The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 12, 2019. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, Fraternal Order of Police, SEIU, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, UFCW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- What the failed Amazon union push means for the PRO Act
- Biden attempts to tie PRO union act with infrastructure spending bill
American Federation of Government Employees
AFL-CIO
- Amazon Union Vote: Labor Loss May Bring Shift in Strategy
- Local labor union plans food distribution events for those in need
- Federal Rules to Protect Workers From Catching Covid on the Job Are on the Way
Fraternal Order of Police
- Ohio Republicans push 4 ‘anti-riot’ bills through the legislature
- Failure of gun-rights bill puzzles Smaltz
- Maryland legislators pass landmark police reform package into law, overriding Gov. Hogan’s vetoes
National Labor Relations Board
- NLRB Reaffirms Jurisdiction Over Temple Hospital Labor Dispute
- New Jersey Hunger Striker Risking His Life and Worrying His Family
- General Counsel Takes Broad View of Concerted Activity Protection in Context of Today’s Workplace Realities
Service Employee International Union
- CA school workers ask for child care stipends as class opens
- Frontline Workers At Allina Threaten To Strike Unless Contract Reached
- Health care workers hold picket to demand economic justice at Legacy Emanuel
Teamsters
- NLRB Won’t Touch Union Win Despite Flawed Mail-Vote Ruling
- Boeing employees vote to authorize strike if new contract agreement cannot be reached
- Local Boeing union says strike could be ‘imminent’ amid negotiations for new contract
United Auto Workers
- Feds pick UAW monitor to oversee corruption reforms
- After Amazon: Labor movement tries to regroup in wake of Alabama loss
- Ford closing down Chicago Assembly Plant one week from now, briefly laying off laborers
United Food & Commercial Workers
- PCC workers’ bid to join grocery co-op’s board draws controversy
- UFCW condemns Amazon’s use of cashierless tech as retailer expands grocery store fleet
