The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from August 5, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, FOP, NEA, SAG-AFTRA, Teachers’ Unions, UAW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Unions Are Not Happy About Being Told They Hate Medicare For All
- Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority launches Ride with Respect campaign
AFL-CIO
- Partners Launch Renewable Energy Apprenticeship Program
- Entire Democratic slate speaks at annual labor luncheon
- Public authorities form N.J.’s ‘underground government’; Put pension reforms to public vote
AFSCME
- Democrats promise AFSCME members they’ll toss state ‘right to work’ laws
- Amid Assault on Organized Labor, Democratic Lawmakers Are Advancing Laws to Expand Workers’ Rights
Fraternal Order of Police
- Dayton employees banned from smoking, as Ohio looks to cut medical costs
- Marietta attorney founds nonprofit to assist public safety personnel
National Education Association
- State reviewing high school diploma requirements
- CTA loses thousands of members after faculty association decides to ‘disaffiliate’
- Education Department restores funding to 80K California students
National Labor Relations Board
- Scalia, skilled at upending rules, may soon write them at Labor
- Union members returns to picket line on anniversary of Three Forks lockout
- Spike in insurance rates lead to shutdown of Carney Trucking
SAG-AFTRA
- SAG-AFTRA Funds Held in Trust Rise 6.6% to $214.8 Million
- Boston Globe union plans walkout amid ‘increasingly contentious’ negotiations
Teachers’ Unions
- State finds solution to save ‘distance’ learners’ financial aid
- Teachers Union Not Really Against Student Learning And Better Teachers, Right?
United Auto Workers
- Ex-UAW official Jewell sentenced to 15 months in prison
- GM Detroit Hamtramck, Lordstown workers not relocating for new jobs
- GM’s New Distribution Center Highlights Commitment to Flint
United Steelworkers
- PES may report toxic chemical release in June refinery blast
- Kennametal to start layoffs at Carbidie plant; 60 workers impacted in closure
- West Virginia’s richest family steps in to save Birmingham plant, over 200 Alabama jobs
