off more than 300 staff
