The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from December 24-26, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFT, Communications Workers, SEIU, Teamsters, UFCW, UMWA, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
American Federation of Government Employees
- 6th Circ. Says FLRA Has Jurisdiction Over Ohio Nat’l Guard
- Another year, another call for ‘major legislative reforms’ to the federal pay system
- Mandates Did Not Generate ‘Any Significant Increase In Rate of Vaccinations’
American Federation of Teachers
- The Best States For School Choice Programs
- The experts who approved the vax for kids were against mandating it
- Schools struggling amid staffing shortages
Communications Workers of America
- The video game industry is closer to unionization than ever before
- National Right to Work Foundation University of California Lab Assistant Challenges California’s Anti-Janus Law
National Labor Relations Board
- Employment Law This Week: 2021 Year in Review
- Amazon’s nationwide NLRB settlement makes it easier for workers to organize
- Amazon will remind workers about their rights following an NLRB deal
Service Employees International Union
- Biden to name 3 Filipinas as White House advisers
- Attorney general may continue probe of wage theft claims at St. Paul’s Madison Equities
Teamsters
- Teamsters Unit Wins Dismissal Of Food Co.’s Strike Suit
- Amazon workers stage brief walkouts at two Chicago-area sites
- Injunction request by Teamsters in dispute with Medford premature
UFCW
- Mountaire Farms’ employees opt out of union representation
- UFCW Local 400 reps join Tudor’s employees attempting to form a union
- Strike Ends for Fred Meyer and QFC Workers After Union Reaches Agreement
United Mine Workers
- West Virginia is Poised to Move Beyond Coal
- Manchin faces political blowback at home, but it may not last
United Steelworkers
- The United States faces tough choices in metal mines for electric vehicles in 2022
- Songwriters Are Collaborating With AI-based Software LyricStudio
