The following is the Labor Union Report weekeknd news recap from March 12-14, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFT, SEIU, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, UFCW, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
American Federation of Government Employees
American Federation of Teachers
- Hundreds virtually protest CCSF layoffs that will affect nearly 200 faculty
- Texas State Lawmaker Proposes Bill Allowing K-12 Employees to Carry Concealed Weapons
- Charlie Baker again pushes in-person learning amid escalating vaccine feud with educators
AFL-CIO
- Transportation gets boost in covid recovery package but faces uncertain future
- AFL/CIO supports Monroe County tech millage renewal
- AFL-CIO hits Rubio over union endorsement
National Labor Relations Board
- Amazon, Union Battle for Undecided Workers in High-Stakes Vote
- Behind Biden’s Firing Of A Trump-Appointed Lawyer From A Top Civil Rights Post
- Top Democratic lawmakers blast Maine Medical Center for opposing nurses union
Service Employees International Union
- Regents approve collective bargaining agreements with UI unions
- Meriter nurses set possible strike date; hospital says it is ‘deeply disappointed’ by move
- Portland Public Schools employees rally for hazard pay, personal protective equipment
Teamsters
- Pension security included in COVID stimulus package
- NLRB Top Cop’s Toss Of Teamsters Suit Called ‘Violence’
- Teamsters Call on FTC to Pause 7-Eleven’s Purchase of Speedway
United Auto Workers
- Union seeks vote of 87 workers at Nissan Tennessee plant
- Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South
- 6th Circ. Reverses UAW’s Fee Win In Retiree Health Care Suit
United Food and Commercial Workers
- UFCW Workers Join St. V’s Nurses
- Meatpacking workers feel ignored, alone in vaccine prioritization
- L.A. hazard pay law leads Kroger to shut Ralphs, Food 4 Less stores
United Steelworkers
- Steelworkers cite national security in call to stop closure of the former Mylan facility
- MSHA’s new COVID-19 guidance only voluntary, criticized for not going far enough to protect miners
