The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 19, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, SEIU, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers and United Mine Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Biden confronts decades of union decline in bid to boost wages
- When Everything Is Infrastructure, Nothing Is Infrastructure
AFL-CIO
- Group rallies against AFL-CIO’s decision to not support prop B
- SEC says Rooney Rule proposals are micromanagement
- AFL-CIO supports museum millage renewal
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Lifeworks NW workers file for union election
- Illinois prison staff still reluctant to get COVID-19 vaccine
Communications Workers of America
- Comedy Trainers At Chicago’s Second City Vote To Unionize
- Frontier Communications Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Exit Almost Here
Fraternal Order of Police
- Cambria County S.E.R.T. begins handgun training courses
- Arizona lawmakers vote to collect police use-of-force data
- N.J. is seeking State Police recruits, applications are ‘historically low’
National Labor Relations Board
- Democrats settling on 25% corporate tax rate
- Bezos Pledges To Build ‘Better’ Amazon After Union Vote
- NLRB Says Alcoa Could Gag Witnesses In Misconduct Probe
Service Employee International Union
- Janitors in SEIU Local 1 ratify three-year deal
- Hospital union members speak out against state retirement changes
Unite-Here
- Florida DEO says jobs are returning
- Laid-off hotel workers allege misuse of PPP funds at LAX Sheraton
- Hotel Union’s Failure of Leadership During the Pandemic
United Auto Workers
- GM and LG announce another $2.3 billion EV battery plant
- Automakers headed for fight over battery plant wages
- Crashing inventory means ‘It’s Mad Max, right now’
United Mine Workers
- Union endorses Biden energy policies in exchange for job training
- Biggest Coal Union In the US Supports Switch to Renewables
