Illinois’ new law gives 640k ‘temp’ workers a raise; Google subcontractor fires most staffers for unionizing; dozens of nurses represented by the Illinois Nurses Association are fighting short-staffing and unsafe working conditions
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Labor roundup: UAW in ‘defining fight’ with Big 3; nurses striking across nation
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UAW says U.S. communities deserve an EV industry that puts workers first and creates good, safe, union-wage jobs. Plus labor leaders blast Supreme Court, Labor Board frees gig workers to unionize
Labor roundup: Will Teamsters go on strike at UPS? Alaska unions OK with Willow Project
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Negotiations between the Teamsters and United Parcel Service started April 17, and the Teamsters are warning members to prepare for a strike. The union’s new president, Sean O’Brien, has vowed that the union would go to the mat for key…
Labor Roundup | ‘Egregious attendance policy’ rankles railers; UPS cuts wages
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Thousands of BNSF Railway workers in Galesburg and central Illinois, and throughout the country are fighting the freight carrier’s attempt to implement an attendance policy that would result in many workers receiving less paid time off. Last month, the Transportation…
Labor Roundup | January 2019
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Senators to Verizon, subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination. Nine U.S. Senators, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, have demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor running its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high…
Labor Roundup | September 2018
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News Guild reminds locals, bosses that media firms must address security. Facing increasing violence against reporters and President Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric and threats, News Guild President Bernie Lunzer is reminding both his locals and employers that firms must protect…
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News Guild planning moves vs. Wall Street Journal cuts. The News Guild local that represents Wall Street Journal workers is brainstorming over its response to management plans to cut jobs at the business daily. Citing declining ad revenue, WSJ/Dow Jones…
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AFL-CIO adds opposition to xenophobia to campaign issues. Racist xenophobia isn’t exactly a workplace issue, but the country’s top labor federation has added it to campaign issues this election. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre (himself a political refugee, at…
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Clinton repeats anti-TPP stand, pledges to appoint trade prosecutor to pursue violators. Adding another specific to her economic platform, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Aug. 11 told a crowd in Warren, Mich., that she would appoint a “chief trade…
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Two lawmakers seek to exempt minor-leaguers from minimum wage, overtime law. Peoria Chiefs and other minor-league baseball players would be excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act guaranteeing a federal minimum wage and overtime pay under a measure introduced in…