Federal contractors will be required to start paying workers $15 per hour by March 2022, per President Biden’s recent executive order. Many businesses that receive federal contract work already pay more than $15 an hour. The...
Read MoreAn AFSCME local has been placed under “emergency administratorship” after its local leadership has repeatedly been unable to make dues payments to the International. This means that the International is going to run the show for...
Read MoreConnecticut’s long-term care employees threw down the gauntlet earlier this month, threatening to take 3,400 workers out of 33 nursing homes on strike. Governor Ned Lamont’s administration reached an agreement with union leaders...
Read MoreThe Washington Post put out a fantastic article this month about the effects of Covid-19 on automation and the workforce. From the article: “The United States today is producing roughly the same amount of goods and services as...
Read MoreNews media unionization has been steadily increasing for the past few years and 2020 was no different, with more than 1,800 journalists joining the NewsGuild and Writers Guild of America. This number is up from 1,500 in 2019. A...
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