The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from August 27, 2019. Unions included are the ATU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Communications Workers, IBEW, SEIU, Teamsters, United Electrical Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- VTA to cut winter routes
- Driver Shortages Causing Transit Delays Nationwide
- Roanoke City school bus provider responds to bus drivers’
AFL-CIO
- Phoenix voters say no to Prop 106 regarding pension funding
- Breakaway Pa. Union Sues AFL-CIO To Recover Dues, Books
- State says it will oversee union agreements to ensure free speech
AFSCME
- Trump Will Nominate Gene Scalia, For Labor Secretary
- Anti-union class-action suit filed in federal court
- Ohio employees sue union, state of Ohio over allegedly continuing forced union dues
Communications Workers of America
- More than 20,000 AT&T workers in the South on strike
- AT&T workers remain defiant as CWA moves to shut down strike
IBEW
- Calais road crew is union-bound
- Court-appointed lawyers for all in IBEW indictment
- Los Angeles has lined up record-cheap solar power. But there’s a problem
National Labor Relations Board
- Fuyao fined for firing workers, newly revealed records show
- Negotiations between Union and AT&T “intense” as strike lingers into Day 4
- NLRB Holds That Employers May Modify Arbitration Agreements, Threaten Workers to Sign After Lawsuit
SEIU
- Highway fast-food workers to unionize, file wage-theft claims
- SEIU-represented Kaiser employees set to strike in October
- California health care workers’ union files Arizona ballot initiative
Teamsters
- Arbitrator rules in favor of Atlas Air in its labor dispute with pilots
- Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton Charged in Teamster Ghost Job Scam
- Green Bay Teamsters Reject Contract With Major Whole Foods Supplier, Authorize Strike
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
- Joe Biden Can’t Count On the Union Vote
- For always making it clear ‘which side he is on,’ Bernie Sanders nabs first national union endorsement
United Steelworkers
- Goodyear to propose buyouts at Gadsden plant
- “We Owe Our Jobs to Senator Garcia”
- Striking WFP workers in Campbell River say loss of benefits will ‘create animosity that will last for years’
