The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 14, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFT, Communications Workers, Machinists, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, and United Food & Commercial Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
Amalgamated Transit Union
- TransLink attempts to quell concerns over service changes
- Former head of bus drivers’ union fired for giving news interview while driving
American Federation of Teachers
- Gloomy NY Times Spreads Teachers Union-Backed COVID Pessimism
- Teachers Union Switches Stance, Now Endorses CDC Guidance on Reopenings
- Union leader Weingarten mixes toxic race theory with antisemitism to justify closed schools
Communications Workers of America
- AT&T/Verizon workers’ union urges states to regulate ISPs as utilities
- NLRB Tells 9th Circ. To Keep Bargaining Order In Place
International Association of Machinists
National Labor Relations Board
- California port truck drivers go on strike
- Dismissed workers at Universal Logistics in SoCal mount protest to get jobs back
- Unions eye Brookings, Urban Institute as push to organize think tanks grows
Service Employee International Union
- Jacob Patterson’s Fort Bragg Fixation
- Workers for Corpus Christi Medical Center continue to be in negotiation over pay
Teamsters
- Republic Services Workers Ratify First Teamster Contract
- Ninth Circuit Vacates “Bizarre” Arbitration Award in Drug-Related Employment Termination Dispute
- Dismissed workers at Universal Logistics in SoCal mount protest to get jobs back
Unite-Here
- Giants and food vendor tried to get workers to waive COVID rights
- Laid-off hotel workers push for Chicago recall ordinance
- Calif. Tribal Labor Deals Clash With NLRA, Tribe Tells 9th Circ.
UFCW
- 19 AGs Urge 8th Circ. To Keep Tyson Virus Suit In State Court
- Amazon vote deals blow to expanding labor union membership
