The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from Aug 3, 2020. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, FOP, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, and UFCW, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Transit and grocery workers join together in call for heroes pay extension
- Union probes Port Authority dress policy, barring political statements on masks
AFL-CIO
- Executives back Bennet and Young small business bill
- Workers Protest End Of $600 Unemployment Supplement
- Despite 3/4 of California’s 43,000 Child Care Providers NOT Voting, Union Wins ‘Overwhelmingly’
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- City Pittsburgh and AFSCME Agree To Terms of New Contract
- Select Free Library locations beginning to offer limited in-person services
Fraternal Order of Police
- At least 5 arrested during protests at Statehouse
- Officers voice support of suspended N.J. police chief, call for reinstatement
National Labor Relations Board
- Browning-Ferris Not a Joint-Employer of a Contractor
- NLRB overturns restrictions on employee discipline for profane or abusive outbursts
- Boeing’s long and inevitable road to South Carolina
SEIU
- OR Providence Hospital Workers Call for Livable Wages
- Joint Commission on Public Ethics releases 2019 annual report
- #SEIUDroptheCops makes demands
Teamsters
- Teamsters Urge Congress To Extend PSP
- XPO Logistics’ revenues fall, posts loss amid coronavirus hit
- Long Island Teamster Official Sentenced for Bribe-Taking
Unite-Here
- Rally scheduled in Denver to advocate for unemployment benefit extension
- Lufthansa Caterer Ducks Union Worker’s Privacy, Not Wage, Claims
United Auto Workers
- In-person unemployment pop-up office resolves some claims within seconds
- New York Bookstore Workers Blast Their Boss for Layoffs While Taking a PPP Loan
- Despite earlier plans, GM has been able to keep third shift at Missouri plant
United Food and Commercial Workers
- McDonalds, Gap and Target now require customers to wear masks
- Tyson Foods Begins Widespread Virus Testing of Meat Workers
- Disneyland Employees Want Daily COVID Testing, but the Company Shot Down the Idea
