The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 23, 2019. Unions included are the AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, Communications Workers, IBEW, Farmers Union, SEIU, Transport Workers, Unite-Here, and United Auto Workers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
American Federation of Government Employees
- Opponents of Kansas City USDA launch appropriations effort
- Federal Court Denies Government’s Appeal Seeking to Kill OPM Hack Lawsuit
AFSCME
- Labor employees collect signatures for unionization
- New state labor contracts to kick in without legislative hearing
- Big Labor Preaches Worker Empowerment, Practices Something Else
American Federation of Teachers
- Chicago teachers’ strike highlights support staff shortages
- Classes canceled Wednesday in Chicago as teachers strike continues
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- CityWest and IBEW Local 213 consolidate unions
- California Utilities Ramp Up Line Work in Face of Fire Threats
National Farmers Union
National Labor Relations Board
- Labor Relations/Decertification (N.L.R.B.)
- NLRB to Review Successor Bar Doctrine for Ejecting Unions
- NLRB General Counsel Wants All Case Documents E-Filed by January
Service Employees International Union
- Oakland labor unions, city reach tentative agreement
- Adjunct professors unionize at St. Petersburg College
- Sodexo employees earn higher wages after complaints, protest
Transport Workers Union
- NYC Transit union, politicians call on the MTA to stop cuts to Brooklyn bus service
- MTA and Union Grow Testy in Contract Dispute
- A KC rail yard is closing, laying off at least 200
UNITE HERE
- Chartwells Employees Protest Food Outsourcing
- Rancho Palos Verdes Hotel Ballot Measure Fight Heats Up
- Walker-Myers, Wingate Survive Union Challenges
United Auto Workers
- Organizations Step Up to Support UAW
- UAW strike day 38: More locals reject GM deal
- UAW 685 Women’s Committee continues to ‘strike out breast cancer’
