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By Cynthia Murray May 22, 2023 I’ll be turning 67 soon. I’d love to be able to retire on my birthday. I’d celebrate by spending the afternoon at the mall with my daughter and then start planning little trips to visit relatives. But even after 22 years of working for Walmart, our nation’s largest employer, […]
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 …By Rebekah Entralgo | September 15, 2021 — An estimated 9 million Americans got the rug pulled out from under them over Labor Day weekend as enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits expired, leaving millions of families in the lurch during a record-breaking season for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Some 35 million people — nearly 1 […]
Continue reading …By Shirley Smith | September 15, 2021 — Not long ago, I was a saleswoman and manager at Art Van Furniture, a furniture retailer that was an institution in metro Detroit for over half a century. It was more than a job. My coworkers were my family, and we were all proud to work for […]
Continue reading …By Kevin Vazquez | Sep 15, 2021 | — Last week, on Labor Day, an estimated 8.9 million workers and their families lost federal unemployment benefits, and nearly three million more had their weekly checks reduced by $300 per week. The Biden administration, despite the entreaties of many workers, activists, labor unions, and other organizations, […]
Continue reading …Seek All Available Remedies To Address Unlawful Conduct, the NLRB’s top lawyer said in a memo to the board’s regional offices where much of the work of enforcing labor laws takes place. The National Labor Relations Board’s top attorney issued a memo on Wednesday stating that the board will act forcefully to protect workers’ rights. […]
Continue reading …AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered the following remarks at the Christian Science Monitor Labor Day Breakfast: Thank you, Linda [Feldmann], for that kind introduction. This event has become a Labor Day tradition for the AFL-CIO. I know how much you all enjoyed interacting with Rich Trumka. He did the Monitor breakfast 12 times, and enjoyed […]
Continue reading …By 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 […]
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