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GOP Hypocracy – Wisconsin, Unions and the 2016 Election

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GOP Hypocracy – Wisconsin, Unions and the 2016 Election

By THE NYT EDITORIAL BOARD — Republicans’ support for anti-union legislation is at odds with their professed commitments to helping the middle class. The Republican-dominated Senate in Wisconsin passed a bill this week to weaken the state’s private-sector unions. Similar to “right-to-work” laws in 24 other states, the bill would prevent unions from requiring dues or other […]

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Wisconsin Piggly Wigglys Pay $570,000 In Back Pay, Rehires Employees

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Wisconsin Piggly Wigglys Pay $570,000 In Back Pay, Rehires Employees

Piggly Wiggly Midwest, a Wisconsin supermarket chain, couldn’t wiggle out of the consequences of its piggish behavior with some of its unionized employees. Piggly Wiggly Midwest will pay more than $570,000 in back pay to 500 union employees at six Wisconsin stores as part of a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB). The […]

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Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Anti-Union Law As Unconstitutional

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Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Anti-Union Law As Unconstitutional

A Wisconsin judge has struck down key sections of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial anti-labor law, known as Act 10. Circuit Judge Juan B. Colas wrote in his decision that sections of the law “single out and encumber the rights of those employees who choose union membership and representation solely because of that association and […]

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Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women

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Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women

By Karen Dolan — It’s been a difficult few years for poor people in this country. Just a year after the pandemic era safety net expansion saw poverty fall to its lowest level on record, we saw a historic 60 percent increase as those programs expired. Women and children have been among the hardest hit. […]

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Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect

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New YorkVaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effectFor some in the Bronx, the borough hit hardest by the coronavirus, mistrust may win out over jobs and even home Bahar OstadanWed 13 Oct 2021 06.00 EDTDeysia Padilla’s family thought she was at work. Instead, she spent last Thursday afternoon unloading a mound of orange and pink baby socks in a sunny South Bronx laundromat – one-by one, in all their three-inch glory. She had 48 hours to consider an impossible choice: either get vaccinated or lose her job.Padilla is one of thousands of unvaccinated New Yorkers affected by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ultimatum last week. Not only do city employees face the reality of losing their jobs, but without a shot, they’ll even forgo unemployment payments. Some unvaccinated Bronx natives would rather pursue a life outside New York City than be forced to take the vaccine.“I feel like my dream is being shattered by the government,” said Padilla. “I’m being taken out of my home.” The 25-year-old mother had plans to become an art teacher one day. Now, she’s considering moving to Florida with her husband and three-month-old baby.A pandemic-induced population shift to Florida – sometimes called the city’s sixth borough – is already under way. As of March, more than 33,500 New Yorkers permanently relocated to Florida – up 32% from the same period in the previous year. Experts say people flocked south for looser Covid …

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‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs

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Workers’ rights‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobsLabor and environmental groups are demanding that General Electric stop offshoring jobs and invest in renewable energy Global development is supported byAbout this contentMichael SainatoTue 12 Oct 2021 05.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 12 Oct 2021 05.28 EDTKevin Smith, of Salem, Virginia, worked at General Electric for about 20 years before the town’s plant was shut down at the end of 2019, and the work moved to a factory in India.“It was a total shock because of how things had been going, with all the overtime we were working, everything just seemed great, like there was no way this was happening. All I wanted to do was wake up, that I had a nightmare, but that wasn’t the case,” said Smith, 50, who was one of about 265 GE workers who were laid off due to the closure.Because of his age – 48 at the time of the plant closure – Smith was denied a retirement pension. Other job prospects offered much lower pay and worse schedules – he is the father of two children – so he decided to return to school, through a program offered through Trade Adjustment Assistance. “When people started working at GE, for the most part they looked at it being their last job. That’s the way I looked at it,” said Smith, whose father had retired from the same GE plant …

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US wages are going up, and those who don’t adapt to the new reality will fail | Gene Marks

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US small businessUS wages are going up, and those who don’t adapt to the new reality will failLabor is in short supply, so it’s more expensive. It’s simple economics and hankering for pre-pandemic times won’t help Gene Marks@ …

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Deere, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement

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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 […]

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Trump Tax Law Lets Executives Net Millions By Slashing Their Own Salaries

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Trump Tax Law Lets Executives Net Millions By Slashing Their Own Salaries

By Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott — In the months after President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, some tax professionals grew giddy as they discovered opportunities for their clients inside a law that already slashed rates for corporations and wealthy individuals. At a May 2018 conference of financial […]

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Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work

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Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work

Unemployment insurance benefits cuts did not force people back to work, research by the Economic Policy Institute found. The July state employment and unemployment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the strong job growth reported earlier this month in the national jobs data was widespread throughout the country. And, notably, the states that chose not to cut pandemic […]

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