The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from August 31, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFT, IBEW, SAG-AFTRA, Teamsters, UAW, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
- Lies Union Bosses Tell to Push PRO-Act and Justify Their Government-Granted Extraordinary Powers
- NH business groups speak against PRO Act
AFL-CIO
- AFL-CIO lawyer warns of incoming fire from High Court majority
- New AFL-CIO president: ‘Everyone should be vaccinated’
- Workers Need Paid Sick Leave, Not Just Vaccine Mandates
American Federation of Teachers
- Back-to-School Season in Pennsylvania Defined by Conflict
- Virginia Supreme Court upholds reinstatement of anti-transgender teacher
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Faurecia parts workers denounce forced overtime and brutal conditions in scorching hot factories
- Colectivo workers hosting a reverse boycott to support their new union
National Labor Relations Board
- Punching In: Business Lobby Attacks Labor Plans in Budget Bill
- Moving Toward a New Era of Labor Rights in Trade Policy?
- Saint Vincent nurses’ strike to become longest in Massachusetts history
SAG-AFTRA
- Ed Asner’s SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Suit Likely to Avoid Dismissal
- Fran Drescher supporters win SAG-AFTRA races in New England and New Mexico
Teamsters
- Foster Farms Workers Ratify Contract With Teamsters Local 630
- Teamsters Hail Selection Of Porcari To Serve As Port Envoy
- Chicago Restaurants Worry About Food Supplies Due to Sysco Strike
United Auto Workers
- Berkeley graduate student researchers hold rally for union recognition
- US auto parts workers rebel against Dana Inc. and the unions
- General Motors To Lay Off Workers At Toledo Plant
United Steelworkers
- Aurubis plans to keep, rather than sell the Buffalo plant
- Chemical recovery boiler bill supported by paper companies, labor groups
Vaccine Mandates
- A third of UC nurses polled say they’d quit over vax mandate
- LA teachers union pushes for student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
