The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from September 21-23, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, IBEW, Operating Engineers, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teachers’ Unions, Teamsters, UAW, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE, as well as the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- Oregon Unions Hit With Suit Seeking Nonmember Dues
- Republicans are missing in the fight against climate change
- Candidates curry favor with unions
AFSCME
- UC worker’s union AFSCME Local 3299 files complaint
- Attorney predicts continued delay on union contract
IBEW
- Rockwell Collins, custodial union agree to grievance remedy, avoiding strike
- Local Labor Council hosts town hall for Election 2018 candidates to answer citizens questions
- Governor signs legislation authorizing Diablo Canyon decommissioning plan
National Labor Relations Board
- NLRB Opens Joint Employer Rule-making
- 3 FAQs about the NLRB’s ‘joint employer’
- Dump Truck Co. Can’t Dodge NLRB Union Shutdown Ruling
Operating Engineers
- Governor’s office says road workers’ union, contractors agree to meet
- Getting road work back on track is Job 1 for Macomb lawmakers
- Low Unemployment, Slow Wage Growth Bring Renewed Labor Strife
SEIU
- It’s Down to the Wire in Tense Talks at Health Care Giant Kaiser
- SEIU Florida to announce Bill Nelson endorsement in Orlando
- SF City Hall Rally Before Audit Hearing: If We Don’t Get No Justice You Don’t Get No Peace
Steelworkers
- Recovery scope prompts calls for end to National Grid lockout
- Union reps rally for Cordray
- Steelworkers to meet next week to decide oil bargaining goals
Teachers’ Unions
- 1st protest of semester takes place on College Ave. today
- Greater Kingsport-Bristol area ranked fourth best in nation for teachers
- AFT Leaders Complain After Chief Negotiator Curtails Contract Talks
- Elizabeth Warren asks Oklahoma teachers ‘to fight’
Teamsters
- Providence Teamsters Bus Drivers to Strike Thursday UPDATED
- Teamsters Local Union No. 455 reaches agreement with EEOC over fair representation charges
- Massena Public Library finalizing new three-year agreement
United Auto Workers
- Jeep plant may add several hundred jobs
- Cordray Stumps Before Business, Labor Audiences
- Campaign of Hope begins with gifts of nasal Narcan kits
UFCW
UNITE-HERE
- UNITE HERE isolates striking Chicago hotel workers, rams through deal with Marriott
- Striking workers approve new contract with two more hotels
- Deal brings partial resolution to Chicago hotel strike
- Former Bulldog Tavern Employees File Suit Against Epicurean
- Low Unemployment, Stagnant Wages Bring Renewed Labor Strife
