The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from November 26, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, CWA, FOP, IBEW, SEIU Steelworkers, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, and UAW, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- Philadelphia unites against the alt-right
- What Do Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Finances Tell Us?
- Program guides students into trades
Communications Workers of America
- UM Faculty, Staff Establish First Higher Education Union in Mississippi
- Prominent unions pushing for New York State to enact public campaign financing system
- Unions push statewide public financing for campaigns
Fraternal Order of Police
- Feds seeking to recoup $187,699 taken from FOP by former Porter County cop
- Pittsburgh police to outfit all officers with cameras, test new technology
- Some off-duty officers will walk-out if EVSC refuses pay raise discussions
IBEW
- Nuclear options: As advocates clash, lawmakers to consider next steps
- Pritzker transition unveils Powering Illinois’ Future Committee
- Major Central Ohio employers launch roundtable to tackle workforce issues
National Labor Relations Board
- Trump Labor Department To Use New H-1B Form Against Tech Companies
- Francis Rooney brings out “Freedom for Religious Communities Act” to protect religious groups from labor unions
- Breaking with peers, Yale reaffirms opposition to Local 33
SEIU
- Staffing top priority in Astria nurses’ contract talks
- 32BJ SEIU Is the Biggest Property Services Workers Union in the Nation – Major Labor Union Gives Amazon’s NYC HQ a Seal of Approval
- Post Election Ore Public Employees Looking Forward to 2019 Session
Steelworkers
- Glass Workers President in Texas Sentenced for Records Fraud
- Elizabeth Warren asks why locked out National Grid workers not used as ‘mutual aid’
Teamsters
- Union Merger Didn’t Break Box Co.’s CBA, NLRB Judge Says
- Teamsters Pension Fund Wins $3.5M More From PE Funds
UNITE-HERE
- Strikes continue at Boston Marriott Hotels
- Local 5 strikers hold candlelight vigil before Monday’s negotiation
- Leader of Social Justice Group Involved in Santa Monica Organizing Efforts Resigns
United Auto Workers
- G.M. to Idle Plants and Cut Thousands of Jobs as Sales Slow
- General Motors’ local plants avoid automaker’s shutdown plans
- GM to halt production at several plants, cut more than 14,000 jobs
