The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from June 9, 2020. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, UFCW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
American Federation of Government Employees
- Federal prison riot squads deployed to D.C.
- Democrats Push Body Cameras for Federal Officers as Part of Police Reform
AFL-CIO
- AFL-CIO Votes to Keep Ties With Embattled Police Union
- Writers Guild Joins Calls for AFL-CIO to Expel Police Union
- NLRB can enforce surviving pieces of new union election rule
American Federation of Teachers
- Police-free schools movement advances
- Teacher crisis is getting rapidly worse amid pandemic
- Rutgers University agrees to some furloughs as unions fight layoffs
National Labor Relations Board
- Tea house workers claim unfair firing during coronavirus
- NLRB Continues To Apply Common-Sense Interpretations To Employer Rules
- NLRB Rules Employers Can Ban Union Discussions at Work
Service Employees International Union
- Twinbrook workers in Lawrence Park vote to unionize
- Most Nursing Home Workers Say ‘Life is at Risk’ Daily From Coronavirus
- Union Leaders Call For Defunding LAPD, Joining LA Activists
Teamsters
- More Food Shortages Loom With Outbreaks at 60 U.S Plants
- Billions in COVID relief go to biggest hospital chains as smaller rivals await aid
- Senators introduce legislation to protect transportation workers from COVID-19
Unite-Here
- Resorts Casino Reveals Reopening Plans for Atlantic City Casino
- ‘Cruise ships on land’: As Las Vegas reopens, a huge test for casinos
United Auto Workers
- Time running out for ‘serious action’ on UAW reform in election year
- Automakers Are Ramping Up Production, Unnerving Factory Workers
- Workers wary as Detroit’s ‘Big Three’ start back up
United Food & Commercial Workers
- Kroger workers to hold ‘car caravan’ to demand extended hero pay
- Despite new outbreaks, Tyson Foods resumes attendance policy
United Steelworkers
- USW Urges Minneapolis Police Union President Resignation
- BP slashing 10k jobs but looking to preserve frontline workers
