The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from December 29, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, FOP, SEIU, Teamsters, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Before we ring in 2022, PRO Act collapses and a look back at 2021’s biggest stories
- If you know the Democratic Party, you shouldn’t be surprised that Build Back Better seems doomed
Amalgamated Transit Union
- HSR May Decrease Service as Driver Absences Increase
- CTA bus drivers rally against violence on transit employees
AFL-CIO
- Social Justice Unionism
- NY State Wage Board sets up hearings on farm laborers’ overtime
- How will California’s workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming
AFSCME
- Hennepin County Workers Reject County’s Offer and Authorize a Strike
- AFSCME Loses Vaccine Arbitration Case for IDOC, IDJJ Employees
Fraternal Order of Police
- FOP President says he had COVID, derides vaccine as a ‘treatment’
- Police union pushes back on Mayor Elorza’s new vaccine mandate
- Little Rock police chief on leave after firing at suspect
National Labor Relations Board
- 2021: Labor Policy In Review
- Federal labor board to review proposed union at Nissan plant
- National Labor Relations Board’s agreement with Amazon is a watershed
Service Employees International Union
- How will California’s workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming
- Social Justice Unionism
Teamsters
- Sides reach tentative pact in Reno bus strike
- OSHA Inspections of Retailer Warehouses Targeted by Watchdog
United Steelworkers
- Buffett rejects Bernie Sanders’ call to intervene in strike
- NLRB could decide Wednesday whether to count USW decertification votes
- A year of ups and down for private ship repair, shipbuilding shipyards
