The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from March 19-21, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, Communications Workers, FOP, RWDSU, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- The PRO Act is an attack on female independent contractors
- PRO Act first chance at reforming labor laws in decades
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Beaumont Transit workers disputing wages lost after winter storm
- Unions to Brown: Grocery store, transit workers need vaccine
American Federation of Government Employees
- Trump Unloads On Biden, ‘Pathetic’ DHS Head Over Their Border Crisis
- Unions Drop Appeal Challenging Limits to ‘Grass Roots’ Lobbying
- Less Than Half of Bureau of Prisons Staff Have Accepted COVID Vaccines From the Agency
Communications Workers of America
- Major New York Labor Unions Back Tax-the-Rich Proposals
- NY Unions Back Legislative Proposals To Hike Taxes On Rich
Fraternal Order of Police
- Frederick aldermen approve change to officers’ leave
- Council to vote on hiring code enforcement magistrate
- Philly civil rights attorneys seek to end stop-and-frisk for “quality of life” offenses
National Labor Relations Board
- Ethics in Tech and Google’s Union
- NLRB Withdraws Proposed Rule Intended to Block Student Union Organizing
- Right-to-work group allege NLRB leader is trying to stop cases involving West Virginia worker
Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union
- Amazon faces the first trade union “threat” in the United States
- Sanders promotes union campaign at Amazon in Senate hearing on inequality
Teamsters
- The Teamsters Hint at a Combative National Project to Organize Amazon
- Teamsters at UPS still angry about contract imposition by Hoffa
- NLRB files action against Universal Logistics over Teamsters vote fallout at SoCal facility
United Auto Workers
- Lawmakers Look to Spruce Up Gig Work Rather Than Replace It
- Amazon Says It Pays Alabama Workers Well; Other Local Employers Pay More
United Steelworkers
- The Rise of Healthcare in Steel City
- OSHA launches program to protect high-risk workers from COVID-19
- WV congressional delegation supports carbon capture infrastructure legislation
