The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from May 6, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, AFT, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board and the Pro Act…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Arizona’s right-to-work law threatened by federal PRO Act
- PRO Act would require workers to join unions, faces opposition from 14 state attorneys general
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Beaumont Transit Workers to Picket at City Council
- MARTA frontline employees to receive pandemic payments
American Federation of Government Employees
- Is the General Schedule the best way to raise morale for TSA workers
- House Republicans demand answers from CDC on cozy relationship with teachers unions
American Federation of Teachers
- The Immense Education “Investment” Fraud
- Biden and Cooper face political crisis that could ultimately transform education
- White House Defends CDC Consulting Teachers Union Over School Reopening Guidelines
Communications Workers of America
- Biden Labor Board Counsel Revives Fired Googlers’ Claims
- GE shareholders reject CEO’s $307m pay in rare rebuke
National Labor Relations Board
- NLRB Invites Public Comment on Deadlines for Backpay Documents
- Amazon Work Rules Govern Tweets, Body Odor of Contract Drivers
- Union seeks federal mediator’s help in ExxonMobil Beaumont refinery lockout
Service Employees International Union
- Union vote set for a Voodoo Doughnut shop
- Workers Protest Wage, Benefit Cuts At Bloomfield Office Complex
- Housekeepers Among Nursing Home Workers Expected to Strike Next Week
Teamsters
- Lawyer claims mob client helped bury Jimmy Hoffa at golf course
- Truck Drivers For Shaw’s Supermarkets Return To Work
United Auto Workers
- UAW regional director disappointed about letter posted on social media
- Support grows among Volvo, Mack Truck workers for joint fight against UAW-backed concessions
United Steelworkers
- DNR moves to terminate Mesabi Metallics’ mineral leases
- ATI, Steelworkers at odds over union’s latest contract offer
