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Union Membership in the U.S. Takes Another Big Hit In 2012, At 76-Year Low
24/01/2013 Comments Off on Union Membership in the U.S. Takes Another Big Hit In 2012, At 76-Year Low
Opponents of labor union membership in the United States had a very successful couple of years during 2011 and 2012. Union membership nationwide reached a 76-year record low, during 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 23, 2013. In 2012, the union membership rate — the percentage of wage and salary workers who […]
Continue reading …Walmart Added To Lawsuit Alleging Wage Theft At California Warehouse
15/01/2013 Comments Off on Walmart Added To Lawsuit Alleging Wage Theft At California Warehouse
By JIM MORRIS, Center for Public Integrity—A federal judge ruled Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, that Walmart can be added to a lawsuit alleging widespread wage theft at a Southern California warehouse. Lawyers for contract workers at the Schneider Logistics warehouse in Mira Loma, Calif. – whose sole customer is Walmart – had moved to add the retailer to […]
Continue reading …ALEC’s Decades Of ‘Right-To-Work’ Effort Pay Off In Michigan
04/01/2013 Comments Off on ALEC’s Decades Of ‘Right-To-Work’ Effort Pay Off In Michigan
By PAUL ABOWD, Center for Public Integrity—Amid protests by labor unions, and objections from the stateʼs congressional delegation and even the president, Michiganʼs Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed a “right-to-work” bill into law in December 11, 2012, drawn word-for-word from a 32-year-old “model bill” pushed by a corporate-funded, conservative think tank. The legislation deals a […]
Continue reading …ILO Names Five Worst Nations For Suppressing Labor Organizing
05/12/2012 Comments Off on ILO Names Five Worst Nations For Suppressing Labor Organizing
ILO News– The International Labour Organization has named Argentina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji and Peru – out of 32 cases examined – as the most serious violators freedom of association and labor organizing. The ILO Committee on Freedom of Association examined cases concerning employers’ and trade unions’ rights to organize, collective bargaining and social dialogue. The […]
Continue reading …California Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Targets Wal-Mart
01/12/2012 Comments Off on California Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Targets Wal-MartBy JIM MORRIS and ADITHYA SAMBAMURTHY, Center for Public Integrity, MIRA LOMA, Calif.– Lawyers alleging wage theft from mostly immigrant Latino contract workers at a Southern California warehouse complex took steps to add Wal-Mart as a defendant in an ongoing federal lawsuit. The move is expected to draw the nation’s largest retailer into a case in which it had, […]
Continue reading …NLRB Decides 341 Cases In Fiscal 2012, Including Some Of Its Oldest
16/10/2012 Comments Off on NLRB Decides 341 Cases In Fiscal 2012, Including Some Of Its Oldest
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued decisions in 341 cases during fiscal 2012, 1 Oct. 2011 through 30 Sept. 2012, tackling many of its oldest cases. The NLRB cut the median age of pending cases in half, resolving nine of the 10 oldest cases it faced at the start 2012, . The age of pending cases dropped […]
Continue reading …NLRB: Calif. Newspaper Kept Violating Labor Law, Must Bargain With Union, Rehire Employees
05/10/2012 Comments Off on NLRB: Calif. Newspaper Kept Violating Labor Law, Must Bargain With Union, Rehire Employees
The long-running labor law tragedy that is the Santa Barbara News-Press has become took another new turn 27 September 2012 with a new ruling from the NLRB. In 2000, Wendy P. McCaw, an ex-wife of billionaire Craig McCaw, bought the paper, which was California’s oldest daily newspaper. Paradoxically McCaw promptly went to war with the […]
Continue reading …In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out
03/10/2012 Comments Off on In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out
By Paul Abowd, Center For Public Integrity— After two bruising years for organized labor in the Midwest, the movement has managed to land two pro-union measures on the November ballot in Michigan. Michigan locals and their national leaders now face an ad campaign by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and its friends, urging voters to resist […]
Continue reading …Fiji Stops International Labour Organization From Investigating Union Complaints Of Repression
20/09/2012 Comments Off on Fiji Stops International Labour Organization From Investigating Union Complaints Of RepressionILO News- The Fijian government stopped the International Labour Organization (ILO) from carrying out a mission to verify complaints of lack of freedom of association made by local trade unions, the ILO said in a statement issued on 19 September 2012. The government had initially agreed to the ILO mission, but then called it off […]
Continue reading …Ford Adds 1,200 Jobs In Michigan, Part Of $16 Billion Investment Creating 12,000 U.S. Jobs
13/09/2012 Comments Off on Ford Adds 1,200 Jobs In Michigan, Part Of $16 Billion Investment Creating 12,000 U.S. Jobs
Ford will add 1,200 new hourly jobs and invest $555 million to equip a new state-of-the-art body and paint shop capable of producing multiple vehicles at its plant in Flat Rock, Michigan. Ford is taking over management the former AutoAlliance International plant and is upgrading the Flat Rock Assembly Plant to include a state-of-the-art, fully […]
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- 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