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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 […]
Amazon Subsidy Tracker: How Taxpayer Subsidies Help Build its Monopoly
06/10/2021 Comments Off on Amazon Subsidy Tracker: How Taxpayer Subsidies Help Build its Monopoly
Amazon.com, Inc. is growing rapidly, thanks in no small part to its aggressive strategy for getting tax breaks. Indeed, it has been getting about 20 economic development subsidy packages a year since 2012 for its warehouses and data centers—over $4 billion and counting as of May 2021. Good Jobs First has published extensively on Amazon (as we […]
Continue reading …Snap, Crackle, Strike: Workers At All Kellogg’s US Cereal Plants On Strike
06/10/2021 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …TV and film workers union memebers authorize strike
04/10/2021 Comments Off on TV and film workers union memebers authorize strike(CNN) —Members of the union representing roughly 60,000 film and television workers have voted to authorize a strike that could shutter Hollywood productions indefinitely. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union president Matthew Loeb announced the results on Monday. “The members have spoken loud and clear,” said Loeb. “This vote is about the quality […]
Continue reading …Teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers
04/10/2021 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …Deere, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement
04/10/2021 Comments Off on Deere, UAW Reach Tentative AgreementDeere & 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 […]
Continue reading …20,000 Health Care Heroes Work Without a Contract; Kaiser Sits on Billions; Makes Extreme Proposals
04/10/2021 Comments Off on 20,000 Health Care Heroes Work Without a Contract; Kaiser Sits on Billions; Makes Extreme ProposalsLOS 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 […]
Continue reading …CEO-Worker Pay Ratios: CEO – Worker Pay Gap Resources
03/10/2021 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …Millionaires Surtax: The Simplest, Most Effective and Popular Way to Fund the Jobs Bill
03/10/2021 Comments Off on Millionaires Surtax: The Simplest, Most Effective and Popular Way to Fund the Jobs Bill
One of these promising proposals is very similar to a “millionaires surtax” idea that the Institute for Policy Studies and other fair tax advocates have been pushing for the past two years. By Chuck Collins, September 20, 2021 — The House Ways and Means Committee missed key opportunities in their initial revenue proposals to fairly pay […]
Continue reading …Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful
03/10/2021 Comments Off on Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerfulPandora papersWorld newsPandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officialsG …
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