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5 Critical Resources for Working Families

5 Critical Resources for Working Families

During National Work and Family Month, we’re highlighting the need for equitable practices in the workplace that support all working families. From paid family and medical leave to flexible work hours and access to quality child care, research shows policies that support a healthy work-life balance are good for workers and employers. While there’s much […]

Snap, Crackle, Strike: Workers At All Kellogg’s US Cereal Plants On Strike

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Snap, Crackle, Strike: Workers At All Kellogg’s US Cereal Plants On Strike

By Aaron Gregg — Workers at every one of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal factories went on strike Tuesday after negotiations unraveled over benefits and vacation time. The strike covers about 1,400 workers at factories in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee that churn out such cupboard staples as Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran and Frosted Flakes. The workers […]

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Teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers

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Teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers

By Michael Sainato, Mon 4 Oct 2021 05.00 EDT — Teachers around the United States are quitting or retiring early as schools have reopened for the new academic year and Covid-19 cases among children have surged in recent weeks in the face of some states banning mask mandates. There have been more than 200,000 reported […]

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Deere, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement

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Deere & Company and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year labor agreement covering approximately 10,100 production and maintenance employees at 12 facilities in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas. Deere and the UAW have also reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year labor agreement covering nearly 100 production and maintenance employees at Deere parts facilities in Denver and Atlanta. “After six weeks of negotiations, John Deere and the UAW have reached a tentative agreement that honors the enormous contributions of John Deere’s production and maintenance employees and builds a strong foundation for our shared success in the future,” said Brad Morris, vice […]

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20,000 Health Care Heroes Work Without a Contract; Kaiser Sits on Billions; Makes Extreme Proposals

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thousands of registered nurses and health care workers are caring for Kaiser Permanente patients without a union contract for the first time in decades as of midnight on October 1. The employer refused a customary 30-day extension, leaving the nearly 24,000 members of UNAC/UHCP to continue voting on […]

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Sutter Delta Healthcare Workers to Strike Over Short Staffing, Unfair Labor Practices

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Citing massive understaffing, difficult working conditions, and a series of unfair labor practices, more than 350 healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch will strike October 4th – 8th. Workers will walk off the job and onto the strike picket line at 5 a.m. on Monday, October 4th. Employees at Sutter Delta Medical […]

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Massachusetts Nurses Applaud St. Vincent Nurses for Confront Delta Surge, Decry Tenet’s Refusal to End Strike

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WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 1, 2021 — As the St. Vincent nurses strike approaches the seventh month mark, local nurses and leaders representing more than 3,000 nurses working in hospitals throughout the central Mass. region want the public to know that the entire nursing community stands behind the St. Vincent hospital nurses and their strike for […]

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CEO-Worker Pay Ratios: CEO – Worker Pay Gap Resources

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CEO-Worker Pay Ratios: CEO – Worker Pay Gap Resources

Since 2018, U.S. publicly held corporations have had to annually report the ratio between their CEO and median worker compensation. Corporate lobby groups and allied Republicans fought hard to repeal, delay, or water down this disclosure mandate, a measure initially enacted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. But institutional investors weighed in […]

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Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn

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Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn

By George Anders, LinkedIn — They’re bartenders, aerospace workers and web developers. They’re YouTube stars, financial analysts and nurses. Look for millennials in the U.S. economy, and you’ll find these workers — ages 25 to 40 — practically everywhere. Even so, in both pre-pandemic and current times, there’s a constant media tendency to treat this […]

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Budget reconciliation package and infrastructure bill would support 4 million jobs

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Budget reconciliation package and infrastructure bill would support 4 million jobs

The $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) would provide fiscal support for more than 4 million jobs annually, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report. This includes 1.1 million caregiving jobs, 763,000 green jobs, 556,000 manufacturing jobs, and 312,000 construction jobs, among other industries.   With the […]

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