The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 16, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, FOP, OPEIU, Machinists, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- Dem Bums! Yankees Cross a Picket Line
- New Report Shows Non-Union Workers Took Part in Pritzker’s Mansion Renovation
AFSCME
- Labor board OKs escrow plan for AFSCME step raises
- Two lawsuits challenge automatic dues for public employee unions
- AFSCME president vows to continue county unionization push
Fraternal Order of Police
- Hairy times ahead for police participating in charity event
- Bourbonnais police negotiate annual raises
- Nearly 1,000 people not charged, found not guilty lost their property through forfeiture
OPEIU
- Coudersport woman charged with embezzling from county workers union
- Office workers union protests AFL-CIO, stages ‘funeral for collective bargaining’
Machinists
- “It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again” : The Boeing Micro-Unit Case
- Voith striking union members return to work Monday
- Demand for machinists grows as manufacturing booms in Missoula
- Machinists volunteers put skills to work for Twin Cities nonprofit
NLRB
- NLRB Halts Public Input on Construction Industry Bargaining
- Labor union claims improper surveillance of Boeing workers in North Charleston
- NLRB Puts Out Quartet Of Obama GC’s Advice Memos
- Conservative groups call on Senate to reject Trump nominee to NLRB
SEIU
- Fighting for $15—and a Union
- NAACP leader opposes rent control bid while taking real estate money
- Pennsylvania Unions May Flip the House
- Healthcare workers to deliver petitions to Kaiser Permanente executives over job outsourcing
Steelworkers
- Coke plant closure painful for some, best for all
- U.S. Steel workers set to get biggest pay raise in years
- DowDuPont Workers Unite Globally Amid Corporate Restructuring
Teamsters
- Teamsters say: ‘Immigrant rights, workers rights!’
- Pension Fund Says Tops Hasn’t Honored Ch. 11 Deal
- Teamsters bosses resist calls to reopen UPS contract after ‘no’
United Food & Commercial Workers
- Sears’ bankruptcy will have ripple effect, not all of it bad
- Montgomery council votes to cover wage increases for trash workers
UNITE-HERE
- Strikers at Sheraton Maui Issued Trespass Citations
- The multi-billion-dollar business of American trade unions
- Hawaiian hotel workers want better pay for state’s high cost of living
- How Big a Problem Are the Growing Worker Strikes for Marriott?
