The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 7, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFT, Machinists, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, UFCW, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure
- National Trade Group CEO Says Infrastructure Plan Bad for Economy
AFL-CIO
- Unemployment modernization bill clears House committee
- Lamont’s marijuana plan clears hurdle in committee vote, but more changes likely
- 6th Cir. Says Retiree Healthcare Benefits Claim Is Not Arbitrable
American Federation of Teachers
- Teachers Unions Extracting Final Payouts Before Schools Reopen
- West Virginia education union officials reflect on 2021 legislative session
International Association of Machinists
- Bath Iron Works union ratifies new contract with wage hike and benefits boost
- NLRB Orders Union To Pay $1.7M In Representation Row
- Bath shipyard signs new contract with Local S7 union
National Labor Relations Board
- The Technology 202: Clarence Thomas takes on social media companies’ power
- Fight for $15 files charges against McDonald’s for secret surveillance of its workers
- Election Yields 1st Union At Rhode Island Dispensary
SEIU
- Union hails new contract with Oregon’s largest nursing home chain
- Union announces tentative agreement with HCA hospitals
- Doormen fired for failing to intervene in anti-Asian attack in New York City
Teamsters
- Officials risk first bus strike in almost 20 years
- Western Global Airlines’ pilots join union
- Thousands of ‘Roomsters’ Return to Fresno Campuses After a Year of Online Learning
Unite Here
- Union touts gains in negotiations with casino in New Orleans
- United Airlines workers to picket at DIA over proposed job cuts
United Food and Commercial Workers
- Workers at Rhode Island medical cannabis dispensary vote to unionize
- JBS Greeley meatpacking worker dies after being struck by machinery
- St. Vincent nurses in Massachusetts in fourth week of strike for safe staffing
United Autoworkers
- Electric Chevy pickup to get estimated 400 miles per charge
- Kaptur, Portman back effort to create chief manufacturing officer role
