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Canadian Labour Day, Established 1894
03/09/2021 Comments Off on Canadian Labour Day, Established 1894
Labour Day, the first Monday in September, has been a statutory holiday in Canada since 1894. It originated in the first workers’ rallies of the Victorian era. Historically, workers marked the day with various activities. These included parades, speeches, games, amateur competitions and picnics. The holiday promoted working-class solidarity and belonging during a time of […]
Continue reading …ILO Instruments and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
02/09/2021 Comments Off on ILO Instruments and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
Around the world, over 1 million workers lose their lives annually due to exposure to toxic chemicals, with countless other workers suffering from debilitating disease and chronic illness. Major industrial accidents continue to pose a grave threat to workers, as evidenced by recent events, such as the 2020 explosion in the port of Beirut which […]
Continue reading …Week of August 28 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
02/09/2021 Comments Off on Week of August 28 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims ReportIn the week ending August 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 340,000, a decrease of14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since March 14, 2020 when itwas 256,000. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 353,000 to 354,000. The 4-week […]
Continue reading …Richard Trumka – The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO President
02/09/2021 Comments Off on Richard Trumka – The DNA of a True Labor Movement Leader: A Day in the Life of AFL-CIO PresidentBy 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 […]
Continue reading …First US Labor Day: Minus A Marching Band, The Parade Almost Did Not Go On
02/09/2021 Comments Off on First US Labor Day: Minus A Marching Band, The Parade Almost Did Not Go On
On the morning of September 5, 1882, the first US Labor Day celebration, spectators filled the sidewalks of lower Manhattan near city hall and along Broadway. They had come early, well before the Labor Day parade marchers, to claim the best vantage points from which to view the first US Labor Day parade. A newspaper […]
Continue reading …Who Founded US Labor Day? McGuire v. Maguire
02/09/2021 Comments Off on Who Founded US Labor Day? McGuire v. Maguire
Who founded US Labor Day, the holiday for workers? It’s not entirely clear, but two workers can make a solid claim to the Founder of Labor Day title. Some records show that in 1882, Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, […]
Continue reading …Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 shows why protecting workers’ right to organize is vital
02/09/2021 Comments Off on Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 shows why protecting workers’ right to organize is vital
By Dave Kamper from the Economic Policy Institute blog — Thousands are expected this week in the forested hills of southern West Virginia to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain — a key conflict in labor history. In the late summer of 1921, at least 7,000 coal miners affiliated with the United […]
Continue reading …Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City lowest jobless rates look oh so pretty among big cities
01/09/2021 Comments Off on Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City lowest jobless rates look oh so pretty among big cities
September 01, 2021 — Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City had the lowest jobless rates among all large, US metro areas in July, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Salt Lake City’s unemployment rate in July was 2.8%. Oklahoma City’s was 2.9%. The highest jobless rates in July were in Las Vegas and […]
Continue reading …Canadian Uber Benefits Maneuver, Mexico Uber May Pay Social Security
31/08/2021 Comments Off on Canadian Uber Benefits Maneuver, Mexico Uber May Pay Social Security
Uber Technologies is making a new app-based worker benefits maneuver in Canada — a proposed flexible benefits fund managed by delivery and rideshare companies and blessed by the Provincial governments. Meanwhile, Uber in Mexico is reportedly mulling paying social security taxes for gig-worker drivers there. Both developments come as Uber and other gig-worker companies are […]
Continue reading …H-1B Denial Rates Stay Lower in FY 2021 Following Trump’s Legal Setbacks
30/08/2021 Comments Off on H-1B Denial Rates Stay Lower in FY 2021 Following Trump’s Legal Setbacks
Denial rates for H-1B petitions were much lower during the first two quarters of FY 2021 due to the Trump administration’s losses in federal court, (most of which took place during the Trump administration) than during the sam period in FY 2020, according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). Judicial […]
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