The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 12, 2019. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, CWA, Machinists, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, and United Auto Workers, well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
AFL-CIO
- The case for a higher minimum wage
- Rep. Jayapal outlines pro-worker legislation as part of progressive platform
- Labor Urges Lamont to Look At All Revenue Options
AFSCME
- Union seeking armed security for Memphis sanitation workers after robbery attempt
- How millions of dollars in AFSCME member dues flow to politics
- Union worker representation only 20 percent of AFSCME spending in Illinois
American Federation of Teachers
- Revised bill ‘better’ but ‘not exactly favorable’
- Unions See an Opening in the Wake of the Janus Ruling
- Donald Trump Jr criticised for ‘loser teachers’ comment at rally
Communications Workers of America
- Buzzfeed Journalists Agree to Unionize in Wake of Layoffs
- New Era reaches severance deal with union workers
- Dems urge regulators to reject T-Mobile, Sprint merger
National Labor Relations Board
- Labor Unions Push to Reverse Decades of Legal Reforms
- Unlawful Cash-Prize Raffle Prior to Union Election
- The Post-Gazette’s publisher ‘went berserk in the newsroom.’ Union wants him barred from the office
Machinists
- Machinists Union workers at McConnell Air Force Base
- New England Motor Freight to shut down operations
SEIU
- Defend Oregon fined $94,750 for misplaced ballots
- Cleveland Orchestra Will Pay its Union Facilities Workers $15 per hour by 2021
Steelworkers Union
Teamsters
- Hoffa forces another rejected contract on UPS Teamsters
- Meal and rest break fight continues as California, Teamsters ask 9th Circuit Court to overturn FMCSA decision
- Teamsters sues FMCSA over truckers’ unpaid rest breaks
UNITE HERE
- Among Harvard’s Unions, Working Together Helps Everyone ‘Win More’
- Unionized TPS Workers to Fly to DC, Urge Congress members to Pass Bill
