The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from August 27-29, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFT, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, United Autoworkers, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
- Editorial: Pro-union PRO Act is a bad law for the nation, Kill it.
- The Flawed Logic of the New Bismarcks’ ‘Kinder, Gentler Capitalism’
American Federation of Government Employees
- Labor Racket Weekly: An Abominable August
- Union’s impact on shared governance is a big question
- Biden appoints 10 members to Federal Service Impasses Panel
American Federation of Teachers
- Retired Texas teachers closer to getting a “13th check” after House endorses legislation
- Back-to-School Season in Pennsylvania Defined by Conflict
Communications Workers of America
- NLRB Clears Yellow Pages Publisher In 401(k) Row With Union
- IU pay increase rankles employees and portends problems in hiring and retaining workers
National Labor Relations Board
- NLRB Says 3rd Circ. ‘Error’ Threatens Labor Prosecutions
- Scabby the Rat’s Presence at Union Protests OK, NLRB Says Twice
- Trump Labor Board appointee is probed by DOJ over ethics allegations
Service Employees International Union
- Vaccine Announcement Unclear: Healthcare Union
- Penn-Trafford, support staff union divided over contract terms, fact-finder’s recommendations
- Union Asks CT McDonald’s to Honor Worker-Recall Law
Teamsters
- Train Workers’ Arbitration Appeal Barred By Railway Labor Act
- Judge axes DOL’s ‘troubling’ bid to block ex-convict from union role
- Board Approves Salary Hikes for School Employee Association School
United Auto Workers
- United Auto Workers union names new president
- Giving consumers bigger incentives to buy union-built vehicles is un-American
United Steelworkers
- Nabisco workers strike in five states faces turning point
- Dana workers furious over union’s drive to ram through sellout contract
Vaccine Mandates
- State employee union sues Gov. Inslee to delay vaccine mandate, pending negotiations
- Cleveland-Cliffs reaches vaccination rate of 75%, including at Indiana Harbor
- Can Oregon schools, governor impose COVID-19 vaccination mandates for students?
