The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from January 8, 2019. Unions included are the Airline Pilots Association, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, CWA, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, UAW, and UFCW, as well as, the United Mine Workers…
Airline Pilots Association
- TSA agents ‘calling out sick’ causes lines and chaos in US airports
- Nation’s Pilots Warn Trump That Shutdown Threatens Air Safety
- Aviation industry watches for signs of trouble as shutdown enters critical week
AFL-CIO
- What Working People Are Doing This Week
- Trump to make public case for border wall but isn’t expected to declare emergency
- Despite regulatory rollback, employee lawsuits have doubled
AFSCME
- Nonunion Workers Have Rights Too, Mass. High Court Hears
- Settlement agreement on table between mayor and council members
Communications Workers of America
- Women’s March organizers to make announcement Wednesday
- The 4Competition Coalition Gains Five New Members
- CWA Slams AT&T for Trimming 10,000-Plus Jobs Since Tax Cut
SEIU
- Unions at odds over Amazon LIC headquarters
- City Commissioner, Calls New Bill Concepts “Disappointing”
Steelworkers
- Union President Calls Tariffs The ‘Shot In the Arm’ That The Industry Needed
- West Virginia Worker Wins Settlement from Steelworkers Union after Receiving Threats
- USW Members Overwhelmingly Ratify New National Grid Contract
Teamsters
- What’s Worse Funded Than Teamsters’ Central States? Chicago’s Pensions
- City May Not Award 10 Percent Preference to Bidder Based on Post-Bidding Pledge
UNITE-HERE
- Eglin’s Long Red Line focuses on violence against women
- New Hyatt hotel is taking business from old hotel, lawsuit says
United Auto Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers
United Mine Workers
- Federal legislation would fund coal pensions, health, black lung
- Senators introduce bill to help United Mine Workers pension fund
