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Widespread Labor Shortages Ahead for the U.S.
02/05/2014 Comments Off on Widespread Labor Shortages Ahead for the U.S.
For Now, Jobs Remain Scarce — But an Aging Population and the Recession’s Aftermath Are Poised to Create Widespread Labor Shortages and an Historic “Seller’s Market” for Skilled Workers American workers have endured six years of depleted wealth, stagnant wages, and general insecurity. But their fortunes are about to change, according to a surprising new […]
Continue reading …Workers’ Co-operatives: Challenges, Opportunities For Creating Jobs
20/05/2013 Comments Off on Workers’ Co-operatives: Challenges, Opportunities For Creating Jobs
GENEVA – The economic contribution of co-operatives is often undervalued, if not completely ignored. But the reality is that the top 300 co-operatives workers’ worldwide have a turnover of more than US$ 1.9 trillion combined, which is more than the GDP of Italy. In Quebec, co-operatives are responding to the needs of the labor market […]
Continue reading …Unemployment: First Time Jobless Claims Soar To 360,000
18/05/2013 Comments Off on Unemployment: First Time Jobless Claims Soar To 360,000
By METEOR BLADES, Daily Kos Labor— First-time claims for unemployment benefits took an unexpected leap for the week ending May 11, rising to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Department of Labor reported. That’s 32,000 above the previous week’s revised figure of 328,000, originally reported as 323,000. It was the biggest climb since the aftermath of Hurricane […]
Continue reading …Breaking Down This Week’s Fast Food Strikes in St. Louis and Detroit
10/05/2013 Comments Off on Breaking Down This Week’s Fast Food Strikes in St. Louis and Detroit
AlterNet— A new movement of fast food workers demanding better wages and the right to unionize spread this week to St. Louis and Detroit, bringing the total number of such actions to four in five weeks. Similar strikes occurred last month in New York and Chicago. As during the strike in New York, we’ve put together […]
Continue reading …St. Louis Joins Wave Of Fast Food Strikes
09/05/2013 Comments Off on St. Louis Joins Wave Of Fast Food Strikes
By LAURA CLAWSON, Daily Kos Labor— May 8 and 9, fast food strikes have hit St. Louis, with workers at a Jimmy John‘s and a McDonald’s walking out Wednesday evening and workers at more restaurants Thursday morning. New York fast food workers staged a one-day strike on April 4. Chicago fast food and retail workers […]
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May Day 2013: The World’s Labor Day International Workers’ Day (also known as May Day) celebrates the international labor movement. It is the world’s Labor Day. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries. While most of the world celebrates May Day as a day honoring labor and […]
Continue reading …Myanmar Has First Labor Organization Conference Since Freedom Of Association Law
30/04/2013 Comments Off on Myanmar Has First Labor Organization Conference Since Freedom Of Association Law
ILO News– One year after Myanmar passed its Labor Organization Law, delegates from some 500 labor organizations gathered in an unprecedented conference to hone their skills in labor organization, collective bargaining and occupational health and safety, among other areas of crucial importance to the country’s workers. “This is a powerful expression of freedom of association […]
Continue reading …NYC Fast-Food Workers Fight Back Against Super-Sized Corporations
17/04/2013 Comments Off on NYC Fast-Food Workers Fight Back Against Super-Sized Corporations
By PETER RUGH, Waging Nonviolence— Tianna Smalls had planned on working Thursday, April 4, 2013, but her colleagues convinced her otherwise. “‘You’re either with us, or you’re for Wendy’s,’” Smalls remembers her co-workers telling her. Her mother also weighed in Thursday morning as Smalls was heading to work at the franchise in downtown Brooklyn. “She said, […]
Continue reading …40th Annual Arab Labor Conference Underway In Algiers
16/04/2013 Comments Off on 40th Annual Arab Labor Conference Underway In Algiers
The 40th annual Arab Labor Conference is taking place this week in Algiers attended by delegations from 20 Arab countries and representatives of governments, trade unions and employers. The event began Monday, April 15. The week-long event, organized by the Arab Labor Organization (ALO), attracts more than 600 participants and 32 Arab labor organizations from […]
Continue reading …U.S. Guest Worker Programs “Close to Slavery,” Says Report
25/02/2013 Comments Off on U.S. Guest Worker Programs “Close to Slavery,” Says Report
The Southern Poverty Law Center is out with sixth edition of its report Close to Slavery: Guest Worker Programs in the United States. Immigration law reform is once again entering the national conversation in the United States. Businesses are calling for new program allowing workers from other nations to work. These workers and the jobs […]
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