The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from March 5-7, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFSCME, AFT, IBEW, Operating Engineers, RWDSU, Teamsters, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- NLBMDA encourages members to oppose PRO Act
- 11 Trade Association CEOs Urge Congress To Remove Advisors From PRO Act
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Detroit bus drivers get significant pay raise under tentative contract
- TTC drivers launch petition to help unhoused people seeking shelter on transit system
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Chris Sprowls punts on state employee pay raise question
- AFSCME applauds Senate passage of American Rescue Plan
- Oklahoma Senate passes bill requiring school districts to ask employees if they want to pay association dues
American Federation of Teachers
- Opposition Is Rising to Teacher Union-Mandated Shutdowns
- Teachers Union President Claims Union Has Been ‘Trying to Reopen’ Since April
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Acting NLRB GC Defends Right To Seek Scrap Of Scabby Suit
- Philly Union Leader Arrested by Federal Agents, Accused of Extortion
National Labor Relations Board
- Ore. Judge Rejects Hospital’s Bid To Block Technicians’ Strike
- No ‘Potted Plant,’ Top NLRB Lawyer Wields Power in Interim Role
- Ascend dispensary employees push to unionize
Operating Engineers
- New York Lawmakers Call For More Money For Local Roads
- One Chatham Center contractor walks off job after not being paid
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
- Lawmakers meet with Amazon union organizers in Alabama
- Amazon Is Paying Consultants Nearly $10,000 a Day to Obstruct Union Drive
Teamsters
- Teamsters Local 350 Supports $100 Million Settlement For Recology Rate Payers
- Biden expected to sign LTL driver pension relief package
United Auto Workers
- GM, Fiat Chrysler Spar Over RICO Standing In 6th Circ.
- Stellantis to give out $8,010 profit-sharing checks to its UAW workers
- Ford Louisville plant: Temporary layoffs possible after UAW letter
