2025 Legislative Alerts
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LEGISLATIVE ALERTS 2024
LAA Vol. 8 No. 40 – Trump Transition Team Wants to End Crash Report Requirements on AV’s
LAA Vol. 8 No. 39 – “Direct attack on working people”: On their way out, Manchin and Sinema vote to kneecap the NLRB
LAA Vol. 8 No. 38 – NLRB Composition to Change -Tom Kohn, Esq.
LAA Vol. 8 No. 37 – NLRB Reverses Another Trump-Board Standard
LAA Vol. 8 No. 36 – Trump Gives a Nod to Unions with Labor Secretary Choice
LAA Vol. 8 No. 35 November 2024 – NLRB Restricts Captive Audience Meetings
LAA Vol. 8 No. 34 November 2024 – Democrats retained majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
LAA Vol. 8 No. 33 November 2024 – NLRB Restores Prior Standard Governing Employer Statements about Unionization’s Impact on Employer-Employee Relationship
LAA Vol. 8 No. 32 November 2024 – Six Teamsters Re-Elected to PA House of Representatives
LAA Vol. 8 No. 31 Octobers 2024 – Starbucks NLRB Ruling
LAA Vol. 8 No. 30 Septembers 2024 – Official Endorsements PA Conference of Teamsters Nov. 5, 2024 General Election
LAA Vol. 8 No. 29 Septembers 2024 – Member-to-Member Flyer Harris’s and Trump’s positions on Labor Issues
LAA Vol. 8 No. 28 Septembers 2024 – Trump Judge Sides with Employer Arguing Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
LAA Vol. 8 No. 27 Septembers 2024 – PA Conference of Teamsters Officially Endorses Robert P. Casey, Jr. for Re-election to the US Senate
LAA Vol. 8 No. 26 Septembers 2024 – Teamsters Win Groundbreaking Joint Employer Decision Against Amazon
LAA Vol. 8 No. 25 August 2024 – Repealing or Amending the 2022 PA AV Law
LAA Vol. 8 No. 24 August 2024 – NLRB Abandons Acceptance of Consent Orders to Settle ULP Cases & NLRB Enacts Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule
LAA Vol. No. 23 (b) July 2024 – Over 600,000 Teamster workers and retirees have pensions protected from devastating cuts
LAA Vol. No. 23 July 2024 – Warehouse Workers Protection Act
LAA Vol. 8. No. 22 Jun. 2024 – Teamsters Local Union No. 8 members at Penn State voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if deemed necessary
LAA Vol. 8. No. 21 Jun. 2024- The week of June 24th-28th, 2024 Designated “Union Organizing Week” in PA.
LAA Vol. 8. No. 20 Jun. 2024 – Amazon Labor Union Joins Teamsters
LAA Vol. 8 No. 19 Jun. 2024 – DE Senate Bill 258 would require drivers for self-driving trucks in Delaware
LAA Vol. 8 No. 18 May 2024 – Supreme Court Rejects NLRB’s Standards for Injunctive Relief
LAA Vol. 8 No. 17 May 2024 – Pennsylvania Bans the Use of Hand-Held Devices While Driving
LAA Vol. 8. No. 16 May 2024 – Choose Union-made on Memorial Day
LAA Vol. 8. No. 15 May 2024 – Recognizing the week of June 24th-28th, 2024 as “Union Organizing Week” in PA.
LAA Vol. 8. No. 14 May 2024 – Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving
LAA Vol. 8. No. 13 May 2024 – Biden’s Veto Protects Collective Bargaining
LAA Vol. 8. No. 12 Apr. 2024 – 2024 PA Primary Election Endorsements
LAA Vol. 8. No. 11 Apr. 2024 – PA Senate Bill 1124 Labor Broker Registration
LAA Vol. 8. No. 10 Apr. 2024 – Union Made Cleaning Products
LAA Vol. 8. No. 9 Apr. 2024 – UPS Announces Significant Partnership Expansion with USPS
LAA Vol. 8. No. 8 Apr. 2024 – Biden Administration Passes 2-man Crew Bill Rule for Railroad
LAA Vol. 8. No. 7 Mar. 2024 – Major US Corporations Threaten to Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’
LAA Vol. 8. No. 6 Mar. 2024 – St. Patrick’s Day Union Shopping List
LAA Vol. 8. No. 5 Feb. 2024 – LVIII Super Bowl Party Union Made Shopping Guide
LAA Vol. 8. No. 4 Jan. 2024 – “Important Message from Teamsters Joint Council No. 40 – Repairing America’s Infrastructure”
LAA Vol. 8. No. 3 Jan. 2024 – Dues Checkoff Authorizations are Fully Enforceable
LAA Vol. 8. No. 2 Jan. 2024 – Biden’s Labor Department takes aim to cut down on number of “independent contractors.”
LAA Vol. 8. No. 1 Jan. 2024 – Two-Man Crew Bill on Life Support Because of Republican Opposition
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LEGISLATIVE ALERTS 2023
LAA Vol. 7 No. 59 December 2023 – New PA Laws to Know in 2024
LAA Vol. 7 No. 58 December 2023 – Job Killing Move in PA-Driverless Vans
LAA Vol. 7 No. 57 December 2023 – NLRB’s Newest Election Rule
LAA Vol. 7 No. 56 November 2023 – Potential Impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Commonwealth of PA
LAA Vol. 7 No. 55 November 2023 – Thanksgiving Union-made Shopping List
LAA Vol. 7 No. 54 October 2023 – NLRB has issued its Final Rule addressing the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status under the National Labor Relations Act
LAA Vol. 7 No. 53 (B) October 2023 – Establishing a Statewide Responsible Contractor Law
LAA Vol. 7 No. 53 (A) October 2023 – Current PA Pending Legislation
LAA Vol. 7 No. 52 October 2023 – Special Election Issue NJ Endorsements
LAA Vol. 7 No. 51 October 2023 – Special Election Issue PA Endorsements
LAA Vol. 7 No. 50 October 2023 – Union Made Halloween Candy
LAA Vol. 7 No. 49 September 2023 – (FMCS) will be increasing fees for the Agency’s arbitration services effective Oct. 1, 2023
LAA Vol. 7 No. 48 September 2023 – NLRB The Board Restores Protections for Employees Who Advocate for Nonemployees
LAA Vol. 7 No. 47 August 2023 – NLRB Returns to Totality of Circumstances Test for Determining Concerted Activity
LAA Vol. 7 No. 46 August 2023 – NLRB Revises Standard on Employers’ Duty to Bargain Before Changing Terms and Conditions of Work
LAA Vol. 7 No. 45 August 2023 – Union-Made Labor Day BBQ Shopping List
LAA Vol. 7. No. 25 May 2023 – Five Labor Bills Pass PA House
LAA Vol. 7. No. 24 May 2023 – NLRB Discards Trump-Board Standards for Evaluating Employee Misconduct
LAA Vol. 7. No. 22 Apr. 2023 – Amazon Drivers Join Teamsters Local 369 in Palmdale, Calif.
LAA Vol. 7. No. 21 Apr. 2023 – Contact Your U.S. Senator and tell them to vote YES on Confirming Julie Su at the next US Secretary of Labor
LAA Vol. 7. No. 20 Apr. 2023 – NLRB Details Potential Remedies for Repeated or Egregious Misconduct
LAA Vol. 7. No. 19 Apr. 2023 – PA Gov. Shapiro Cracking Down on Misclassification
LAA Vol. 7. No. 18 (b) Apr. 2023 – Pennsylvania Superior Court upholds the imposition of a fee schedule applicable to nonmembers
LAA Vol. 7. No. 18 (a) Apr. 2023 – National Right-to-Work Will Be on the Table
LAA Vol. 7. No. 17 Apr. 2023 – Give Credit Where Credit is Due
LAA Vol. 7. No. 16 Apr. 2023 – Meet Your Anti-Union PA Reps.
LAA Vol. 7. No. 15 Mar. 2023 – NLRB Workers’ Rights Under the Act
LAA Vol. 7. No. 14 Mar. 2023 – Michigan Strikes Right-to-Work Law “Win for Unions”
LAA Vol. 7. No. 13 Mar. 2023 – Prohibiting Public Dollars Being Used to Bust Unions
LAA Vol. 7. No. 12 Mar. 2023 – PA HB 220 Paid Time Off to Vote
LAA Vol. 7. No. 11 Mar. 2023 – Michigan State House Repeals Right-to-Work
LAA Vol. 7. No. 10 Mar. 2023 – NLRB Decision on Starbucks Anti-Union Tactics
LAA Vol. 7. No. 9 Feb. 2023 – Another Trump-Board Doctrine Overturned
LAA Vol. 7. No. 8 Feb. 2023 – Contact Congress to Support PRO Act
LAA Vol. 7. No. 7 Feb. 2023 – PA House and Senate Session Days
LAA Vol. 7. No. 6 Feb. 2023 – Turning the Tide on Anti-Union Legislation
LAA Vol. 7. No. 5 Jan. 2023 – Amazon illegally resisted union drive in N.Y., NLRB judge rules
LAA Vol. 7. No. 4 Jan. 2023 – First Student NLRB Election
LAA Vol. 7. No. 3 Jan. 2023 – PA Governor Shapiro Remove 4-year Degree Job Requirement on 92% of State Jobs
LAA Vol. 7. No. 2 Jan. 2023 – The Supreme Court Case That has Unions on Edge
LAA Vol. 7. No. 1 Jan. 2023 – PA Governor-Elect Shapiro Nominates Nancy Walker for PA Secretary of Labor
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LEGISLATIVE ALERTS 2022
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 42 DECEMBER 2022 – Biden releasing $36 Billion to aid Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 41 DECEMBER 2022 – PBGC Approves SFA Application for Teamsters Local 966 Plan
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 40 NOVEMBER 2022 – PBGC Approves SFA Application for Teamsters Local 52 Pension Plan
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 39 NOVEMBER 2022 – Democrats Win PA State House Majority
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 38 NOVEMBER 2022 – PBGC Approves SFA Application for New York State Teamsters Pension Plan
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 37 NOVEMBER 2022 – Teamster Endorsed Josh Shapiro will be the Next Governor of PA
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 36 NOVEMBER 2022 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Strike
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 35 SEPTEMBER 2022 – PBGC Releases FY 2021 Pension Projection Report
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 34 SEPTEMBER 2022 – PA Kicks Off Marijuana Pardon Program
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 33 AUGUST 2022 – 10 Roads Express
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 32 AUGUST 2022 – Teamsters Support SEIU
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 31 JULY 2022 – Union Election Petitions Up 58% NLRB
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 30 JULY 2022 – PA Senator Brewster and Teamster Has Got It Right
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 29 JULY 2022 – PA Passes Budget “Teamsters Deliver” on Vote
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 28 JULY 2022 – Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced Changes to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program for Financially Troubled Multiemployer Pension Plans.
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 27 JUNE 2022 – Two PA Mediator Positions open in Commonwealth
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 26 JUNE 2022 – PA Driverless Truck Bill
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 25 JUNE 2022 – PA Public Sector Anti-Union Bills Shut Down
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 24 MAY 2022 – PBGC Approved Application for Teamsters Local 701 Pension
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 23 MAY 2022 – Positions of Candidates for PA Governor on “Right-to-Work”
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 22 MAY 2022 – Carl “Hands” Paullet Memorial Service
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 21 MAY 2022 – 2022 PA Primary Endorsements
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 20 APRIL 2022 – Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters National (GCC-IBT) Pension Plan Benefits to Receive SFA
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 19 APRIL 2022 – PBGC Approves Special Financial Assistance Application For GCIU.
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 18 APRIL 2022 – NLRB Making Captive Audience Meetings a Violation of the NLRA
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 17 MARCH 2022 – Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Teamsters 641 Plan Participants’ Benefits to be Restored.
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 16 MARCH 2022 – Teamsters 776/Yellow Corp. Opens Driving Academy
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 15 FEBRUARY 2022 – UPS is Building its Fourth Largest Hub Facility in the Country in Central PA
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 14 FEBRUARY 2022 – PA Supreme Court Adopts the “Carter Plan” for Congressional Maps
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 13 FEBRUARY 2022 – Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 12 JANUARY 2022 – Democratic Party Endorses Josh Shapiro
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 11 JANUARY 2022 – PA Commonwealth Cout Reviews Congressional Maps
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 10 JANUARY 2022- Arizona’s Crazy Voter Law Bill
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 9 JANUARY 2022 – Gerrymandering
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 8 JANUARY 2022 – Privatize PA Liquor
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 7 JANUARY 2022 – Teamsters Local 408 Plan Participants’ Benefits to be Restored PBGC
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 6 JANUARY 2022 – In Opposition of PA HB 2272 this bill would prevent the Commonwealth from selling any alcohol at wholesale or retail
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 5 JANUARY 2022 – PA State Rep. & Teamster Dave Delloso’s News Release on Free-at-home COVID Tests
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 4 JANUARY 2022 – White House to Give Away 400 million N95 Masks
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 3 JANUARY 2022 – PBGC Approved Special Financial Assistant Pension Applications
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 2 JANUARY 2022 – Gov. Wolf Not Taxing Student Loan Forgiveness
LAA VOL. 6 NO. 1 JANUARY 2022 – No to PA Senate Bill 965 Driverless Technology
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LEGISLATIVE ALERTS 2021
LAA Vol. 5 No. 54 December 2021 – GOP’s Attempt to Change Procedure in Electing Judges -Bad for Unions
LAA Vol. 5 No. 53 December 2021 – Assault on Public Sector Unions & PA Congressional Proposed Districts 2 Parts (Part C)
LAA Vol. 5 No. 53 December 2021 – Assault on Public Sector Unions & PA Congressional Proposed Districts 2 Parts (Part B)
LAA Vol. 5 No. 52 December 2021 – Pending PA Senate Bill to Bring Back PA Turnpike Workers
LAA Vol. 5 No. 51 November 2021 – PA House Bill 2080 Bring Back PA Turnpike Workers
LAA Vol. 5 No. 50 November 2021 – Multi-employer Pension Update
LAA Vol. 5 No. 49 November 2021 – The NLRB Recovered Over $56 million and 6,307 Workers Were Offered Reinstatement in Fiscal Year 2021
LAA Vol. 5 No. 48 November 2021 – Unions Representing Public Sector Members are Under Attack in PA
LAA Vol. 5 No. 47 October 2021 – PA HB 2036 Anti-Union Legislation
LAA Vol. 5 No. 46 October 2021 – Legislation to Bring Back PA Turnpike Workers
LAA Vol. 5 No. 45 October 2021 – Prevailing Wage for Clean Energy
LAA Vol. 5 No. 44 October 2021 – Wanted: 80,000 Truck Drivers to Help Fix the Supply Chain
LAA Vol. 5 No. 43 October 2021 – Labor Flexes its Muscle as Leverage Tips From Employers to Workers
LAA Vol. 5 No. 42 October 2021 – 2nd Mediator’s Position Available & Posted on PA Commonwealth Website
LAA Vol. 5 No. 41 October 2021 – Mediator’s Position Available & Posted on PA Commonwealth Website
LAA Vol. 5 No. 40 October 2021 – Pittsburgh International Airport’s New Gun Policy
LAA Vol. 5 No. 39 October 2021 – PA Municipal Election Endorsements
LAA Vol. 5 No. 38 September 2021 – Support UNITE HERE Union Hotel Workers
LAA Vol. 5 No. 37 September 2021 – Pension Update
LAA Vol. 5 No. 36 September 2021 – Against PA Vote Sham Recount
LAA Vol. 5 No. 35 September 2021 – Against PA SB 870 Workers’ Comp. Amendment
LAA Vol. 5 No. 34 July 2021 – Workers at XPO Ratify Contract
LAA Vol. 5 No. 33 July 2021 – NLRB Rules Scabby the Rat Protected Speech
LAA Vol. 5 No. 32 July 2021 – PBGC to Provide Special Financial Assistance to Troubled Multi-employer Pension Plans
LAA Vol. 5 No. 31 April 2021 – The Bureau of Mediation has a Second job posted for an open Labor Mediator
LAA Vol. 5 No. 30 May 2021 –The Bureau of Mediation has a job posted for an open Labor Mediator
LAA Vol. 5 No. 29 April 2021 – Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama Reject Union
LAA Vol. 5 No. 28 April 2021 – Anti-Union Public Employee Legislation PA House Bill 1117
LAA Vol. 5 No. 27 April 2021 – 20th Annual PA Workers’ Compensation Virtual Conference
LAA Vol. 5 No. 26 April 2021 – The Deciding Vote in PA’s High-stakes Political Redistricting Could Be Yours, If Lawmakers Agree
LAA Vol. 5 No. 25 March 2021 – Amazon Union Battle Could Transform Biden’s Labor Revival
LAA Vol. 5 No. 24 March 2021 – PA Gov. Wolf Creates 400 Jobs to Supply 100% Solar Energy for Half of State Buildings
LAA Vol. 5 No. 23 March 2021 – In Opposition to PA Senate Bills 361, 362, 363, 364 & PA House Bill 746
LAA Vol. 5 No. 22 March 2021 – Boston Mayor Martin Walsh Confirmed as U.S. Labor Secretary
LAA Vol. 5 No. 21 March 2021 – Local 30 Teamster Mayor Steps Up for Jeannette Police Department
LAA Vol. 5 No. 20 March 2021 – Paycheck Protection Program Unions Are Now Eligible Deadline March 31, 2021
LAA Vol. 5 No. 19 March 2021 – VOTE NO on PA HB 624 & PB HB 250
LAA Vol. 5 No. 18 March 2021 – US House Passes “The Right to Organize Act” 225-206
LAA Vol. 5 No. 17 March 2021 – Tell Your US Senator to Pass the COVID-19 Stimulus Bill With Pension Language
LAA Vol. 5 No. 16 February 2021 – House Passes COVID-19 Stimulus Bill With Pension Language
LAA Vol. 5 No. 15 February 2021 – Republicans Introduce National Right-to-Work Legislation
LAA Vol. 5 No. 14 February 2021 – UK Supreme Court Rules Uber Drivers are Workers’
LAA Vol. 5 No. 13 February 2021 – PennDOT Begins Process to Start Tolling 9 Bridges in Pennsylvania
LAA Vol. 5 No. 12 February 2021 – PA GOP’s Push for More Power Over Judiciary Raises Alarms
LAA Vol. 5 No. 11 February 2021 – Democrats’ Coronavirus Relief Plan Could Save The Pensions Of 1 Million People
LAA Vol. 5 No. 10 February 2021 – Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act Would Save Retirements of 1M+
LAA Vol. 5 No. 9 February 2021 – PA SB 2 will Tie the Hands of the PA Governor in a Disaster Declaration
LAA Vol. 5 No. 8 February 2021 – PA Republicans Attempting to Silence Your Vote HB 38 Joint Resolution
LAA Vol. 5 No. 7 January 2021 – Biden Repeals Union-Busting Executive Orders
LAA Vol. 5 No. 6 January 2021 – TFI Acquiring UPS Freight
LAA Vol. 5 No. 5 January 2021 – Anti-Labor Attorney Removed from NLRB
LAA Vol. 5 No. 4 January 2021 – In Opposition to PA HB 38 Joint Resolution
LAA Vol. 5 No. 3 January 2021 – PA House Bill 126 Prohibiting Suspension of Healthcare Benefits During a Strike
LAA Vol. 5 No. 2 January 2021 – Teamster Senator Brewster Election Upheld
LAA Vol. 5. No. 1 January 2021 – Teamster PA Sen. Brewster Getting Run Around.
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White Oak, PA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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New Castle, PA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Erie, PA
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Uniontown, PA
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Worthington, PA
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Washington, PA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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