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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 […]
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 …(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 …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 & 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 …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 […]
Continue reading …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 […]
Continue reading …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 …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 …As open enrollment approaches, new MetLife survey shows millennials are gearing up for major milestones after 44 percent say the pandemic delayed their life plans. September 28, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time — After more than a year of tabling major life plans amid the pandemic, millennials are now preparing for a new wave […]
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