The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from December 28-30, 2018. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, FOP, Operating Engineers, RWDSU, SEIU, Teamsters, UAW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- New York minimum wage going up
- AFL-CIO worries GM job cuts are a ‘smokescreen for offshoring‘
- DC Circ. Kicks BFI Joint Employer Battle Back To NLRB
- Microsoft, CVS to Explain How Worker Pay Factors into CEO’s
AFSCME
- County, AFSCME Council 63 Reach Accord; Salaries to Increase 2.3%
- Public employee sues union, state over union fees
- Elkhart Common Council approved 6% pay raise for union workers
Communications Workers of America
- Socialist Nomiki Konst Running for NYC Public Advocate
- State employee sues over deduction of union fees
- Trump’s tax cut one year later: What companies promised and what came to pass
Fraternal Order of Police
- Cincinnati Police Arrest Black Officer Donte Hill for Using the N-Word on Duty
- County commission approves union agreements
- Ohio lawmakers vote to keep some body camera footage from public
National Labor Relations Board
- Franchise Anxiety
- Obama-Era Pro Union Rule Struck Down
- Top five 2018: Workers in Iowa continue to fight the good fight
- Teetering on the brink, Sears opts to close 80 more stores in March
- Government Gone Sideways: Shutdown Puts Lawyers ‘Out of Office’
Operating Engineers
- Montana claims against Westmoreland Coal total $5 million
- I-696 slated to reopen the first Monday of 2019
- No toll hikes for at least two years on four Delaware River bridges
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
- Not Just NIMBYism: Amazon’s HQ2 Opponents Dig In for Long Fight
- Unions plan to invade NY marijuana industry once legalized
SEIU
- To Recuse, Or Not to Recuse: That’s the Question for the NLRB
- County workers could strike, again
- Why Stanislaus County workers could stage another strike next week
Teamsters
- How Workers Win and Lose
- Consultant hired to address ‘hostile work environment’ at county social services
- Union Scum: Seasonal UPS Workers Had Paychecks Taken By Local Teamsters Chapter In Boston
United Auto Workers
- The Valley’s Year of boom and bust
- GM Lordstown’s closure causes 120 more layoffs
- Top story of the year: GM announces plans to idle plant in Lordstown
United Steelworkers
- ArcelorMittal to manage Hibbing Taconite
- Unions to meet again after company revises offer
- National Grid, unions say no deal yet to end lockout; negotiations to continue
- Trump steel, aluminum tariffs don’t appear to have hit Northeast Ohio as hard as expected
