On The Labor Front News August 22, 2025

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UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED 8/20/25

Case Number: 04-RM-371680Date Filed: 08/20/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 9Location: Atlantic City, NJRegion Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnit Sought: Inclusions: All full-time and regular part-time Lead Fire Safety Inspector and Fire Safety Inspectors employed by the Employer at 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Exclusions: All other employees, all employees represented by a union pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, managers, office clericals, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act. IUOE Local 68

Case Number: 19-RC-371685Date Filed: 08/20/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 21Location: Seattle, WARegion Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, WashingtonUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time employees of the National Nordic Museum Excluded: All statutorily excluded employees Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO

Case Number: 32-RC-371664Date Filed: 08/20/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 50Location: Modesto, CARegion Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, CaliforniaUnit Sought: All full-time and regular part-time servers and bartenders employed by the Employer at its premises located at 3401 Dale Rd. Suite 483 Modesto, CA 95356. Excluding all other employees, managers, confidential employees, office clerical employees, guards, and supervisors as defined by the Act. BJ's Modesto Servers and Bartenders Union

Case Number: 27-RC-371720Date Filed: 08/20/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 48Location: Ogden, UTRegion Assigned: Region 27, Denver, ColoradoUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time plumbers, pipefitters, and welders; plumber, pipefitter, or welder helpers or apprentices; and foremen employed by the Employer out of its facility located at 2775 Midland Dr, Ogden, UT 84401. Excluded: All other employees, office-clerical employees, managers, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act. UA Local 140, Plumbers, Pipefitters, HVAC&R, affiliated with United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO

Case Number: 32-RD-371691Date Filed: 08/20/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 36Location: Salinas, CARegion Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, CaliforniaUnit Sought: Included: Full-time drivers & full-time mechanics, welder, shop maintenance Excluded: Supervisors, managerial employees Laborer's International Union

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TODAY'S LABOR UNION NEWS Friday August 22, 2025

Air Canada union's defiance of Canadian government order could embolden workers 

Government workers are ‘canary in coalmine’ for Trump bid to gut union rights, leaders warn

Chairman Walberg Presses Largest Teachers Union over Pattern of Antisemitism

Infographic: How Doctors Feel About Labor Unions

Budzinski: Even union members are feeling pain from ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Musk wins, workers lose as court rules NLRB is unconstitutional

How the Trump administration’s approach to organized labor is more symbolism than substance

UNION ORGANIZING

Southern low wage workers: Organizing to change the nation

Laramie cement plant workers buck Wyoming’s anti-union politics, vote to organize

Worker Wins: True Unity

The Union Advantage 

Telecom Techs Picket for Fair Wages

NLRB (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD)

The harm is the process: Unconstitutional NLRB proceedings halted

Fifth Circuit Ruling Puts NLRB on Constitutional Hot Seat

Court Rules With SpaceX in Case Seeking to Gut NLRB, in Blow to Workers’ Rights

Fifth Circuit Panel Says NLRB Judge, Member Removal Protections Likely Unconstitutional

1,000 UPMC Magee Nurses Voting on Union This Week Despite Trump Delays

'What Oligarchy Looks Like!' Sanders Blasts Anti-Worker SpaceX Ruling

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS(IBT)

Teamsters strike at Kemps milk plant in Le Mars

6,600 UNION PACIFIC TEAMSTERS RATIFY CONTRACT

Teamsters Nurses at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Prepare to Strike

Nurses Demand Union Recognition in Iowa

VERMONT TEAMSTERS LOCKED OUT AT TRAVEL KUZ ONE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS

UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION(UAW)

GE Aerospace's UAW workers rally ahead of potential strike approval

GMs Stock Plummets as Labor Disputes and Production Halts Sink Market Standing to 185th Rank

UNITED STEELWORKERS UNION OF AMERICA(USWA)

Safety Agencies in Danger

Job cuts ahead at Bridgestone tire plant in Normal

Ford announces job retraining and employment services funds

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION(UFCW)

2,000 union food workers ratify labor contract with Gelson’s Markets

‘Don’t Shop Roth’s’ campaign launches as Canadian-owned grocer bargains with Oregon union

Minute Maid to Eliminate 38 Jobs By End of Year Says Union

Nurses at four Des Moines area hospitals push for union representation

COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA(CWA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST AND AEROSPACE WORKERS(IAM)

Boeing Defense workers hold out for better deal, keeping fighter jet production idle

Union head visits Boeing St. Louis picket lines, requests that Trump intervene in strike

GE Aerospace secures five-year deal with IAM Union

IAM Union Air Traffic Controller Instructors in Oklahoma City Ratify Contract 

Boeing's fighter jet production halts. Reason? Workers' strike

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S ASSOCIATION(ILA)

Progress on Kuenz eRMGs at Charleston as SC Ports CEO steps down

Ex-Amazon Union Leader Says US Trade Unions Are Complicit in Gaza Genocide

West Coast Ports Set Records in July Amid Tariff-Driven Surge, Face Looming Slowdown

Melvin steps down as SC Ports chief

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION(SEIU)

Veterans Affairs Workers, Unions Push Trump Administration to Reinstate Collective Bargaining Rights

Sick from the Heat: Newark Airport Workers Demand Protection from Extreme Summer Conditions

UNITE-HERE UNION

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