The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from April 13, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, Communications Workers, RWDSU, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act
- PRO Act would require workers to join unions, faces opposition from 14 state attorneys general
American Federation of Government Employees
- Gov. Whitmer set to discuss stimulus bill with Public Service Workers
- Unions Drop Challenge to FLRA Rule Making it Easier for Feds to Stop Paying Dues
Communications Workers of America
- The Shifting Class Composition of Unions
- CWA leads campaign for state laws to oversee broadband quality
National Labor Relations Board
- Investor Pushes Alphabet for Whistleblowing Review
- How Google’s workers are pushing for a better Google
- Judge keeps AG’s lawsuit against Amazon COVID response at S.I. facility in state court
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
Service Employee International Union
- Sacramento school district union may strike over COVID plan
- “We’ve Got to Organize” to Push Back at Woke Corporations
- Cincinnati State, labor union at odds over lack of pay raises
Teamsters
- Drivers Who Work At Port Of Los Angeles Go On Strike Against Trucking Company
- Some unions are shifting strategies, wary of the challenges of winning votes site by site
- Bottling Co. Says Arbitrator Couldn’t Make It Rehire Worker
Unite-Here
- Planning Commission Rejects Ban on Whole House Short Term Rentals
- Hawaii state House leaders shelve bill to raise minimum wage
- Ayanna Pressley calls hotel firings an ‘unconscionable’ ‘betrayal’
United Auto Workers
- Ford Cancels Summer Shutdown At Most Of Its Factories
- Feds pick UAW monitor to oversee corruption reforms
- US nominates NY lawyer to monitor United Auto Workers union
United Steelworkers
- Big Tech’s Labor Struggle Has Roots In Pittsburgh
- Small Arizona town can’t reach full potential without mine
- After rebelling against UMWA, Warrior Met coal miners face need to expand their strike