The following is the Labor Union Report news recap from October 11, 2021. Unions included are the AFL-CIO, AFT, Communications Workers, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers, and Vaccine Mandates, as well as, the National Labor Relations Board…
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Protecting the Right to Organize Act
- House Democrats Add PRO Act-inspired Penalties To Reconciliation Proposal
- Union Free Radio, Ep 13: SSDD—The AFL-CIO’s New President, Renaming the PRO Act & The Truth About CEO Pay
AFL-CIO
- Fogel receives endorsement in bid for Supreme Court judge
- JP Morrell releases infrastructure plan for a resilient, prosperous and equitable future
American Federation of Teachers
- Teachers blast union for telling them to upload vax status of parents, contact info to app created by AOC’s campaign team
- Teachers alarmed by union training to log COVID vaccine conversations with parents
Communications Workers of America
- Communications union stages ‘information strike’
- AT&T Answers Call for Hybrid Work Model, Offers New Benefits
National Labor Relations Board
- Fired Voodoo Doughnuts workers to get jobs back
- Are You Ready for Some Good Old-Fashioned Unionized College Football
- Exxon discusses new terms with union representing locked-out Texas refinery workers
SAG-AFTRA
- IATSE Says Contract Talks Are “Fluid”; Urges Members To Ignore Reports
- SAG-AFTRA Election Committee Dismisses All Post-Election Protests
Service Employees International Union
- Union members reject tentative agreement with John Deere
- Oregon nursing group, resigned to mandate, wants ‘bold’ action to address staffing shortages
United Auto Workers
- Most Deere workers reject contract offer from tractor maker
- Stellantis to offer domestic partner benefits for 14K salaried employees
United Steelworkers
- Frontline Healthcare Workers at Kaiser Permanente Deserve Better
- US unions ignore workers’ demands during negotiations with auto parts maker Dana
- Deere workers issue statement: “Vote NO to the UAW-Deere garbage contract!”
Vaccine Mandates
- Gov. Greg Abbott Issues an Executive Order prohibiting vaccine mandates by any entity.
- Hospitalized with COVID, West slams vaccine mandates
