The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 13, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, APWU, Communications Workers of America, Nurses’ Unions, SEIU, UFCW, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- What you need to know about giving unions special treatment in Illinois’ constitution
- Sen. Chuck Schumer Aims to Deliver Infrastructure Dollars to Aid Food App Workers
AFL-CIO
- Workers Are Refusing to Settle for Bad Jobs
- AFL-CIO President Hedges Support for Employer Vaccine Mandates
American Postal Workers Union
Communications Workers of America
- Google employees allowed to sue tech giant for bans on talking about wages, working conditions
- The Buffalo Hospital Strike Is the Latest in a New Wave of Labor Unrest
National Labor Relations Board
- House Democrats Add PRO Act-inspired Penalties To Reconciliation Proposal
- Second Circuit Approves National Labor Relations Board Contract Coverage Test
Nurses’ Unions
- Fearing Atlanta monopoly, national nurses union calls on FTC to investigate Piedmont Healthcare’s recent acquisitions
- 24,000 Kaiser Permanente health workers authorize strike over pay, working conditions
Service Employees International Union
- Caregivers go on strike Tuesday over wages, benefits at Sunrise Inc. programs for the disabled
- Social spending fight may claim progressives’ Medicare expansion
United Food and Commercial Workers
- CVS Employees Ratify New Contract, Including More Pay, Safety Measures
- Uber Drivers Fired for Refusing Unsafe Work Says UFCW 1518 Union
United Steelworkers
- USW unions members set to vote on Exxon’s latest offer
- The 90 percent “no” vote at Deere and the growing rebellion against the corporatist unions
Vaccine Mandates
- Boeing will require all employees to be vaccinated, despite wary labor unions
- White House calls out Governors who are against vaccine mandates
- Boston suspends 812 workers over coronavirus vaccine mandate