Bill De Blasio has released a Workers' Bill of Rights that would eliminate Right to Work and strengthen unions
This week, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has released his labor plan, which is a comprehensive plan for changing the United States labor laws to better favor working people.
This devastating new policy will force thousands of costly and unnecessary certification elections
Trump’s NLRB has issued yet another decision that would make it easier for employers to decertify unions. This time the NLRB is streamlining the process for employers who “think” that the union has lost the support of a majority of their members.
When corporations violate the law by calling some workers “independent contractors” instead of recognizing them as employees, those workers are denied a host of fundamental protections like a minimum wage, overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers’ comp. Without these protections, working people are living on the edge. Every single day.
Federal Judge Overrules Trump’s NLRB, Says Use Of Inflatable Rat Is Protected By 1st Amendment
In 2018, CEOs of S&P 500 companies made, on average, $14.5 million, a $500,000 increase from the previous year, according to the latest AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report. Compare that to the average rank-and-file worker who received barely more than a $1,000 raise, bringing total take-home pay in 2018 to $39,888.
Congress should expand earned benefits by having wealthy pay their fair share
The New York Times recently ran a headline sure to scare seniors:
Unfortunately, the author spoke mainly to sources who buy into a false right-wing narrative that benefit cuts are the only possible solution to Social Security’s long-term financing — a solution that depends on the fear that articles like this generate.
Here’s the truth: Social SecurThe automaker is holding captive audience meetings, while claiming to stay neutral in the union election
The controversy around a union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, TN. is nothing new. For years, the automaker has been fighting to stop the United Autoworkers from organizing the plant, while at the same time claiming that the company is staying neutral in negotiations. The car company even went so far as filing and winning a case before the NLRB to delay an upcoming union vote.
Donald Trump has been a disaster of a president in many ways. Women’s rights. Foreign affairs. Corruption. Scandal. We could go on and on. But how’s he doing on workers’ rights? Remember, he talked a big game about being pro-worker. Just like everything else, Trump was all talk when it came to protecting workers. As a new editorial in the NY Times lays out, he’s finding every way under the sun to screw working people.
What happens when new leaders run for office and beat an eight-term incumbent? In the Baltimore Teachers Union, it seems, the incumbent tries for a second bite at the apple.
A slate called “The Union We Deserve,” backed by two rank-and-file caucuses, ran for office this spring. Its platform was to open the union up to its own members and join with parents to fight for fully funded public schools.