The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from August 30, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFT, Communications Workers, FOP, SEIU, Unite-Here, UFCW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Keep Alaska working by pushing back against the PRO Act
- Union Incomes May Seem Better Than Non-Union, But Are They Really?
AFL-CIO
- First contract talks will be next test for Colectivo, employees
- Texas Board of Education meets next week on social studies curriculum revisions
- ndrew Cuomo resigns due to sexual harassment allegations, yet Phil Murphy continues to get a pass from Democrats
American Federation of Teachers
- The one size fits all campus reopening plan is dangerous
- It’s not just the Afghan disaster: Biden’s COVID failures are driving his ratings down
Communications Workers of America
- Frontier Communications workers to picket over eroding pay, benefits
- Pa. approves an additional four internet providers to expand broadband access to underserved areas
Fraternal Order of Police
- ‘Hell no’: Some police officers and their unions oppose vaccination mandates
- LA cut the police budget, then put $47 million in overtime on the city’s ‘credit card’
- Oklahoma City Requires Police Recruits to Get Vaccinated
National Labor Relations Board
- Judge Denies NLRB’s Injunction Bid Against Shipper
- Amazon’s biggest, hardest-to-solve ESG issue may be its own workers
- Food stamps expansion an example of executive overreach
Service Employees International Union
Unite Here
- Disney’s hotels are back in business, union fights for workers
- How Much Tourism Is Too Much, and Who Decides?
- NLRB Prosecutors Knock Billionaires’ Bid To Avoid
United Food and Commercial Workers
- Local unions must continue to fight for hazard pay
- Union backs bid by Hamilton College student admission workers
United Steelworkers
- Union’s impact on shared governance is a big question
- Pittsburgh Biz/Labor Group Strongly Objects to Wolf RGGI Carbon Tax
