The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 19, 2022. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFGE, Communications Workers, IAFF, SAG-AFTRA, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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AFL-CIO
- With voting rights legislation nearly doomed, Stacey Abrams calls for its passage
- Proposal to block many citizen ballot initiatives clears first committee
American Federation of Government Employees
- Taxes, trials and TSA checkpoints bog down on Federal sick days
- Smithsonian and AFGE continue disagreement over COVID-19 safety protocols
Communications Workers of America
- Biden endures up-and-down first year on labor issues
- Vodeo Workers United Call For Four Day Work Week, Call Out Gaming Industry Abuse
International Association of Firefighters
- Records of former labor leader and close Biden ally subpoenaed
- Law enforcement unions donate heavily to Precinct 2 county commissioner challenger’s campaign
National Labor Relations Board
- Whole Foods protests federal rules allowing workers to wear Black Lives Matter mask
- Local Activists See Amazon Union Effort As Potential Harbinger For Poultry Plants
- National Right to Work Foundation St. Vincent Hospital Nurse Hits MNA Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Union Dues Demands
SAG-AFTRA
- SAG-AFTRA Promotes Franklin Sablan To Executive Director Of Equity & Inclusion
- DOL Finds No Basis To Overturn SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher’s Election
Teamsters
- Teamsters Official Threatened Workers, NLRB Judge Says
- Blish-Mize Co. Distribution Center Workers Vote to Leave Teamsters
- UPS Teamsters demand MLK Day become paid holiday
United Auto Workers
- Business React to Ruling Against Biden Vaccine Mandate
- C8 Corvette Production Could Halt As Assembly Workers Weigh Strike
- Unfortunately, There Was No “Striketober”
United Steelworkers
- King Soopers strike enters second week as company seeks restraining order against strikers
- More Starbucks stores begin move to unionize
Vaccine Mandates
- Starbucks vaccine mandate dropped
- All plan B Covid restrictions, including mask wearing, to end in England
- Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Vaccine Mandates, Labor Shortages, and the Retirement Crisis
