The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 14-16, 2022. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, APWU, Communications Workers, FOP, SEIU, UNITE-HERE, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Union Free Radio, S2, E1: With “Micro Units,” Coming, the NLRB Is About To Make HR’s Job Much Harder (Again)
- We are America’s independent contractors, and we are terrified
AFL-CIO
- On The Multi-Employer Pension Bailout, Is Half A Loaf Better Than None
- Democrats want to rescue union pensions from the party’s failed bailout plan
American Postal Workers Union
- Postal Board Elects DeJoy Ally as New Chairman
- DMV residents frustrated my lack of mail as postal service struggles amid staff shortages
Communications Workers of America
- Militant leader of flight attendants’ union may seek biggest labor job in America
- Talks continue between Frontier union workers and management; no strike yet
Fraternal Order of Police
- Wisconsin high schoolers could take gun class under GOP bill
- Residents will pay 16% higher sanitary bills for pay increases
- 458 law enforcement, police officers died in the line of duty in 2021
National Labor Relations Board
- Workers push to unionize at the Jewish Museum in New York
- NLRB Approves USPS Settlement With Unions In Texas
- Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama to Hold Union Vote, Counting to Begin on March
Service Employees International Union
- Labor Union Sues 3 Health Providers, Alleging Racism In Dialysis Care
- Hospital Workers Filed Record Number of Workplace Safety Complaints Last Year, Unions Say
Unite-Here
- Hundreds Caravan for Medicare for All Across California
- Arizonans participate in hunger strike for voting rights legislation
United Steelworkers
- United Steelworkers: Free Traders Are Wrong, Tariffs Not Causing Inflation
- Local labor leaders say companies can’t get workers
- Special Metals, union unable to reach a deal; workers told they still have jobs
Vaccine Mandates
- Chicago cites restaurants, gyms for COVID vaccine violations
- Judge blocks public safety unions’ bid to block Mayor Wu’s vaccine mandate
- The Week in Business: A Ruling on Vaccine Mandates
