The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from February 22, 2021. Unions included are the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFGE, AFT, Communications Workers, Operating Engineers, Teamsters, UAW, and UFCW, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- PRO Act would be harmful to owner-operators, OOIDA says
- Nation’s Top Small Business Group Doubles Down In Minimum Wage Fight
Amalgamated Transit Union
- Transit workers face growing rate of assaults
- Bus drivers face violence when serving as ‘mask police,’ union head says
American Federation of Government Employees
- Federal labor’s high expectations for a Biden workforce revitalization
- Union Announces ‘Boldest Agenda’ Yet to Strengthen Federal Employee Rights, Pay and Benefits
American Federation of Teachers
- Senate to decide fate of $15 minimum wage hike
- Nat’l Teachers’ Union President Dismisses Effects Of School Lockdowns
Communications Workers of America
- House panel decisively approves $7.4B budget plan
- Google’s treatment of AI ethics researchers continues to stir up controversy
National Labor Relations Board
- The Nine Lives Of Scabby The Rat
- NLRB Amends Legal Test for Nontenure-Track Faculty Unionizing
- NLRB Board Changes & Manufacturers & Unions
Operating Engineers
- Union Forced-Dues Coercion in Practice
- Raises for Some Employees Will Be Considered on Council Consent Calendar
Teamsters
- Standing strong, Teamsters at Marathon locked out for 28 days
- Delivery, warehouse employees vote to authorize strike
- Jewel-Osco warehouse workers authorize strike
United Auto Workers
- UAW Reform Group Challenges $1.5M Deal In Fraud Case
- Semiconductor chip shortage leads to 160+ layoffs at GM Flint
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- Cannabis and Labor Team Up to Help Clear Criminal Records
- Grocery workers get COVID-19 vaccines at pop-up site
- Kroger to close at least two grocery stores in Seattle after hazard pay increase
