The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from August 24, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, FOP, SEIU, United Auto Workers, UMWA, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Union Free Radio, Ep. 8: Five Types Of Union Corruption That Hurts All Union Members
- US DOL Rescinds Earlier Version of Joint Employer Final Rule
AFL-CIO
- Liz Shuler Becomes The 1st Woman To Lead The AFL-CIO
- AFL-CIO presses for quick House passage of budget resolution
- Milwaukee-based Colectivo Coffee workers vote to unionize
AFSCME
- An Alternative to the New Long-Term Care Tax
- Lawsuits filed against UC Berkeley to stop its ‘gobbling up of Berkeley’
American Federation of Teachers
- AFT President Expects National Vaccine Mandate for Teachers
- Weingarten Faces Local’s Embezzlement Cover-Up Suit
- The perpetual pandemic: Politicians won’t let COVID end
Fraternal Order of Police
- On Last Day In Office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo Pardons More Murderers
- Police Agree To Reinvestigate ‘Muzzle Threat’ After Fired Vaccine Official Rejects Evidence She Bought It Herself
National Labor Relations Board
- President Biden Intends to Appoint Members to the Federal Labor Relations Authority Federal Service Impasses Panel
- U.S. House approves budget blueprint, teeing up infrastructure vote for September
Service Employees International Union
- Minneapolis high rise window cleaners’ strike continues
- ‘The fight is far from over’: Rideshare drivers react to ruling that Prop. 22 is unconstitutional
United Auto Workers
- Workers at Key Mexican GM Plant Scrap Current Contract
- U.S. automakers pledge huge increase in electric vehicles
United Mine Workers
- 100 Years Ago, Miners Carried Out the Largest Armed Labor Uprising in U.S. History
- NLRB Official Says Coal Co. Snubbed United Mine Workers
United Steelworkers
- Steelworkers bolstering Biden’s promises to create jobs and tackle climate
- Not enough done to keep Viatris plant in operation
