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EPI Analysis: Time To Raise The U.S. Minimum Wage
01/05/2013 Comments Off on EPI Analysis: Time To Raise The U.S. Minimum Wage
Economic Policy Institute Analysis: Time To Raise The U.S. Minimum Wage Analyzing the recent federal minimum wage proposals: $10.10, $9.00, and $9.80– Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would give working families and the economy a much-needed boost An in-depth analysis of the impact raising the federal minimum to $10.10 would have, detailing the demographic breakdown of […]
Continue reading …ADP: 119,000 New Jobs In April, Manufacturing Index Falls Again
01/05/2013 Comments Off on ADP: 119,000 New Jobs In April, Manufacturing Index Falls Again
By METEOR BLADES for Daily Kos Labor— Although it often does not mesh with the government’s monthly report, Automated Data Processing’s report on job gains in the private sector is closely watched because the trend in both reports is almost always in the same direction. In that regard, ADP’s report released Wednesday, May 1, 2012, provides […]
Continue reading …Highest EEOC Verdict In History $240 Million For Abuse Of Mentally Disabled Men
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The federal government won a record $240 million settlement against a turkey producer that held 32 mentally disabled men in servitude while mentally and physically abusing them, some of them for more than 20 years. A Davenport, Iowa jury on May 1, 2013, awarded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) damages totaling $240 million […]
Continue reading …Online Help Wanted Ads Up 204,300 In April, Unchanged Vs. 2012
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Online advertised help wanted vacancies rose 204,300 in April to 5,103,100 in The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) Data Series released May 1, 2013. The gain offsets earlier losses, leaving labor demand flat in 2013. The Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.4 unemployed for each vacancy. In March, there were 6.8 million more unemployed than […]
Continue reading …Wage Theft And Predatory Corporations – When The Boss Steals Your Pay
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This article on wage theft is part of an ongoing AlterNet series, “The Age of Fraud.“ By LYNN STUART PARRAMORE, AlterNet— Imagine you’ve just landed a job with a big-time retailer. Your task is to load and unload boxes from trucks and containers. It’s backbreaking work. You toil 12 to 16 hours a day, often without […]
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May Day 2013: The World’s Labor Day International Workers’ Day (also known as May Day) celebrates the international labor movement. It is the world’s Labor Day. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries. While most of the world celebrates May Day as a day honoring labor and […]
Continue reading …OSHA Launches Initiative To Help Protect Temporary Workers
30/04/2013 Comments Off on OSHA Launches Initiative To Help Protect Temporary Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced an initiative to further protect temporary employees from workplace hazards. The announcement was made during a program at the department’s headquarters marking Workers’ Memorial Day — an annual observance to honor workers who have died on the job and renew a commitment to […]
Continue reading …Myanmar Has First Labor Organization Conference Since Freedom Of Association Law
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ILO News– One year after Myanmar passed its Labor Organization Law, delegates from some 500 labor organizations gathered in an unprecedented conference to hone their skills in labor organization, collective bargaining and occupational health and safety, among other areas of crucial importance to the country’s workers. “This is a powerful expression of freedom of association […]
Continue reading …The New Rules Of American Work: The Truth About Employers
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By ROBERT SCALLY— If there ever really was any kind of social contract between American workers and employers there is little doubt it is nothing but a memory. America’s 21st century’s work rules in are firmly rooted in employers’ take-it-or-leave-it attitude toward their workforces. Big companies and the people that run them – employers – […]
Continue reading …New Website Offers Jobseekers Answers, Advice Direct From Recruiters
29/04/2013 Comments Off on New Website Offers Jobseekers Answers, Advice Direct From Recruiters
Jobepdia.org is ready for prime time. The HR Policy Association, which represents senior human resource executives and recruiters at more than 340 of the largest U.S., announces the official launch of its jobipedia.org website. The site went live test mode in October 2012. Jobipedia.org is designed to provide personal, free and timely answers about job searches and […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill