The following is the Labor Union Report weekend news recap from July 16-18, 2021. Unions included are the AFGE, AFT, NEA, SEIU, Teamsters, Unite-Here, United Auto Workers, and United Steelworkers, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- The PRO Act will harm Alaska workers and businesses
- Freedom From Union Dues Hangs on Warner
- Unions’ Focus on Woke Over Work Rankles Rank and File
American Federation of Government Employees
- Biden nominates son of top union boss to oversee Consumer Product Safety Commission
- ICE may finally get a Senate-confirmed director 4 years late
- Federal speech rulings may embolden health care workers to call out safety issues
American Federation of Teachers
- Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 24)
- Retired Texas teachers’ 13th check at center of legislative shouting match
National Education Association
- Florida Congressman Slams Critical Race Theory
- Critics tear MSNBC’s Joy Reid following the teachers’ union’s decision to accept the idealism
National Labor Relations Board
- Casinos Slam ‘Disjointed’ Complaint From NLRB Prosecutors
- PRO Act, New Legislation, NLRB Termination Challenge
- Valley area Frito Lay workers successfully remove Teamsters officials from their workplace
Service Employees International Union
- SEIU Pushing Planned Parenthood’s Propaganda
- Health care workers, Legacy ink ‘historic’ agreements
- L.A. Caregivers Protest Demands Investment in Essential Workforce
Teamsters
- Fred Meyer warehouse workers vote to authorize strike, contract negotiations continue
- City leaders to consider close to $2M in pay increases for three unionized worker groups
- Teamsters at Columbia Distributing Ratify Record-Setting Contract
Unite-Here
- Is raising minimum wage enough to help racial wealth gap for service workers?
- City Staff asked to stop work at 3pm Monday due to Unite Here rally
United Auto Workers
- UAW moves to rapidly shut down Volvo Trucks strike after dubious passage of new contract
- U.S. Clashes With Mexico, Canada on Car Rules in Risk to USMCA Trade Deal
United Steelworkers
- Pitt Faculty Looks Forward to Holding Election to Join USW
- Great Lakes Brewing Company workers take steps to unionize
