The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from March 22, 2021. Unions included are the AFSCME, AFT, IBEW, Operating Engineers, Teamsters, Unite Here, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the PRO Act and the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize
- This Labor Rights Bill Could End Up Hurting Gig Workers
- PRO Act would harm Iowa’s independent contractor
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- AFSCME and ACLU Gutted New Mexico’s Proposed Ban on Chemical Weapons, Attack Dogs, Rubber Bullets
- Public Employees File Brief Asking Supreme Court to Take Case Challenging Union Limits on Stopping Union Dues
American Federation of Teachers
- Teachers’ President Weingarten Criticizes New CDC Guidelines
- CDC’s About-Face on Social Distancing Likely to Pave Way for More Children to Return to Class
- Public employee strike bill enacted
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Colectivo Could Soon Become the Largest Unionized Coffee Chain
- Bridgeport BMW dealer decries state’s ‘Tesla Bill’
- Geothermal power from Southwest Nevada for California
National Labor Relations Board
- McDonald’s intervenes to defend joint liability settlement amid shakeup in NLRB leadership
- NLRB Complaint Alleges Violations by ULH at Southern California Ports
- Columbia Graduate Workers Are on Strike. Other Higher-Ed Workers Should Follow Their Lead.
Operating Engineers
- First Virtual Troublemakers School a Hit in Western Mass
- Does union free speech argument go both ways?
Teamsters
- Michigan workers call for Verners boycott over labor dispute
- Democratic lawmakers join 7UP workers picketing over labor practices
Unite-Here
- Nine Zero terminates majority of staff, the latest Boston hotel to cut workers
- Disney World union calls for COVID vaccines for ‘essential’ hospitality workers
- Operators of former Holiday Inn, now a homeless housing complex, did not hire back workers
United Auto Workers
- Detroit area, Keurig Dr Pepper/Seven-Up distribution workers strike over pay inequity
- Five days into Columbia student-worker strike, NYU graduate workers announce strike vote
United Steelworkers
- Union’s support of Biden does little to save members’ jobs in PA
- Morgantown-area union makes case for protecting Mylan workers
