The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 20, 2022. Unions included are the ALPA, AFSCME, AFT, APWU, Communications Workers, SEIU, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Air Line Pilots Association
- New United Airlines Pilot Union Leader Has A Tough Act To Follow
- Pilot Union Urges 5G Rollout Halt at Airports Until ‘Fix’ For Safety Record
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employers
- AFSCME Wants Out Of Hawaii Local’s Election Challenge
- City Council, AFSCME both reject fact finding report during contract negotiation
- 3,500 Hennepin County workers announce plan to strike beginning Feb. 2
American Federation of Teachers
- School closures during COVID have been made with politics in mind, not science
- Teachers Union Poll: Over 40% Favor a Return to 100% Virtual Learning
- CUNY Professors Sue To Break With Anti-Semitic Union
American Postal Workers Union
- US President ‘humiliated America’ with silly Churchill snub
- USPS on the hook for White House’s free Covid-19 test deliveries
Communications Workers of America
- Microsoft’s Activision purchase can rock the game
- What Happens When the Artists at Meow Wolf Unionize?
National Labor Relations Board
- Journal Times editorial: NLRB on wrong track with labor charges
- U.S. labor board could limit gag clauses in worker arbitration pacts
- NLRB Likely to Bring Back Micro-Units, a More Narrow Definition of Independent Contractor and a Broader Definition of Joint Employer
Service Employees International Union
- Hundreds of Santa Cruz County workers to strike next week
- Trinity hospital workers vow to ‘escalate’ fight for better contract
UNITE-HERE
- Hotel Illegally Denied Workers Wage Increases, NLRB Says
- Fed panel: Wage increases, more flexibility are the answers to hiring woes
United Auto Workers
- Populist Swing State Voters Become Key Target for Democrats in Midterms
- Alabama Amazon Workers Are About to Rerun Their Union Election
Vaccine Mandates
- Carhartt facing calls for boycott over vaccine mandates
- Sen. Cruz and Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Stop D.C. Student Vaccine Mandate
- Austrian lawmakers pass Europe’s strictest Covid-19 vaccine mandate
