The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 14, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, SEIU, Steelworkers, Teachers’ Unions, Teamsters, and UAW, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Ohio gas tax: Will public transit get a cut?
- Potential GVT strike may leave Mavs without transportation
- MARTA Board approves new union contract
AFL-CIO
- Opposition groups react to budget: ‘State of despair’
- How one man sealed Amazon’s fate in New York
- ‘Productive Meeting’ Between Amazon and Unions, Then a Shock
AFSCME
- Union seeking armed security for Memphis sanitation workers after robbery attempt
- Worker representation only 20 percent of AFSCME spending in Illinois
Communications Workers of America
- Mobile, Sprint execs defending merger to lawmakers
- ‘Like a vampire at a blood bank’, Sprint/T-Mo merger comes under the skeptical eye of House committee
National Labor Relations Board
- Pittsburgh newspaper union wants publisher barred from newsroom
- NLRB: Angry Outbursts Are Not Protected Activity
- Johns Hopkins Hospital accused of retaliating against unionizing nurses, including firing one
SEIU
- Unions Defend Job-Killing Regulation | Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Denver employees making minimum wage will get $15 an hour by 2021.
- NYC Fast-Food Workers’ Next Target
Steelworkers Union
Teachers’ Unions
- New law adds uncertainty to teacher contract talks
- Denver Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To End Strike
- Lawmakers introduce ‘Rebuild America’s Schools Act’
Teamsters
- California sues FMCSA after agency overruled HOS rules
- XPO Logistics to close Memphis facility, laying off 400 employees
- Memphis warehouse to close at center of pregnancy discrimination allegations
United Auto Workers
- Former Danaher plant in Amherst facing shutdown
- The Tariffs No One Seems to Want Edge Closer to Trump’s Arsenal
