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10 Charts on the State of U.S. Workers on the 2nd Pandemic Labor Day
As we mark the second Labor Day under the pandemic, Americans at the top of the income ladder are seeing their fortunes balloon as working families continue to struggle. Frontline workers are reeling from rising infection risks and tensions over mask and vaccine mandates. The unemployed, who are disproportionately workers of color, are facing the […]
Richard Trumka – The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO President
02/09/2021 Comments Off on Richard Trumka – The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO PresidentBy Jon Hiatt | Aug 12, 2021 | OnLabor blog — Since the unexpected death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on August 5, many who knew and worked with Rich have posted tributes focusing on a variety of leadership roles that he took on: in the Western Pennsylvania mines as a young health and safety […]
Continue reading …First US Labor Day: Minus A Marching Band, The Parade Almost Did Not Go On
02/09/2021 Comments Off on First US Labor Day: Minus A Marching Band, The Parade Almost Did Not Go On
On the morning of September 5, 1882, the first US Labor Day celebration, spectators filled the sidewalks of lower Manhattan near city hall and along Broadway. They had come early, well before the Labor Day parade marchers, to claim the best vantage points from which to view the first US Labor Day parade. A newspaper […]
Continue reading …Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 shows why protecting workers’ right to organize is vital
02/09/2021 Comments Off on Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 shows why protecting workers’ right to organize is vital
By Dave Kamper from the Economic Policy Institute blog — Thousands are expected this week in the forested hills of southern West Virginia to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain — a key conflict in labor history. In the late summer of 1921, at least 7,000 coal miners affiliated with the United […]
Continue reading …Ridgewood Decision – In Case You Forgot How Anti-Union Trump’s Judges Are
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Ridgewood Decision – In Case You Forgot How Anti-Union Trump’s Judges Are
In 2019, I wrote about how the NLRB’s decision in Ridgewood Health Care Centertook away one of the few effective remedies for employer misconduct. This was a case where a new employer took over a business and refused to hire the predecessor’s employees to avoid a bargaining obligation with the workers’ union. The old remedy […]
Continue reading …Mexican workers reject bargaining agreement at GM plant
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Mexican workers reject bargaining agreement at GM plant
WASHINGTON, DC – On Aug. 18, Mexican workers at the General Motors’ plant in Silao, Mexico, voted to reject a proposed collective bargaining agreement, an action heralded as a win for the labor protections built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The vote comes as a result of a first-of-its-kind comprehensive plan to remediate a past denial […]
Continue reading …Unions Improve Wages And Benefits For All Workers, Not Just Union Members
16/08/2021 Comments Off on Unions Improve Wages And Benefits For All Workers, Not Just Union Members
Unions improve wages and benefits for all workers, not just union members. They help reduce income inequality by making sure all Americans, and not just the wealthy elite, share in the benefits of their labor. Unions also reduce racial disparities in wages and raise women’s wages, helping to counteract disparate labor market outcomes by race […]
Continue reading …Union-Trained, Union-Made Miracle on the Hudson – Flight 1549
21/09/2016 Comments Off on Union-Trained, Union-Made Miracle on the Hudson – Flight 1549
Union-trained workers who saved the passengers on Flight 1549, from Captain Sully to the ferry crews. By Jim Hightower In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have fabricated a cultural myth to undermine popular support for labor: Unions, they insist, are no longer needed. They tell us that in today’s […]
Continue reading …Skills Undervalued At Work? New Research Shows Why
12/09/2016 Comments Off on Skills Undervalued At Work? New Research Shows Why
“Investment in skills and education is a necessary condition for managing technological disruption, it is not enough. What also matters is the use of skills – putting human talent to good use, most importantly at the workplace.” A book by World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab on the fourth industrial revolution has raised the question […]
Continue reading …Walker Is Set to Deliver New Blow to Labor and Bolster Credentials
27/02/2015 Comments Off on Walker Is Set to Deliver New Blow to Labor and Bolster Credentials
By MONICA DAVEY and MITCH SMITH — A measure being fast-tracked through Wisconsin’s Republican-held state legislature would bar unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues. After saying for months that an effort to advance so-called right-to-work legislation would be “a distraction” from dealing with larger issues like the state’s economy and job growth, Gov. […]
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