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Paul Smith – Negotiating Your Salary If You’re In HR
03/09/2012 Comments Off on Paul Smith – Negotiating Your Salary If You’re In HR
From Paul Smith’s “Welcome to the Occupation” blog- How much are you worth? More specifically, what is the dollar amount you consider to be an accurate assessment of the work you do? It’s a hard question to answer. It’s hard because if you ask yourself and the 9 others most familiar with your work, you’ll […]
Continue reading …Labor Day In The United States – A History
03/09/2012 Comments Off on Labor Day In The United States – A History
Labor Day History In June, 1894, Congress declared the first Monday in September as Labor Day and a legal holiday in all states, territories and the District of Columbia. Labor Day was created by the American labor movement following a bloody strike in Chicago. Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of […]
Continue reading …May Day: Labor’s International Holiday Was Made In Chicago
03/09/2012 Comments Off on May Day: Labor’s International Holiday Was Made In Chicago
The first day of May commemorates commemorates International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, and is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and observed unofficially in numerous other nations. The day is of special significance to international labor and left-wing movements, but the holiday has it roots in a violent massacre that […]
Continue reading …Workers Died Establishing Labor Day in the USA
03/09/2012 Comments Off on Workers Died Establishing Labor Day in the USA
What is now a day off in the United States was born directly out of the deaths of workers at the hands of their employers and the government. Labor Day in the United States was first observed on 5 Sept. 1882, by the Central Labor Union of New York. Labor Day as a national holiday was […]
Continue reading …South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
29/08/2012 Comments Off on South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
South Africa could do more for the nation’s miners, says the International Labour Organization’s mining industry specialist. ILO News – South Africa has taken significant steps since the end of apartheid to address working conditions in the mining industry, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, said International Labour Organization mining specialist […]
Continue reading …Obama’s Jobs Plan To Get In-Demand Jobs For Displaced Workers
27/03/2012 Comments Off on Obama’s Jobs Plan To Get In-Demand Jobs For Displaced Workers
Here are provisions of President Obama’s jobs plan announced 21 March 2012: • Universal Displaced Worker Program: The Universal Displaced Worker Program in the President’s Budget will help provide displaced workers, who lose their job when their employer closes down or eliminates their position or doesn’t have enough business to keep them employed, with the […]
Continue reading …KHN – Health Care On Trial, Supreme Court Arguments Day 1
26/03/2012 Comments Off on KHN – Health Care On Trial, Supreme Court Arguments Day 1
From the Kasier Health News — A Guide To The Supreme Court Arguments, Day 1 The first day’s arguments focused on the Anti-Injunction Act and whether the court can rule on the case before a penalty is imposed on those who do not have health insurance. KHN’s reporter inside the court, Stuart Taylor, tells Jackie […]
Continue reading …International Women’s Day Is Really Working Women’s Day
08/03/2012 Comments Off on International Women’s Day Is Really Working Women’s Day
International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012, has it roots in the early 1900s as a movement of working women seeking better wages, safe working conditions, shorter hours, child labor restrictions – and not mention, the right to vote. A timeline from the International Women’s Day website: 1908Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. […]
Continue reading …Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
29/02/2012 Comments Off on Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
Canadian companies are taking advantage of Ireland’s economy, which reeling from a prolonged financial crisis, by actively recruiting skilled workers. The Star Phoenix newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ca., reports that at least 26 firms from the province were taking a trip to attend the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin, Ireland, and then traveling to Cork […]
Continue reading …Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
27/02/2012 Comments Off on Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
By ROBERT SCALLY — The outlook for the U.S. economy is mostly unchanged from that of three months ago, according to 45 economic forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The economy continues to slowly improve, and should keep getting better for the next few years. The overall forecast for job growth and […]
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